Today I was reading a blog called Lens Bubbles, one of my
favourite local blogs. The author has just discovered M mount lenses on
NEX, and he’s going to find that this is the
best pocketable street shooter combination around. The
lenses are phenomenal and are a delight to use, but he’s going to have to watch
that his wallet doesn’t suddenly become significantly lighter!
Here’s a picture of the NEX with a classic 1936 Leica 50mm
collapsible Elmar.
And the NEX here sports the truly wonderful current model Leica
50mm Summicron.
Especially with the Voigtlander 35mm Nokton, the NEX really
excels as a pocketable night time street shooter. Here’s a couple shots taken recently on Bloor
Street.
You know this is not helping me! Thanks for posting the lens pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe Elmar looks very similar to the Varob 5cm f3.5 enlarging lens. I wonder how they compare optically.
ReplyDelete@LensBubbles. Once you get sucked into the realm of Leica lenses, there's no way out...
ReplyDeleteThe Elmar is in it's collapsed position in this shot. In practice it sticks out another inch or so.