The R lenses are inspiring, but the anamorphic lens you used to shoot this video has a lovely rendering. I'd love to see it on a monochrome sensor or at least a good black & white grade from a cinema camera footage.
Slippery slope getting into Leica R! I haven’t shot the 35 lux but it’s a bucket list lens. I’d say try out the 80mm summilux and the 100mm macro are two of the best lenses I’ve ever used. I actually like the 28mm 2.8 a lot for being affordable and punching above its weight class.
Most people do de-click the aperture rings when they cinemod but I decided not to. For me it just doesn’t make sense. I’m not sure about the 28mm question but I do know recently people have been using the R lenses as the base taking lenses to build an anamorphic set.
I was offered the Leica R Apo Macro 100mm for around 1K euros but having just got the 90 f1.5 M I was like 'when am I ever going to use that?' Apparently, the focus throw is very long too, but it might be just the tool for photographing your bags and straps. Meanwhile a Helios 85 f1.5 is coming, a real bokeh monster. Great channel and I like your way of thinking about glass and pushing the envelope.
I picked up a some R lenses for use on my M6, M11 Monochrom, digital CL, SL2, and SL3. These include: Macro-Elmar-R 100 mm f/4, APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 100 mm f/2.8 (+ ElPro 1:2-1:1 for R 2.8/100), Macro-Elmar-R 100 mm f/4, APO-Elmarit-R 180 mm f/2.8, and APO-Elmar-R 280 mm f/4 (+ 1.4x Extender). The APO lenses are incredibly sharp. I recently saw a used Summilux-R 35 mm for sale, and it was quite pricey. Have you compared it to vintage M versions? How does the Elmarit-R 19 mm f/2.8 compare to the Elmar-M 18 mm f/3.8 (other than the extra stop)?
Congrats on the pick up! 35 Summilux R outperforms the vintage M glass by a mile in image quality and sharpness. Maybe not what you are after but it has a beautiful rendering.
@kevinfickling. I haven’t picked it up yet. I was agonizing over it, because of its price (yet I didn’t mind buying all of the Noctilux-M lenses pre-owned). I currently have five 35 mm lenses I can use on M cameras: Nikon W.Nikkor.C 35 mm f/3.5 LTM, Voigtländer Nokton 35 mm f/1.2 VM I, Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH FLE I, Leica APO-Summicron-M 35 mm f/2 ASPH, and Leica Summaron-M 35 mm f/2.8 w/goggles. BTW, I think I met you at an event held by Leica Store Miami. You have several cool brassing black paint cameras.
@@johnkasianowicz6536 sorry was referring to the other R lenses you mentioned. I totally get it about the 35 lux. If you’re patient you can find them a bit less than what people ask typically.
re title question, depends on specific lenses like anything. The 100 APO ME was probably the best Leica lens made when it debuted in 87 up through the release of the 50 Lux ASPH but that's just my opinion. For a 35 or 50 lux/cron, would just get the contemporary M mount version in 9 out of 10 cases. for underrated lenses, Olympus OM 50mm and 90mm f2.0 auto-macros.
They have more imperfections and character yes. The summicron M 50 they still sell today is actually the same optical design from the 70’s but in an updated body. What I was getting at is I feel the R’s (specifically the summilux’s and 19mm) give a really nice balance of character and sharpness. This is all subjective obviously. Just my personal opinion. I like the 50’s and 60’s M glass then the modern stuff.
Oooooo tasty! Love this, both the video, the images and the dialogue! Class Kevin
Thank you brother! 🙏🙏
Love these videos man. Keep em coming Kevin. Excited to spend some more time with my friends R set. He's got some good ones like that 19 and a 15mm.
Thank you! I haven’t tried the 15 yet but I’ve heard it’s amazing. The 80 1.4 is next for me.
I know what an Anamorphic lens is! Worked with Panavision cameras and lenses for over 40 years. Love your channel, and what you do!
Wow amazing! Thanks for sharing that. Those are dream lenses!
The R lenses are inspiring, but the anamorphic lens you used to shoot this video has a lovely rendering. I'd love to see it on a monochrome sensor or at least a good black & white grade from a cinema camera footage.
Oh yes it’s coming soon for sure. Been using on the m11 Monochrom a lot!
Slippery slope getting into Leica R! I haven’t shot the 35 lux but it’s a bucket list lens.
