sergiohm

I spent about 2 days in Miami Beach and captured some pictures with a Leica M9 (I love this camera, an 18MB FF with the best picture click sound, it feels like you're taking pictures with one of the M's film cameras) and a vintage Summarit 50 mm F1.5.
The lens has a lot of character (a sliver of focus at 1.5), flare in the sun, and some weird reddish stains that appear randomly, and it is not the sharpest.
I know it sounds negative in most aspects, but the images it produces are lovely, the vivid colors, exquisite transition from out of focus to focus, and vice-versa.
The other challenge is of course the rangefinder manual focusing of the M9, but I've used the Leica's for years and it is quite second nature now.
Enjoy!

Fancy chair at the hotel (shot at 3.4F, 1/15 secs!)

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Giant statue at night (shot at 1.7F, 1/25 secs. Remember: no stabilization in camera nor lens)

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A hotel facade shot at 1.7F

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This picture shows well the character of the lens under the sun (4.0F)

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My focus was at the weird sculpture, the rest is out of focus at 2.0F

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Vintage car at F11

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Canon R Loc: Dayton,OH

Fantastic!
I know that feeling too!
Thank you for showing.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Those certainly look like film images to me. Nice nostalgic ambiance to them.

Stan

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

tcthome Loc: NJ

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Gorgeous!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful work!

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I really do like image, even with the slight softness. Is that primarily a product of the shallow DOF on everything except the Olds?

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Beautiful variety of shots 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

sergiohm

yes I shot mostly at F1.7 but I switched to F11 for a time.
Keep in mind this is an old lens and it probably needs cleaning, etc.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice set