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very nice, i put that skin on an m3 once.

joe

Hey Dave,

Hello to another 10.5 LTM user !

Cheers,

Roland.

So tell me about this Elmar. I have one in black on the way. COULDN'T resist.

heresy?
 

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M5 with EOS neck strap is still easier and safer to carry around than the M5 naked :)

yes, plan is to get separate strap for M5 also, but all in good time...

I feel it is a little gem; small, but ergonomically fine for my hands, plenty sharp, smooth transition to OOF areas with fine bokeh. After more than a year of heavy use, it has shown no mechanical play at all (surprising, I think, for a collapsable lens). It goes with me everywhere. And, I like how the chrome Elmar has a retro look on the MP... now if only the MP had the good old vulcanite, then we'd have perfection!

Very nice! Enjoy it. Use it.

wonder if I should trade up my old 50 elmar 3.5 for the newer 2.8

I have both, but I now use the older 3.5 Elmar far more then the 2.8. I like the way the photos look like there from another era. Isn't that one of the reasons why we use rangefinders in the first place? Jim

not me, I use rangefinders for the way of seeing, not so interested in the whole classic look thing myself, just getting the picture the way I like it

Avotius, I don't know what way of seeing means in photography. I do know what it means to see things as say a parent or as worker. I will have to look into this, it sounds very interesting. Maybe my photo skills will finally improve.

might help, I find that every camera that I have lets me see things in a different way, and I got a mini fridge dry box full of cameras that help me see different ways, gota love it, but at the end of the day im with my bessa and the more modern lenses because that is the desired look today and the look I prefer, plus most customers are not into the whole "old fashioned look" when they want something done

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There are a few reason why my old ltm 50mm 3.5 elmar doesn't fit me too well. The aperture ring is a pain in the neck when you need to change fast which happens with me a lot because I shoot street. Second it is pretty slow, although 2.8 isn't a whole lot better, I do think 2.8 is where the big drop off where bokeh really starts, and even though I usually shoot at f8, you can never have enough speed. Also the infinity lock and focus tab annoy me and doesn't help much for my street shooting because the tab rotates so far for focusing. I like to clean lenses if I need to and I have never had the guts to touch the front element of this lens with anything because I know its really really soft. And finally I cant stick filters on the lens because they are hard to find and I use filters.

Visiondr-
Many thanks for the reviews. That gem-like quality & beauty-as-object is what drew me in- that and Mr. Puts review which praised the sharpness. Appears that the bonus is going to be the 'old' look I've been lusting after. My hope is that this will be the lens I carry all the time, when I'm not specifically 'out shooting', in the daily bag, probably on the M7 or M6 (I'm guessing it won't go on my M5). The small size here is the key, as I find even the Summicron or Hexanon too big to slip in and out of the bag easily enough. I'm a 50mm shooter most of the time.

In looking at the design from a shooters perspective, I think that I'll like this very much, the gap in the barrel when open should make handling such a small item much easier than the 40 Summicron which is just too small for me as a quick shooter, I find myself fumbling with it more often than not, even after shooting almost nothing but the 40 for two weeks in an attempt to overcome this.

So, hood appears small, but is adequate? With hood & collapsed is this much smaller than the Summicron? Collapse sort of seems like an unfortunate term to describe this lens- for me collapse brings memories of complete mental & physical exhaustion- will I be driven to shoot this much??

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After giving it some thought I find that I disagree with the statement: And if you really want to achieve a soft look for a particular shot, slap on the appropriate filter and you'll get it. I'm not sure that's the same thing. For me images from my Elmars 90 & 50 and Summar can evoke a similar feeling to viewing a Zen rock garden or other zen art. I'm sure that sounds pretty 'far-out' but that's one of the things that attracts me to Leica photography. JimG

>>>"Yes!! Unless you're in Jim's camp, which is fine. I myself am sometimes torn between the vintage look and the modern. But modern lenses are more universal, since by judiciously choosing film, developer, enlarger and paper, you can achieve any look you like, even with an APO lens. And if you really want to achieve a soft look for a particular shot, slap on the appropriate filter and you'll get it."


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Wow...

Everyday I want an M3 more and more...but with the recent death of my laptop (Death by melted ice cream) It's put my in a bad money place.

It put the M8 on hold.

I've found the 50/Summicron hood adequate, so this should be fine then. Now I must only wait....

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Funny thing is I have no clue what a sticky even is.

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Art,
The M3 looks beautiful with that 90 Elmar on it.

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