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Gear Reviews, Leica, Leica R

Leica 28mm–90mm f/2.8–4.5 ASPH Vario-Elmarit-R Lens Review

November 15, 2018 by AphotoVID No Comments

The Leica Vario-Elmarit-R 28-90mm f2.8-4.5 ASPH is a great lens. Arguably one of the best medium zooms ever made. It is fairly light considering its range, and yields beautiful images. We mounted it on a Leica M9, M240, and a Leica SL for this test. The lens went into production in 2004. Considering its vintage, its an exceptional design that rivals, and even surpasses, many modern zooms. When introduced, it set a new level for standard zoom performance, rivalling many prime lenses of the time. Lets see how it does today!

 

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Gear Reviews, Leica, Leica R, Photography

Leica R 19mm F2.8 Lens Review

November 22, 2017 by Andrew Gough 1 Comment

Now testing this lens on the Leica SL, with the Leica R-L adapter.

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Gear Reviews, Leica, Leica M, Photography

Leica 16-18-21mm M Tri-Elmar F/4.0 Test

July 6, 2017 by AphotoVID No Comments

The Leica Tri-Elmar M is Leica’s only wide angle three position zoom. Is it a zoom, well sort of… It is a lens with three distinct positions, and it only performs well at these specific focal length positions. We have a lens that covers 16mm, 18mm, and 21mm focal lengths. We are going to look at its strengths and weaknesses…

It is arguably one of the best wide angle lenses in the world, easily holding its own today. A few other wide angle primes are better, but they are primes, they’re supposed to be better. If you want a small unobtrusive wide angle lens then this maybe your ticket.

For this test I used my Leica 24 megapixel M240. The M240 only records an approximate aperture value. There is no electronic link with M lenses to the camera. Yes, there is a 6bit coding on the lens, but that only tells the camera what lens is attached. No aperture information is passed. When you examine the files you may see an aperture value, again it is only an approximation. I did record that actual aperture values used in this test independently.

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Alternative Lenses, Leica M

Nippon Kogaku 105mm F/2.5 LTM Image Samples

June 22, 2017 by AphotoVID 1 Comment

Image samples from this super lens. Manufactured in the 1950’s these are still super – if you can find one in good condition.

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Sony

Sony 35mm E Mount F/1.8 OSS Lens Review

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The Sony 35mm F/1.8 (50mm equivalent) lens is a small, light and fast standard lens for the NEX system. The lens has a fast F/1.8 aperture. It ships with caps, a petal shaped hood, box and a one year warranty in most countries. It is only compatible with Sony NEX camera’s. The Lens specifications are as follows:

Lens Type : E-mount 35mm F1.8
Lens Mount Type : Sony E-mount
Aperture Range : f/1.8 – f/22
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 52.5 mm
Filter Diameter : 49 mm Lens
Construction : 6-8
Minimum Focus Distance : 11.88″ (0.3 m)
Angle of View : 44° (APS-C)
Aperture Blade : 7 blades Circular Aperture
Dimensions Diameter x Length : 2 1/2″ x 2 13/16″ or 63 x 45mm
Exterior Finish : Black Steady Shot Mode: Active Lens-based Image Stabilization (OSS)

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Leica 50mm F/1.0 Noctilux Lens Sample Images

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We are adding sample images from this lens. The review will follow.

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Leica Summilux 50mm F/1.4 Asph Lens

June 18, 2017 by AphotoVID No Comments

This is a superb lens! You can expect extraordinary sharpness right from wide open. Smooth Bokeh and no, and I say again, no chromatic aberrations. The lens distinguishes itself by having excellent separation of the subject from the background, it’s very 3D. Colour contrast is high and images need very little processing when coming from dng files. The lens has a very special look, especially at mid-distances. Close up performance is also very good, due to the floating element. Close up images still retain interesting bokeh as well. Check out the parrot shot below. Vignetting also serves to enhance image quality ( I know that some will disagree), but I really like this lens and its output.

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Leica 90mm Elmarit F/2.8 Lens Review

May 25, 2017 by AphotoVID No Comments

I am working on the review of this wonderful lens, that is sadly discontinued by Leica. It is a very light small lens ideally suited for travel. The nearest modern alternative would be the 90mm F/2.8 Summarit. The F/2.8 Elmarit is available on EBay and if one is careful, you can pick up a very good copy.

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Zeiss

ZEISS ZM 85MM F/2.0

May 7, 2017 by AphotoVID No Comments

We have added some images from this exotic and quite rare lens! Have a look and tell us what you think. Zeiss ZM 85mm. Shot on a Sony NEX 5, so its a cropped image. More to come.

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