I’d say try out the 80mm summilux and the 100mm macro are two of the best lenses I’ve ever used. I actually like the 28mm 2.8 a lot for being affordable and punching above its weight class.
They are so good. The 80 lux is next up for sure.
@ it’ll match perfectly with your 35 and 50. Are you trying to match serial numbers?
This video is fire. I would say the new lenses are quite impressive!!!
Time to test out more lenses!
Leica R lenses are superb. Lovely video.
Thank you for watching!
Great video!
@@camerafusion thank you for the kind words!
Do these have click-less aperture rings? I thought that 28 mm is ideal for the anamorphic aspect for cinema lenses
Most people do de-click the aperture rings when they cinemod but I decided not to. For me it just doesn’t make sense. I’m not sure about the 28mm question but I do know recently people have been using the R lenses as the base taking lenses to build an anamorphic set.
I was offered the Leica R Apo Macro 100mm for around 1K euros but having just got the 90 f1.5 M I was like 'when am I ever going to use that?' Apparently, the focus throw is very long too, but it might be just the tool for photographing your bags and straps. Meanwhile a Helios 85 f1.5 is coming, a real bokeh monster. Great channel and I like your way of thinking about glass and pushing the envelope.
The 100 apo is actually the first R lens I ever used. It’s a stunning lens! Helios 85 1.5 is a beast. I use a 58 Helios pretty often for video stuff.
nice work. do one with the Nocti 0.95 !
Thank you! I will do one on the .95 soon for sure!
Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Images were great!
Thank you for watching!
I picked up a some R lenses for use on my M6, M11 Monochrom, digital CL, SL2, and SL3. These include: Macro-Elmar-R 100 mm f/4, APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 100 mm f/2.8 (+ ElPro 1:2-1:1 for R 2.8/100), Macro-Elmar-R 100 mm f/4, APO-Elmarit-R 180 mm f/2.8, and APO-Elmar-R 280 mm f/4 (+ 1.4x Extender). The APO lenses are incredibly sharp.
I recently saw a used Summilux-R 35 mm for sale, and it was quite pricey. Have you compared it to vintage M versions?
How does the Elmarit-R 19 mm f/2.8 compare to the Elmar-M 18 mm f/3.8 (other than the extra stop)?
Congrats on the pick up! 35 Summilux R outperforms the vintage M glass by a mile in image quality and sharpness. Maybe not what you are after but it has a beautiful rendering.
@kevinfickling. I haven’t picked it up yet. I was agonizing over it, because of its price (yet I didn’t mind buying all of the Noctilux-M lenses pre-owned). I currently have five 35 mm lenses I can use on M cameras: Nikon W.Nikkor.C 35 mm f/3.5 LTM, Voigtländer Nokton 35 mm f/1.2 VM I, Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH FLE I, Leica APO-Summicron-M 35 mm f/2 ASPH, and Leica Summaron-M 35 mm f/2.8 w/goggles.
BTW, I think I met you at an event held by Leica Store Miami. You have several cool brassing black paint cameras.
@@johnkasianowicz6536 sorry was referring to the other R lenses you mentioned. I totally get it about the 35 lux. If you’re patient you can find them a bit less than what people ask typically.
@ Gotcha. The R lenses I have are superb. I also have the Super-Elmar-R 15 mm f/3.5, but I haven’t used it much yet.
Great video. Very informational 😮😄👏🏻
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re title question, depends on specific lenses like anything. The 100 APO ME was probably the best Leica lens made when it debuted in 87 up through the release of the 50 Lux ASPH but that's just my opinion. For a 35 or 50 lux/cron, would just get the contemporary M mount version in 9 out of 10 cases. for underrated lenses, Olympus OM 50mm and 90mm f2.0 auto-macros.
The 50 summilux ASPH is the first M lens I recommend to anyone. It’s one of the best Leica lenses ever made in my opinion.
Wouldnt the M versions of these lenses from the same decade offer even more character?
They have more imperfections and character yes. The summicron M 50 they still sell today is actually the same optical design from the 70’s but in an updated body. What I was getting at is I feel the R’s (specifically the summilux’s and 19mm) give a really nice balance of character and sharpness. This is all subjective obviously. Just my personal opinion. I like the 50’s and 60’s M glass then the modern stuff.
Why would someone upload a UA-cam video in 21:9 but still include black bars on the top and bottom?
Soul > specs
All day for me. 100 percent agree