[LRflex] Re: B&W of Stonehenge, & Salisbury Cathedral monochromes
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:18:24 +0200
Hi Eric,
I never had the Leica 35-70 and cannot compare. But I'm quite pleased
with the 35 X 2 - I like the tones in colour, and rendition of the grey
tones in BW.
To say it is the finest lense you can come across would be a lie, but
I'm very pleased with this old lense.
Maximum aperture is 2.5 and not 2.8, but I try to avoid this as optics
will have it that any lense is better when you stop down at least a
little. I guess it is at its best at 5.6 or 8 as I've never carried out
systematic experiments. 2.5 is convenient though and can save a snap in
poor light conditions... BTW, from the DoF on your pictures, I sense
that light was not a real issue in the cathedral. And you must have a
steady hand if you didn't use a tripod; congratulations.
The 70 X 3 opens at 3.5 but then quality is poor - it gets much better
from 5.6 up. Here again, when you use longer focus, you're sometimes
happy to be able to open up a bit more and get faster speed as a result
to save you from a blurred picture, all th more so as the Rs I own don't
have a mirror lock up. It wouldn't be a problem with a Digital Back
where you can adjust film ISO on the fly, but it can save a picture with
film if you don't have a spare body with a faster roll inside...
I have used the 70 x 3 quite a lot recently, with an extender, some
slides are real fine, the scans I post (flat bed supermarket bought
Epson) are definitely not up to what I see when I use the Pradovit ;-)
A friend has offered me to scan a couple of them with his semi-pro
equipment; I'll see what it's like and if any better, I'll post some
more for you to see.
Here's a l
<http://www.pictchallenge-archives.net/TESTNUM/032006bxuB.html>ink to
recent tests carried out with a Nikon D200 - you'll find the Angenieux
on the fourth chart - when stopped down, it is not so ridiculous on a
(very demanding) digital body if you think it is a great grand-father to
many a modern zoom. .. and it is way better than the (Minolta made?)
Leitz 4/ 70-210 it has replaced in my gear although I sometimes.miss
the "pump" system.
Yours
Phileicangenieux.
LEICAFLEX wrote:
>Hi Philippe,
>Yes it is indeed the one. Images are generally contrasty, tack sharp
>and have a 'sparkle like champagne'. When traveling light with the
>SLR, this is the lens I can depend on. The macro mode is excellent -
>and "bokeh" in macro mode ain't bad at all, I've taken some very
>contrasty and sharp flower shots.
>In regular mode, even at 70/4, the bokeh is only OK - that's when one
>says to oneself to stick to longer lenses for portraits and such. BTW
>Leica makes one with ROM contacts for R8/9 which costs a lot more
>(!)....but mine is the older version which assumably has the same
>optics, just without ROM contacts. Bought it used for about $700 on
>eBay and met the seller at a Starbucks in Hayward for local pickup
>about 2 years ago. I've used it a bit more than the 70X3 Angenieux
>($500 eBay local pickup too). Sometimes I wonder if the minimal 5.6
>f-stop, for v. good to excellent performance, is a compromise,
>considering you can go to 2.8 with your 35X2 Angenieux. Therefore I
>have been following your photo postings with interest. How is your
>35X2 Angenieux wide open at 2.8, or do you have to stop down to 3.5 or
>4 to optimize?
>
>Best wishes, Eric
>
>
>
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>>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:48:32 +0200
>>From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [LRflex] Re: B&W of Stonehenge, & Salisbury Cathedral monochromes
>>
>>Hi Eric,
>>Is this the one lense you've been using?
>>here <http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/rseries/testr/ve43570.html>
>>I wish I had one too.
>>Yours
>>Phileicangenieux
>>
>>
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