Member Brian

ISO160, Manual Exposure, 4 Stops down- equivalent of ISO2500. Minolta 50/1.4 MC mount lens, RF converted,

skate4_ISO2500 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

From this weekend: ISO1250 equivalent, using ISO160 and -3EV exposure compensation, “Auto-Levels” and some curve adjustment in Photoshop.

These are with a 1952 Minolta Chiyoko 5cm F2 lens, wide-open.

All hand-held,

Marine Corp Museum, M8 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Marine Corp Museum, M8 by fiftyonepointsix, on…[Read more]

Lens is Sold.

Version 1.2 of the software is out, easy to use, and something that should be considered especially of you use the M8 for Monochrome conversions.

Nikkor-SC 5cm f1.4, at F4.

Simulated Orange filter using LR4.4 presets. No exposure adjustments made in Post- this is “1-Click”.

Manassas Battlefield by fiftyonepointsix, on…[Read more]

http://www.leicaplace.com/album.php?albumid=70

I've uploaded my initial batch of images taken using the V1.05 raw convertor.

all I can say is- Leica should have had 16-bit DNG in the original M8 firmware, and Thankyou to Arvin for doing this.

I was surprised to learn that the Nikkor 5cm F1.5 AND the Simlar 5cm F1.5 were both designed in 1937. I also have the 5cm F1.5 Simlar, one of the first made- #74, came with a 4-digit Leotax D-IV putting it in the 1949~1950 range for manufacture. It is a Double-Gauss design, 7 elements in 4 groups, an original design. The other F1.5 lenses went to…[Read more]

Hopefully the viewing permissions have been corrected on the site I used.

http://www.leicaplace.com/f2/nikkor-sc-5cm-f1-5-lens-brought-attention-japanese-camera-industry-185/

I wrote an article on the lens, learned some things about it. Everyone should be able to see the images posted in the article, if not- please let me know.

Next…[Read more]

I've heard of those…. Jason Howe hosts my DIY guides for shimming the J-3 for a Leica. Many are adjusted already, some require adjustment for a Leica.

http://aperturepriority.co.nz/50mm-jupiter-3-f1-5-information/

One with my 1950 KMZ J-3, wide-open. There is a history to this lens: the serial number stamped internally show it was made…[Read more]

These are with the 1943 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5 Sonnar “T”. I repaired this lens, including moving middle triplet back into place. It had been knocked out of position.

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It must be a permissions on the site- I've inquired about it with the admin!

The “Beauty shot” of the two lenses, and the Nikkor-SC 5cm F1.5 wide-open.

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The “old trick” is to use black paint to fill in the scratch. This prevents the scratch from producing a reflection and flare, which is the primary source of image corruption. After filling it in, I doubt you will see any difference in performance.

Beautiful picture, the contrast of the sky and clouds make it a stand-out.

What filter -if any- did you use? I've been using orange and red to get that type of sky.

Very nicely done, must be like riding a bicycle…

No one ever questioned using black and white film, I could never understand why photographers were so skeptical of a Monochrome digital camera.

The thinking is like that of using Black and White film, more thought going into the image before it is made, less time spent on the computer…[Read more]

The clean images: sensor uniformity, resolution, and dynamic range- just amaze me. ISO 2500 performance is incredibly smooth. I've used Kodak detectors for 20 years, starting with the KAF-1600. This one is the best ever. I am biased towards CCD's. It will be interesting to see images from the new M, but I am satisfied with the current setup. M9…[Read more]

I've been on a kick lately to convert 50mm SLR lenses to RF coupled M-mount. 50/1.7 AR-Hexanon, 50/1.4 Pentax Super-Takumar, and a Canon FL mount 50/1.4.

The Canon 50/1.4 FL mount on the M Monochrom. The CA on this lens is very low.

Wide-open, FL-B filter to put a dip in Green to increase contrast.

M Monochrom with Canon 50/1.4…[Read more]

Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, wide-open.

Udvar Hazy, Dec 2012 by

The 90mm framelines give a 100% view on this lens.

Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum, Dulles VA.

1936 Uncoated Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5, converted to Leica mount using a Jupiter-3 focus mount.

Wide-Open.

Udvar Hazy, Dec 2012 by

Udvar Hazy, Dec 2012 by

Udvar Hazy, Dec 2012 by

Mine came in yesterday, did a quick RF calibration test with a 1950 Jupiter-3 that is rebuilt to the Leica standard for focal length and in new focus mount modified for 0.8m close-focus.

First picture with the new camera today

L1000008 by putahexanonyou, on Flickr

Jupiter-3, wide-open, R25 filter, +1 exposure compensation.…[Read more]

Mine will be arriving this week- will test that. With the M9: shooting DNG+JPEG will slow things down dramatically. The M-Monochrom uses much of the same hardware/firmware. Try shooting DNG only, if you have JPEG enabled.