The Monochrom as a landscape camera.

[xdayv]

Originally Posted by C_R

High fog, Blackwood Forest, Germany (90 AA, 1/750 sec f:5.6 ISO 320)
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Carsten

Carsten, super!

[C_R]

Thank you :-)





Carsten

[airfrogusmc]

Originally Posted by C_R

Thank you :-)

Carsten

#2 rocks....

[NicoM]

This is a very interesting thread. Some very nice shots. I'm saving up for a Digital Leica M, and would like to use it as an all around camera. At the moment, I have a Canon 5D Mark II wich is awesome for landscapes. If I can achieve consistently good landscapes results with a Leica, I might be able to let go of the Canon.

[C_R]

Originally Posted by NicoM

This is a very interesting thread. Some very nice shots. I'm saving up for a Digital Leica M, and would like to use it as an all around camera. At the moment, I have a Canon 5D Mark II wich is awesome for landscapes. If I can achieve consistently good landscapes results with a Leica, I might be able to let go of the Canon.

IQ is one thing, you get comparable results with high end DSRLs. But size is another, the M is pocketable, and the best camera is the cam in your hand when the light is right.
The M helps me see the subject. Really nice is long exposure, with ND filter you have no trouble with framing. Working with a grad filter can be a PITA, on the other hand.

Carsten

[randolph45]

Are you using a tripod and gimble setup for for the stich shots?
I like Maxs Lyons forum on stiched panos.

[C_R]

Originally Posted by randolph45

Are you using a tripod and gimble setup for for the stich shots?

I am too lazy for that :-) All my panoramics are handheld, so, some need a bit PP to fix mismatch areas, not a big deal when you let PTGUi blend in layers.

Carsten

[airfrogusmc]

Originally Posted by NicoM

This is a very interesting thread. Some very nice shots. I'm saving up for a Digital Leica M, and would like to use it as an all around camera. At the moment, I have a Canon 5D Mark II wich is awesome for landscapes. If I can achieve consistently good landscapes results with a Leica, I might be able to let go of the Canon.

I don't use my 5DIIs at all for personal work since picking up the MM. Its so much smaller, the files are sharper and the DR is greater.

[Vincent.G]

Carsten, your photos are awesome!
Makes me want a MM now!

[morgan]

Seriously awesome and inspiring work, Carsten. I wish I could do an MM, but I can't so I think I'm upgrading my Canon 7D to a 6D and getting a few Zeiss primes.

[C_R]

Originally Posted by morgan

Seriously awesome and inspiring work, Carsten. I wish I could do an MM, but I can't so I think I'm upgrading my Canon 7D to a 6D and getting a few Zeiss primes.

Great for landscape, too. For me, an important argument pro MM is size.

This one was MM and MS-Optical Super Triplet Perar 35/3.5, three shots stitched. I have MM and Perar nearly always with me, also when running.... Would have missed this shot with a DSLR. The best camera is the camera in your hand when the light is right... One shot (the left) had to be severely underexposed for highlights. The shadows are pushed 2.5 stops here, with acceptable result (1/180 sec ISO 320 to 1/60 sec ISO 1250 with f:4)



90 AA, 1/250 sec f:2 ISO 2000, mosaic stitch


Nocti 1.0 1/90 sec f:1 ISO 1600, B+W 060 Yellow-green filter


Carsten
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[seanbonner]

Somewhere between Vienna & Paris, from above by seanbonner, on Flickr


Above Paris by seanbonner, on Flickr


Above Paris by seanbonner, on Flickr

[antistatic]

Love those last two.

It appears like you have a few dust spots on your sensor.

[morgan]

Originally Posted by C_R

Great for landscape, too. For me, an important argument pro MM is size.

This one was MM and MS-Optical Super Triplet Perar 35/3.5, three shots stitched. I have MM and Perar nearly always with me, also when running.... Would have missed this shot with a DSLR. The best camera is the camera in your hand when the light is right... One shot (the left) had to be severely underexposed for highlights. The shadows are pushed 2.5 stops here, with acceptable result (1/180 sec ISO 320 to 1/60 sec ISO 1250 with f:4)

Carsten
Flickr

You're totally right about size, I often end up taking my fuji x100 instead of my 7D. I've thought hard about going with an xpro1 or xe1, and I might consider them on the next iteration, but for now I think the 6D will get me the IQ I want. It's smaller and lighter than my 7D and with two primes won't be bad on a hike. There's a look, a level of detail, but also a lot of mystery to your shots that I would love to emulate, although most of that is your skill obviously.

[SakamakuAme]

This is an interesting thread. It seems like Monochrom works very well for the landscape photography, like current sigma cameras or D800e. No one has ever seriously considered 35mm as a landscape camera until D800e, but the world is certainly changing.

I still clearly see the limitation of the 35mm wide angle lens compare to the larger format, and lack of tiltshift lens is a huge drawback for Leica camera.

[C_R]

Originally Posted by SakamakuAme

I still clearly see the limitation of the 35mm wide angle lens compare to the larger format...

Please, why ?

Originally Posted by SakamakuAme

... and lack of tiltshift lens is a huge drawback for Leica camera.

From time to time I shoot landscape formats to be stitched vertically, and refocus every shot (with the lens´ sweet spot aperture, to avoid diffraction), this makes for kind of digital tiltshift. A variant is refocus within a horizontally stitched panoramic, needs a bit of practice but works nicely.

Carsten
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