Wow! Amazing clarity and color. You definately have a keeper!
Very good, I like no 1 with the colors in the background...
Sylvias
Loc: North Yorkshire England
Thanks for checking in while I'm doing my math homework, folks.
2 + 2 = the cosine of pi to the what'h power? I can haz some Cheetos now? And borrow the car Friday nite?
Nice work there--beautiful scenes.
Jim, can you tell me more about the lens you are using. Checked Google and they describe several several Summitar lenses, plus Summarit and Summicron. Thanks-
JBruce wrote:
Wow! Amazing clarity and color. You definately have a keeper!
That is what Fuji gives you! Clarity and color. None of my Nikons ever did what Fuji does. There is something about the Fuji images that is different. Whether it is the optics or the sensor or the processor, I don't know. But Fuji shooters know what I mean.
bedouin wrote:
Jim, can you tell me more about the lens you are using. Checked Google and they describe several several Summitar lenses, plus Summarit and Summicron. Thanks-
Sure, Bedouin.... the 50mm f/2 collapsible Summitar I'm using is the 39mm screw mount (a.k.a. 'LTM' - Leica Thread Mount) version that came 'standard' on the Leica 3C rangefinder camera. The serial # of the Leica 3C I've got indicates it was produced in 1948, so I presume the lens is of the same vintage. Ken Rockwell has a good description of the lens, so you might want to check that out. The Summarits and Summicrons are more recent versions, and would have been used on more recent Leica models. I've got a couple of 50mm f/3.5 Elmars (on 1930's Leica II's), too, and a Russian (FED) Leica copy of a 30's 50mm f/2 Summar (the lens that preceded the Summitar). I've used each of these lenses on film in their respective cameras, but haven't tried them --via an adapter, of course-- yet on digital, i.e., on my 'new' Fujifilm X-Pro1. Each of these lenses --the Summitar in particular-- are sought after and are considered 'classic' glass, and while they shouldn't be expected to perform the same as modern lenses, they have a kind of *character* that's hard to describe. Most say its the bokeh, others say its the ultra-sharp centers with less sharp corners; me, I say its the simultaneously ultra-sharp/diffused contrast quality; etc, etc. What most everyone who uses these lenses agrees with is that they produce a certain kind of
look that can't be gotten otherwise.
Absolutely beautiful photographs. I recall you recently mentioned using your Leica lenses on the Fuji. Seems like a match made in photo heaven.
Dennis
CatMarley wrote:
That is what Fuji gives you! Clarity and color. None of my Nikons ever did what Fuji does. There is something about the Fuji images that is different. Whether it is the optics or the sensor or the processor, I don't know. But Fuji shooters know what I mean.
Not to disagree with you at all but in my opinion the Summitar lens might deserve some of the credit. Leica has long been known, for however they make their lenses, for different and excellent color rendition as well as the legendary sharpness. I don’t have a Fuji yet, a fly rod or another shotgun seem to get in the way, but I would like to get one at some point. Great cameras.
Dennis
CatMarley wrote:
That is what Fuji gives you! Clarity and color. None of my Nikons ever did what Fuji does. There is something about the Fuji images that is different. Whether it is the optics or the sensor or the processor, I don't know. But Fuji shooters know what I mean.
I've only had my Fuji a couple of weeks, so I'm only just learning it, but OH YES! I know what you mean about the clarity and color you mention. Loves me my Nikons (modern & classic), but the Fuji is a whole different world.
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