Sunday, November 24, 2013

Leica M240 with CV 35mm Nokton

Spent a few hours last week continuing to familiarize myself with this camera.  This day I chose to use the traditional RF techniques, using either the OVF or zone focusing.  Using this focal length is considered the classic for RF work, and the combination handles very well.  The OVF is very bright and now has LED frame lines which works very well in bright sunlight.  I found the images to have 1 or 2 stops in the shadows that can be successfully worked with, and a similar amount of head room in the highlight end.  Except for working under tungsten or mercury lighting, the WB seems to be fairly consistent and natural.  I used an ISO of up to 3200 for the low light night images and used LR's luminous NR set at 25.  I tried to hand hold a pano shot, but this lens is not sharp in the edges and it shows when you stitch an image.  Since I was able to stitch images with the M9 and this lens, the increased resolution of this camera as compared to the M9 might make the softness of this lens in the corners more noticeable. 

Dan





 

 
 
 


3 Comments:

Blogger Warren T. said...

Dan, this camera/lens combo must be an inspiration to you because these are some of the best images that you've ever posted here. Thanks for sharing your shooting experiences with this equipment because most of us will not have the pleasure of using it.

--Warren

Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 7:23:00 AM PST  
Anonymous lena said...

Nice series, great frame, sunlight, excellent experiences shooting, thanks for sharing...:-)

in the last image at Japan town of cake shop,I had been gotten one similar as you, it's interesting framing,nice shot..:-)

Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 9:14:00 PM PST  
Blogger Lea said...

Enjoying the final three photos of people :) and the bright red flowers pic!

Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 11:44:00 AM PST  

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