Beautiful photos, how does the SP II perform stopped down?
highdesertmesa wrote:
A few shots with the 50mm SPII on the M11M from the south entrance/south rim overlooks of the Grand Canyon last weekend. All shot at f/2 with no color filter. Vignetting added in C1.
SNJOps wrote:
Beautiful photos, how does the SP II perform stopped down?
Thanks! Stopped down, it performs about like the 50 Summicron v5, at least in b&w – lower contrast but sharp, perhaps a bit less sharp than the Summicron. I labeled this shot as f/5.6, but it could have been f/8. On the M11M, I can't see any difference between f/5.6 and f/8 except for DOF (unless subject is backlit in some scenarios, in which case avoid f/8 due to central flare).
I have a lot of stopped down shots from this trip, but in midday lighting they don't make for as interesting images as the ones shot at f/2.
highdesertmesa wrote:
A few shots with the 50mm SPII on the M11M from the south entrance/south rim overlooks of the Grand Canyon last weekend. All shot at f/2 with no color filter. Vignetting added in C1.
Very cool effect shooting landscapes with the 50/2 SPII wide open. Is this the older barrel or the new Rigid version?
I’m quite intrigued and interested since I fancy their f2 lenses and the 1.2 is pricey to my taste, an inbetween is welcome but what it’s all about? S21?
I’m testing an Elcan right now, deciding on wether to keep it or not. When I received it, a few things annoyed me, and testing the lens at home I just thought, oh it’s like a bad Panchro but I took it for a walk the day after and I’m changing my mind and begin to think, oh it’s like a good Panchro.
Heard from LLL's Chinese social media that their 28/2.8 9-element replica lens will soon move on to mass production and should be coming in Chinese market at the end of the year (or the Chinese lunar year). From the person who tested the lens, they said the replica has higher contrast and improved sharpness in the corner when wide open. The bokeh is different from the original one. The replica has a softer and more modern bokeh.
Here is a photo of the preproduction version of the replica and the original 9-element.
What are your opinions on these two lenses? Are you expecting this new replica?
cypressblend wrote:
Heard from LLL's Chinese social media that their 28/2.8 9-element replica lens will soon move on to mass production and should be coming in Chinese market at the end of the year (or the Chinese lunar year). From the person who tested the lens, they said the replica has higher contrast and improved sharpness in the corner when wide open. The bokeh is different from the original one. The replica has a softer and more modern bokeh.
What are your opinions on these two lenses? Are you expecting this new replica?...Show more →
I've never heard about this one. What's special about it? LLL is announcing many lenses, but very few actually make it to production. I was glad to see the 50/1.2 replica did.
Here is the youtube link of that video. He has more followers on Chinese platform, and he mainly do some camera&lens review videos and lives. This was one of his live. What's good was there were photos with LLL 9e (at around 20 minute of the video). Unfortunately, I do not see it with youtube subtitles. Although it has English subtitles in the video, I think they were not accurate.
Here are some points I summarized from the video:
1. LLL 9e is made of brass (~299g) instead of aluminium (~245g). The hood is made of aluminium at the front and brass at the end(where it attaches to the lens), instead of plastic and aluminium on the Leica one.
2. Filter size: LLL 49mm, Leica 48mm
3. He mentioned that Leica 9e has different level of black colors (at the aperture ring, focusing range..) and LLL replicate that.
4. LLL improved sharpness at the corners than the Leica one by making the the first element at the front more curved (like a fish eye lens but will not touch the filter).
5. The coating on LLL 9e is golden.
6. Bokeh on LLL9e has a softer rendering and is more round.
7. The exposure reading will still overexposed because of the outstanding back element like the Leica one.
8. His impression was that the lens was very sharp, had a relatively modern bokeh/rendering. It has vignette wide open. The bokeh at the center of the image was rounder but still has similar half-circle bokeh at the corner of the image. (This was at about 32 minute of his video).
9. The LLL 9e has a colder temperature, while the Leica one makes warmer photos.
10. LLL 9e also has higher contrast (not much to my opinion, maybe will be more visible comparing B&W photos. He did comparison on color photos).
I think this lens is very promising in terms of mass production. Because LLL posted on Chinese social media just yesterday that this 9e will come with black paint and silver chrome versions (both made of brass) and replied in the comments that it might be on the (Chinese) market in October! I am very excited with this news, because the last time they posted about it was about two weeks ago that they had a preproduction meeting.
Update(06/03/2024): I heard from Chinese distributer that the early-bird price of LLL 9e might be set at 3999 RMB. So I assume the price on the market will be around 4500 RMB, which is about 620 USD. But I think the price will be higher than this because of duty tax and shipping costs, etc.
Fred Miranda wrote:
I've never heard about this one. What's special about it? LLL is announcing many lenses, but very few actually make it to production. I was glad to see the 50/1.2 replica did.
Desmolicious wrote:
Is there a demand for the 28 9E Replika?
It seems they are now introducing obscure lenses that most have not heard of. Hard to build excitement around that.
I’m not looking forward for that 28mm but I believe it might just be a matter of taste.
I do look forward with some excitement for their upcoming 50mm 1.5 S21, I hope it won’t stay a work in progress. Can’t wait for that one.
Hi all, I've just received the LLL 35mm f2 version V8LC, do any of you know what changes were made in this iteration? I'm also noticing slight rotational play in the very front piece of the lens where filters get mounted to - is this normal?
