It seems like my very mint Summarit (right) has to go after having picked up this old Summilux from 1972… 🙂
Both lenses shown @ max aperture… the Summilux @ f1.4 and the Summarit @ f2.5
Before I got it I thought I would have to keep both… one for minimal size, and the other for maximum light-sucking… to my surprise the size and weight differences between the two are very (well, not very..) minimal… 🙂
Quite an interesting read: http://www.overgaard.dk/leica_history.html
Advertisement for the Leica M4 introduced in 1966. One of the best-selling Leica M cameras (along Leica M6 and Leica M9).
Apart from the economical side of buying M8 instead of M9 etc, the M8 and M8.2 has another big advantage. It has a very reduced IR filter in front of the sensor. This means that the M8 is very suitable for taking IR-photos.
So a couple of days ago, the IR filter I purchased very cheap on ebay finally arrived, and I have been playing with it the whole week-end. It is very interesting to think of that none of what are seen in these pictures are visible with the naked eye..! 🙂
The filter which I bought is completely dark, looking through it with your naked eye you can’t see anything, it is blocking all visible light up to 950nm.
I picked up an old Leitz Wetzlar 90mm Elmar-C f4 on the postoffice today… it was a bit more worn than I anticipated, but what to expect for 1.800 NOK…
Well, despite some play in the focus ring, the lens seems to be pretty sharp..! 🙂
(This sunset taken with it this afternoon may not be an example of the sharpness, but I liked it nevertheless…)
A couple of beers and a nice Tequila… looking through some old dusty boxes and found my grandfathers old camera… I really don’t know much about it, it’s an Agfa Billy Record, and it uses 120 roll film for 6x9cm frames… It is surely not worth much, in money, but I think it is a cool old object… it is most probably made between 1933 and 1942… it’s not going back in the box… I’ll put it on display in a drawer… (at least until my wife comes home…) 🙂
While at it, here is a “family shot”, my grandpa’s camera together with my fathers old Leica M3 and my newly acquired Leica M8.2:
(Both pictures taken with Canon 5DII and EF 50mm f1.2@8)
This remarkable Elcan 90mm f/1 lens was one of 10 made for the US Navy. It sold for 228,000 EUR (A$293,402) including the camera (military version KE-7A) and a special extension tube.
I sincerly believe that I will be travelling to Pluto before I get a chance to put one of these onto my newly acquired M8.2… 😀
Here is a couple of links to other “special” lenses and equipment:
http://www.australianphotography.com/news/auction-record-world-s-most-expensive-camera
Today… I finally bought myself a mint used Leica M8.2… (thank you Stina!) 🙂 …that may well be one of my biggest (read: economical..) mistakes in my life… earlier on I exchanged my EF 24-70/f2.8L for a Leica Summarit M 50mm/2.5 and wondered… what the hell am I doing? as a dedicated Canon user… well… today, I started the quest to find out….
To do a final honour to my Dad, who passed away a couple of years ago, the first picture I will post from this new Leica chapter in my life has been taken with his Super Angulon 21mm/f4:
Being used to Canon’s wonderful autofocus, always surprised by Pifa’s tremendous speed and agility, and trying to cope with manual focus/aperture/shutter speed, no wonder why this picture looks like this…! 😀
Hopefully the sharpness and (lack of..) bluriness will improve soon… 🙂
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