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jerome
03-23-2007, 15:38
just bought the Sonnar this afternoon and here is a quick and dirty shot i took just after leaving the shop. (shot at F 1.5 )

i m gonna love this lens :D

http://leseinne.smugmug.com/photos/138103608-L.jpg


Jerome
Rhoyle
03-24-2007, 06:32
Please post more asap!
terrycioni
03-24-2007, 07:08
I too just got mine...have had one outting with it (the weather here on the coast has been awful). I love the lens.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/425935319_5d6ae21cea.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/425899417_b6d1fa2d0e.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/425890508_67af35cdb8.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/425885023_037c5d4f4a.jpg

Cheers. Terry.
Gabriel M.A.
03-24-2007, 08:26
just bought the Sonnar this afternoon and here is a quick and dirty shot i took just after leaving the shop. (shot at F 1.5 )

i m gonna love this lens :D
Funny, I was going to take a shot of that sign, and didn't. I was at Photo Suffren, and I may very well may have seen the lens you bought, if it was the one in the box right on display. Nice little shop there! :D

I have to blame Marc-A., he brought us in there. I went back later. When I go back, and have money, I'll buy a few things there.

Do report back with a few more Parisian Sonnar shots!
espressogeek
03-24-2007, 08:47
A month or so ago i heard the sonnar was cursed with a focusing issue. Is that a bunch of hoopla or what?
Sailor Ted
03-24-2007, 09:15
The Sonnar 1.5 is "cursed" with the same back focus issues at certain apertures that*all such M mount lenses have been cursed with for decades. It's a function of the optical formula and no different today then in the 1950's (or the 1930's for that matter). Just all part of the fun of RF photography : )

I am seriously thinking about this lens- how does it compair "subjectivly" to the 40mm Nokton 1.4 SC? Anyone?
usccharles
03-24-2007, 10:30
whoa~ nice~
Trius
03-24-2007, 10:35
Very interesting. At first look, Jerome's shot is quite impressive ... as in, it has real impact.

But the more I look at it, the more I am intrigued by the OOF rendition ... it is "gauzy" ... the background is rendered like cotton gauze, with a transparency that seems distinct. Maybe the Planar or a 'Cron would render it similarly, I don't know. It is quite interesting, and I can see why the Sonnar could be considered a unique/special lens.

Anyone else get this impression?
Sailor Ted
03-24-2007, 11:03
Trius,
I agree this lens has a special OOF rendering but since I have a 40mm Nokton SC I wonder how that lens compairs in the areas of OOF and highlights. The problem with the Nokton on the M8 is a lack of native frame lines. An optical attachment if it existed would not serve such a "long" lens IMO so I am considering the Sonnar as my fast "artsy" lens.
back alley
03-24-2007, 12:14
don't forget the flickr m mount group, there are some 50/1.5 shots there as well.
edodo
03-24-2007, 12:44
I love the shot, but I find the OOF background kind of busy. It reminds me of the bokey of the slr canon 50mm 1.8 wich is not smooth as other 50mm design like the summicron.
Joe Mondello
03-24-2007, 13:40
Trius,
I agree this lens has a special OOF rendering but since I have a 40mm Nokton SC I wonder how that lens compairs in the areas of OOF and highlights. The problem with the Nokton on the M8 is a lack of native frame lines. An optical attachment if it existed would not serve such a "long" lens IMO so I am considering the Sonnar as my fast "artsy" lens.

I put the Nokton MC 40/1.4 on the M8 and found that manually activating the bright lines worked fairly well (not perfect tho) but this is also a pain.

As for the bokeh of the Nokton 40, here's the only examples I have online at the moment (R-D1).


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/310269585_5b20c6069d_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/310267119_b3a463ff1d_o.jpg
jerome
03-24-2007, 15:46
yes Gabriel , bought the last one from Photo Suffren ;)

weather was awfull today but i manage to take some more test shots, just test nothing really artistic ...

http://leseinne.smugmug.com/photos/138302418-L.jpg

http://leseinne.smugmug.com/photos/138301031-L.jpg


jerome
jerome
03-25-2007, 15:17
Guys

i have posted more test shot on the dedicated Sonnar thread :

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38494

jerome
David Kieltyka
03-26-2007, 16:18
The OOF rendition of the new 50mm Sonnar looks just like that of the 1930s–50s samples I own. The look is indeed gauzy. :) Some folks prefer a smoother OOF look...but I like a bit of texture, which the Sonnar provides. IMO this does, and should, come down to personal preference rather than an attempt at objective classification.

The 40mm Nokton has a different OOF look, as the samples posted here show. I'd classify it as harder than the Sonnar look. Edges in OOF areas are more sharply delineated.

My old (WWII era) LTM 50 Sonnar is one of my favorite lenses.

-Dave-