Walter - Legendary Leica lens designer. Read more in Leica History. Number, on this site Leica catalog numbers or order numbers. Some the numbers changed depending on the number of cams in the lens: The Elmarit-R f2. Thus the No. Noctilux Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1. The Leica Noctilux 50mm f1. Shoulder Stock A Leitz mechanism attached to the tele- lens and held against one's shoulder when photographing, so as to stabilize the tele lens when using handheld without a tripod or monopod.
The shoulder stock is attached to the lens same way as a tripod or monopod. SLR abbreviation for Single-Lens Reflex; the lens that forms the image on the film also provides the image in the viewfinder via a mirror.
Summar - or a story of name development The lens 50mm f2. However, Leitz in Wetzlar made the Mikro-Summar 42mm f4,5 around for their Leitz microscopes Leitz was orignally a microscope producer, see history site. Leitz also made a Mikro-Summar 35mm F:4,5. Leitz Wetzlar Mikro-Summar 42mm f4. Summarit Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1. Summicron Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f2. There are many guesses how this name came about, a popular one being that the "summi" came from " summit " summit means the highest point of a hill or mountain; the highest attainable level of achievement while the "cron" came from "chroma" ie.
Not so: The name Summi cron was used because the lens used Crown glass for the first time, which Leitz bought from Chance Brothers in England. The Summi cron is a development from the original Summar the 50mm f2. Summilux Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1. Telyt Lens nomenclature - short-hand for " telephoto " tele - is a combining form, meaning to or at a distance and used in names of instruments for operating over long distances : telemeter.
Televit rapid-focus device from Leitz that was made from through , in both R and Visoflex. It was originally designed for use with the mm f5. Beginning in with serial the Televit could also be used with the mm f4.
Thambar Origin of name currently unknown. Leitz Thambar 90mm f. Known to be a legendary soft-focus portrait lens that 'make a woman look 10 years younger. Source: Roger W. The results are more or less unpredictable. Best practice is to shoot many times and pick the one you like best. Shots against the light are generally more effective than with the light behind you. The most pleasing results to my taste were with center filter at medium apertures. With luck portraits took on the "dreamy" look that the lens is famous for.
I never used the Thambar for anything except portraits. The lens has been rumored to be slightly radioactive due to the process of producing the glass. Here are some sample photos of Koichiro Itamura Photography. Here are some more sample images from Blue Penguin. Here is my article and test photos of the Thambar. Viewfinder a device on a camera showing the field of view of the lens.
In Leica M cameras two pictures has to meet and lay 'on top of each other' for the picture to be in focus. Just a frame, as for example very old cameras the original Leica , or when using cameras in diving where you can't look through the camera. Visoflex A device mounted between the Leica M camera and a lens, containing a mirror mechanism like in a SLR camera, thus allowing the M user to 'preview' a picture using a tele lens larger than mm which is the maximum covered by the frame lines in the Leica viewfinder.
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Camera and lenses all in sepia brown with brass details. The set with two cameras and three lenses 28mm, 35mm and 50mm Summilux lenses is all in stainless steel. Summaron-M chrome brass Remake of the screw mount version. Summaron-M matte black Matte black version of the remake of the screw mount version, now with M-mount. Walter Mandler] Version 4, also knowns as " King of Bokeh ".
Serial to Summicron-M ASPH VI black matte chrome finish with red numbers on focus dial and with black chrome metal ventilated shade and metal lens cap. Solid brass construction. Limited to pcs worldwide.
With close-fociusing scale cm that is activated with a small click and turn of the focus ring grey scale to mark this. Noctilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] built-in hood. All parts brassed and then added a clear lacquer. Sold as set with either the Leica M9-P in silver or the Leica M3-P another 20 screw-trad were made for this film camera in silver. Sold as set with the limited edition white Leica M9-P in silver.
When the Nikon F5 was announced at one of such meetings, one person dared to ask when the F6 would arrive! Shots against the light are generally more effective than with the light behind you. The exhibition shows that the role of the Leica has been taken over or more accurately is compebdium the verge of being taken over by the smartphone. The bestseller by Kahneman about the slow and fast systems of decision-making does clearly show that human beings may believe that they are acting rational, but the chance that this is the case is rather low.
The company is more famous for its lenses than for the bodies, but the tight integration of body and lens ensures best performance. You will find there the famous Huygens clock, the van Leeuwenhoek microscope and a 15th century astrolabe known from the Startrek series.
Leica M8, Leica M8. The Elmar was the first lens, designed by Pits for the Leitz rangefinder camera and was a good companion to the M3, because of its compact size and good performance. They could not envision situations were more speed was required. Film emulsions could erwn assessed on the grain pattern, the true speed values and the shape of the characteristic curve. He burst into a scene, shot a handful of pictures and ran away, leaving the photographed persons with a big question mark: We buy because we want to buy and what we buy is governed by emotion and hidden persuasions in no way related to rational thought.
Erin the days of film emulsions Ilford once produced a true ISO film, but had to withdraw this one because of limited interest. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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Lenses could be evaluated on a range of criteria like sharpness and contrast over the image area, at different apertures and at different distances. Evolution is not concerned with short-time views or nostalgic opinions, but is a remorseless power that forces species to adapt or die when the environment changes.
That is also the reason why image files made with the Leica Erwiin look in first instance too flat and that is also why most post-processing on these files produce a picture that is too harsh in order to compensate for the tonal compression in the mid-tones.
The famous German photo-journalist, Robert Lebeck, had to be persuaded by colleagues to abandon his Rolleiflex and start using the Leica M, but he soon acknowledged that the M clmpendium him to take the pictures he always had envisaged to create. But reading erwib the original intentions of photography and what the early thinkers about the role and status of the photographic image declared about this topic is at least mind-expanding and brings into perspective the current debate in the digital world.
The M 60 has an extremely compehdium camera body. The upshot of all these changes points to a transformed Leica company that sits a bit uncomfortably between the traditional culture of engineering excellence and the current focus on luxury products.
In a related domain the current flow of new products from the Leica company is unsettling. Share it with your friends. Lehs classical argument for a long list of features is simply the fact of choice; what one does not like or use, one can disregard.
The APS-C size sits in the middle, just as the classical 24x36mm format was optimal when considering the bulky medium format cameras and the compencium Minox models. After being a household name in photography, Canon embarked on a high-end professional range, the redoubtable F1 camera.
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