Tag: Black and white film
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Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 Radioactive
Collapsible Lens The Summitar 50 f/2 is the predecessor of the Summicron 50mm f/2. Compared with its predecessor, this lens uses new glass and a new design, which brings its optical level to a higher level. At the same time, it also inherits the compact structure and light weight of its predecessor lens. However, what…
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LEICA 28MM ELMARIT-M F/2.8 V1 9-ELEMENTS
28mm Super-Angulon? People who like the Leica Super-Angulon 21/3.4 may also like the Leica Elmarit 28/2.8 v1 as they have similar color performance. Perhaps, the designers of the Elmarit 28 v1 took inspiration from the Schneider Super-Angulon, despite their different focal lengths. 28mm for Street Photography With 28mm street photography, a lot of environmental information…
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Leica Summicron 50mm F2 V4
LEICA 50mm f/2 SUMMICRON-M v4 and v5 Designers Dr. Walter Mandler, the renowned designer of Leica lenses and CEO of Ernst Leitz Canada, discovered long ago the secret to producing a high-quality 50mm lens. As a result, even the most affordable 50mm prime lens boasts optical performance that outshines many other brands. Modern Models All…
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Leica 5cm f/1.5 Summarit
Large aperture lens This was Leica’s first truly large aperture lens, the Summarit 5cm f/1.5, which went on sale in 1939. At that time, designing a lens with a large aperture was difficult. The predecessor of this lens was designed and produced by Schneider. Later Leica used it to compete with Zeiss’ large aperture lenses.…
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Leica Summilux50mm 1.4 v1 e43
Classic Leica The Leica Summilux50mm 1.4 v1 e43 is a classic lens with an optical design that is an upgrade from the Summarit 5cm f/1.5. At an aperture of f/1.4, the image quality is already very good. I’ve heard people say this lens isn’t sharp enough at f/1.4, but I don’t agree. The f/1.4 aperture…
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Ilford Pan 400 35mm film
Affordable Film My friends and I both like the Ilford PAN 400. It is affordable, the speed of iso400 is particularly suitable for daily street photography, and it has comfortable and natural tones. You can develop it yourself at home and use a scanner to get good quality images. And happily, it’s flat and easy…
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Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux II Pre-asph
Glow The lens has a slightly soft focus, suffers from chromatic aberration, and vignettes at its maximum aperture of f/1.4. When shot wide open, it produces a soft, dreamy glow with shallow depth of field, and swirly bokeh, which is why it’s nicknamed the “Leica glow.” This type of soft and dreamy bokeh is either…
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Minolta TC-1 Point & Shoot Camera
Minolta and Leica Compact Camera During the era of film photography, Leica had close ties with the Japanese camera manufacturer Minolta. The jointly-produced Leica CL even affected Leica’s own M5 sales. Minolta was also very strong in terms of production, collaborating with Leica to manufacture the R camera body and lenses, producing many great products,…
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leica summicron-m 35mm f2 v1 8-element
I had heard about this lens before I even had a Leica camera. From some words of elders, I have heard how excellent Leica’s first generation summicron 35mm is. It was not until later that I owned my own Leica camera and equipped it with this legendary Leica lens. I confirmed that what my predecessors…
