{"id":8943,"date":"2014-07-28T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=8943"},"modified":"2014-07-28T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:51:11","slug":"leitz-wetzlar-summicron-r-12-35-on-leica-m-so-so-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=8943","title":{"rendered":"Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 1:2 \/ 35 on Leica M: So, so sweet."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 1:2 \/ 35 hanging on the Leica M (240) with Multifunction Grip and EVF truly feels like a terrific walk around kit. Extremely well balanced. Able to focus down to less than 10″; while offering a slightly wide field of view; yet maintaining terrifically natural sense of perspective and scale. And of course the Summicron signature has always flattered its subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shooting with this kit reminded me how much I’ve missed using these wonderful lenses on a 24 x 36 frame. Post processing brought back memories of my favorite “old Agfachrome.” Of course I could have also post processed them as “ekta\u2026 fuji\u2026 koda\u2026 or whatever other \u2026chrome.” Though I always found Agfachrome to most closely synch with how I perceived “natural” color in the world; just as I always found a 35 mm focal length to most closely synch with my “natural field of view and sense of scale and perspective.” Of course I also enjoyed the drama of wider focal lengths; as well as the compression achieved with longer focal lengths.<\/p>\n

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Pull the cap and check that close focus\u2026 wide open\u2026 not “macro”
\nthough certainly a wonderful “are you ready for your closeup?” lens.<\/p>\n

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Great field of view<\/p>\n

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Fueling up while waiting for the rain to pass\u2026 before the Virmond Park Kite Fesball can begin.<\/p>\n

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the 54″ wingspan kite took off like a rocket\u2026 especially after Ann opened up those wing tails.<\/p>\n

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Jace’s little kite never quite made it\u2026 in spite of Dad and Nana’s tenacious efforts.<\/p>\n

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Leica M,\u00a0Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 1:2 \/ 35<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 1:2 \/ 35 hanging on the Leica M (240) with Multifunction Grip and EVF truly feels like a terrific walk around kit. Extremely well balanced. Able to focus down to less than 10″; while offering a slightly wide field of view; yet maintaining terrifically natural sense of perspective and scale. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,51,32,27,55,34,17,28,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-thoughts","category-documentary","category-events","category-family-and-friends","category-flora","category-people","category-photography","category-travel","category-up-close","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8943"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8965,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8943\/revisions\/8965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}