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Last week I picked up a very fun little lens, the TTartisan 28/5.6. I was very taken with the 28mm Summaron when I tried it out last year and this scratches that itch - I'm saving up for a Summicron for the versatility and its performance, but this should serve me well for the next few months:

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Took that combo with me on Good Friday documented the goings on in Trafalgar Sq.:

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FruitFlakes said:
Last week I picked up a very fun little lens, the TTartisan 28/5.6. I was very taken with the 28mm Summaron when I tried it out last year and this scratches that itch - I'm saving up for a Summicron for the versatility and its performance, but this should serve me well for the next few months:
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I picked up the TT Artisans 28mm when they first came out. I’ve been very impressed with it on the M10.

I’d quite like something that lets a bit more light in at 28mm but it’s difficult to justify given how the TTA 28mm performs.
 
wibbly said:
I picked up the TT Artisans 28mm when they first came out. I’ve been very impressed with it on the M10.

I’d quite like something that lets a bit more light in at 28mm but it’s difficult to justify given how the TTA 28mm performs.
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Yeah it's an impressive lens for its size and price, but the corners let it down for me - I like including little bits of context near the edges. Plus that 5.6 is tough to work with in the UK. I do find myself bringing it along quite often since it barely takes up any space, especially if I forego the hood.
 
I'm currently using Lexar 128gb 250mb/s class II cards and since moving to the M11 - my laptop crashes either during import in Lightroom or if I navigate into the my card through Finder and open the subfolders (MacOS). I then need to do a reboot..

I need to open finder, copy the whole SD Card paste onto my mac and then run the lightroom import! It works fine that way.

Has anyone else experienced this? I know Leica recommend a different card? or maybe my card is faulty? Do we think that's the answer?
 
benc98 said:
I'm currently using Lexar 128gb 250mb/s class II cards and since moving to the M11 - my laptop crashes either during import in Lightroom or if I navigate into the my card through Finder and open the subfolders (MacOS). I then need to do a reboot..

I need to open finder, copy the whole SD Card paste onto my mac and then run the lightroom import! It works fine that way.

Has anyone else experienced this? I know Leica recommend a different card? or maybe my card is faulty? Do we think that's the answer?
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Sounds like a LR issue to me… have you updated adobe cc to the latest version?
 
wibbly said:
I picked up the TT Artisans 28mm when they first came out. I’ve been very impressed with it on the M10.

I’d quite like something that lets a bit more light in at 28mm but it’s difficult to justify given how the TTA 28mm performs.
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Sorry - just scrolled up a bit :)
I can recommend the voigtlander 28mm ultron (v2 I think) around 500 euro used. I have the album in flickr (link below) if you want to see the sort of shots it gets.
Goes to f2.8 I think, so gets you that little extra light/speed...
 
Hi, ... (M9 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 ; f 5,6 ; crop) :



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(Not easy to use on an M without live view or an EVF. Perhaps this is why lenses longer than 50mm are often offered used in excellent condition ... ;))
 

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Hi, ... (M9 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 ; f 5,6 ; crop) :



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Hi, .... (SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 ; f 4 ; crop) :



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(My SONY settings: ISO 160, JPEGS with contrast +2, Saturation +1, sharpness +3, size 18 MP. Live view with focus area magnification, and IS are helpful.

My dear old Elmar shows impressive performance, I think ... ---)
 

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Hi, .... (SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 ; f 4 ; crop) :



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(My SONY settings: ISO 160, JPEGS with contrast +2, Saturation +1, sharpness +3, size 18 MP. Live view with focus area magnification, and IS are helpful.

My dear old Elmar shows impressive performance, I think ... ---)
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Hi, I concluded with a rather strong statement above. and I was thinking of corroborating it... --- :


SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 f 4 :

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SONY A7R2 - SONY 4/70 - 200 ; f 4 ; at 135mm :


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LEITZ Tele-Elmar 4/135 f 4; crop :


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SONY 4/70 - 200 ; f 4 ; at 135mm ; crop :


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This is no strict comparison, of course. There are differences, as stated. - The cams are set up identically. But I compared a tele prime from 1966 to a modern zoom, with AF.

The Tele-Elmar was around 500 DM (in 1973; the only price I found). At that time, the top BMW bike was the R75/5 at around 5000 DM. The Tele-Elmar cost 10% then.

A high-end BMW bike is 20000 € now, 10% of which is 2000 €. This would be the price of a modern Tele-Elmar ... ---

My dear old Elmar shows impressive performance, I think ... ---

Q.E.D. ;)
 
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@spxxxx how do you like the 90mm ? I've seen some on ebay and at a vaguely reasonable price... but it is close to the 105mm macro nikkor I am using atm
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For the money I think it is a good buy ... I don't think my copy is razor sharp like my cron 50 .... but I've yet to decide it it is the lens needing a service or my handholding skills
 
Hi, ... (SONY A7R2 - LEITZ Elmarit-R 2,8/135 ; f 4 ; crop) :


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SLR lenses like the Elmarit-R perform well on mirrorless cams, the light rays hitting the sensor at a right angle. In use, the long adapter makes the camera very front-heavy.

(The R->M adapter is shorter, and an M with the Elmarit-R with live view may be a little more practical, but is still front-heavy.)
 

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Hi, ... (M9 - LEITZ Macro-Elmarit 2,8/60 ; f 2,8 ; crop) :



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(Even with EVF, magnified focus spot this is not much fun in use for pics like the above. - Which does not speak against the lens; more against this deployment ... --- )
 

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Hi, cropped free ... (M9 - ZEISS Biogon 2/35 ; f 2,8 ; crop) :



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Another example of car-meeting-problems. Not only normal spectators, including nose-scanners, make taking pics difficult, but very often cars are parked very close together... ---
 

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Hi, cropped free ... (M9 - ZEISS Biogon 2/35 ; f 2,8 ; crop) :



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(I 'll go to a big U.S. car meeting this morning. I do not know the location. I hope, there will be enough space for the big U.S. barges ,,, )
 

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