Summicron 50/2 : The Boss!

While my wife was busy looking after the children, i was *busy* taking artsy photographs :)

 What a cutie!

Leitz Summicron 50 from 1964
ISO 160, f2.8 1/3000 of a sec

Summicron 50/2 : 1958 Elmar 90 f4 in its natural habitat :)

ISO 160 F2.8 1/1500th of a second taken with a summicron 50/2

Summicron 50/2 : Flower Child

from the same session as the pic of both of my kids, this one was my youngest grabbing flowers ( the same one her older sister made her put in the plastic bag!)

ISO 160 1/2000 th of a second f4

Me!! captured by Jay

I was spotted by a friend!!!!!!!!

Summicron 50/2 : Scarlet Sapling II

Who says you cant do Bokeh/abstracts with a rangefinder camera? :P

ISO 160 f2.8  1/1500th of a second

Summicron 50/2: Golden Children

During the bokeh test walk with my Helios 44 I also brought along the Leica and grabbed this beautiful shot of my kids backlit by the sunset


ISO 160 F4 1/2000 of a second , processed in Lightroom 3


full size is here

Iphone 3.9mm/2.8 !!! : My M8 with the Elmar 90/4 and hood

Someone asked me how big the 90mm lens was, and its kind of goofy looking to  be honest , but it works quite well for a 53 year old piece of glass, especially saying I paid 60 bucks for it!

 The only thing I dont like about it is that its prone to flare+glare ( hence the lens hood) Oh and it has a really long throw of rotation to go from 1 metre to infinity, perhaps 300 degrees or so ( OK thats 2 things!)

 Quick aside, Leica metal lens hood 155-225 dollars, Hong Kong Knock off , also aluminium , 18 shipped.......................Leica on the cheap! thats an oxymoron for sure


Happy Easter