Author Topic: Panasonic - Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 Samples ***** (Read 10124 times)

delhaye · « **on:** September 13, 2011, 02:37:06 PM »

A couple of street shots with my new Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4

strangers at the red light IV by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

strangers at the red light V by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

I'll be adding more as soon as possible...

Cheers

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2011, 05:25:56 PM »

Good colors, sharp...
do you like "Street Photography"?
It is a very Challenger Genre

Jman · « **Reply #2 on:** September 13, 2011, 06:01:51 PM »

Wow does this lens have a fantastic rendering. I can't wait until they're here in the US...I have a preorder at Adorama, and I can't wait...

cosinaphile · « **Reply #3 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:03:04 PM »

stil waiting fior mine, rendering looks nice

adash · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:41:57 PM »

Amazing!

delhaye · « **Reply #5 on:** September 26, 2011, 05:52:27 AM »

some more

Beautiful Edinburgh VII (Portobello) by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

Beautiful Edinburgh V (Portobello) by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

Beautiful Edinburgh III (Portobello) by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

Beautiful Edinburgh IV (Portobello) by Andre Delhaye, on Flickr

javarob75 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 26, 2011, 06:10:49 AM »

This last set makes me want this lens!

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cosinaphile · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2011, 05:14:35 AM »

what javarob said .... great oof ability, the last set is very good

javarob75 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2011, 06:24:47 AM »

I also really like the square format... i've considered shooting 6x6 exclusively for a while.

delhaye · « **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2011, 07:11:13 AM »

Thank you guys for the comments, really encouraging!

These aren't completely squared, are 4X5 which I prefer to the standard 3X2 or even the 4/3

Cheers

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2011, 01:37:19 PM »

The PL 25 f/1.4 has a lot of character, the smother featuring with the Bokoh is typical of German design..

niva_explorer_photo · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2011, 04:39:57 AM »

I got this lens a few weeks ago and I love it!, it is amazing!, I took it with me this last week-end to Brecon Beacons National Park and it remained attached to the EP3 the whole time, I did't change lens in 3 days!

Some examples:

Kind regards!

cosinaphile · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:07:11 AM »

niva , a beautiful set.........im really looking forward to this lens... the focal l and speed is something ive been waiting for my ep1 for 2 years

i love the rendering and seperation and quality of the bokeh

Jman · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2011, 04:15:00 PM »

I have a new favorite lens. I have always liked the ~50mm (full frame) field of view, and while the 20/1.7 is a very good lens, it never clicked enough with me to be a favorite. In just one day shooting with my new 25/1.4, I have that great feeling I had with my 1Ds II and Sigma 50/1.4, but in a MUCH smaller and lighter package. Oh, and it's sharper wide open. It is sharp right from wide open and has absolutely stunning bokeh. Completely creamy in almost all situations. Occasionally some longitudinal CA crops up at very wide apertures, but it's sharp, contrast, with great color, great bokeh, fast AF and well....what more could you ask for?

Some samples around town:

cosinaphile · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:18:05 PM »

NICE SET ........boy do i want this lens

Jman · « **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:02:43 AM »

Few more of my daughter. This lens just has such a nice rendering. Honestly, it really is one of those lenses that makes you feel like you're shooting a larger format. Not necessarily because of the aperture...I got far shallower DOF from my 50/1.4 on full frame, but the rendering is so good that it feels like the look I got on full frame to some extent. A guy on Fred Miranda even remarked that he hadn't seen micro 4/3 look so good before. (I have, but it seems to happen more often with this lens than on most others).

Also, after using it more, I have to say this is overall the best normal prime I've ever owned, and I've owned some good ones for both APS-C and full frame, as well as the excellent 20/1.7. I've had very sharp lenses with ok bokeh, well balanced lenses, and lenses that were moderately sharp but with brilliant bokeh. This lens is the first I've had that is brilliantly sharp wide open while also having beautiful bokeh. It's very rare, and very difficult to achieve. Usually with this level of resolution and contrast the bokeh suffers (at least with a normal focal length...it's much easier with a short telephoto), but this lens is so sharp wide open, with outstanding contrast and yet the background remains nice and soft, without harsh edges to specular highlights. Love it.

These are all at f/1.4:

cosinaphile · « **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2011, 11:53:11 AM »

what wonderful pictures of you adorable daughter, what a lens your using! ....lens \subject synergy if iever saw it

Jman · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2011, 09:07:40 AM »

One from yesterday. This has been processed to give the soft/dreamy glow. Let me assure you that there is plenty of fine detail in the image, it just kind of blends away a bit in the web reduced size. I think I'm going to print this one pretty large.

lisandra · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:36:46 PM »

cick it. iso 1000, wide open

Details

lisandra · « **Reply #19 on:** October 14, 2011, 01:08:31 AM »

I've had it borrowed from a magazine for about a month now. I'm doing my first review ever. I was so sad that I couldn't get it so I got excited when they loaned it to me but now...even at 40% off if I want to keep it... I'm kinda not interested...
Don't get me wrong now, its the sharpest wide open lens ever made, quote me on it, but the manual focus is so painfully awfull I just can seem to bring myself to love it.

chris.j.sorensen · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2011, 08:13:21 PM »

Quote from: lisandra on October 14, 2011, 01:08:31 AM

I've had it borrowed from a magazine for about a month now. I'm doing my first review ever. I was so sad that I couldn't get it so I got excited when they loaned it to me but now...even at 40% off if I want to keep it... I'm kinda not interested...
Don't get me wrong now, its the sharpest wide open lens ever made, quote me on it, but the manual focus is so painfully awfull I just can seem to bring myself to love it.

I'll send you the money for it, you ship it to me, ok?

lisandra · « **Reply #21 on:** October 14, 2011, 10:51:25 PM »

i took it for a full on shoot, i take it back, its amazing

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #22 on:** October 15, 2011, 05:22:45 AM »

You mean the MF ring is slow as you turn it?

It is MF by wire, but doesn't track with your turning speed?

lisandra · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2011, 05:41:39 AM »

Quote from: M5-User on October 15, 2011, 05:22:45 AM

You mean the MF ring is slow as you turn it?

It is MF by wire, but doesn't track with your turning speed?

it feels even worst than the others. At f1.4 precise focusing to me is critical, and the leica is awfull at micro adjusting. You turn it s tiny bit and you almost always go past were you want. But the rendering is just too beautiful to hate this lens. At first I was really sour towards it cause I was given a model and was having hell of a hard time getting the eyes in focus in the dynamic shoot, but after practicing you get the feel of it. The lens is sharpest at f2.8 but very close at f2 and not far off at 1.4 unlike the mayority of fast lenses. Leave the hood at home, flare is non existent.

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2011, 06:41:02 AM »

For an old timer, leaving a lens hood home is a scary thought

But I guess the new NANO-COATINGS are very good. Still, having no indirect light on the front element was always a good thing.

I wander if the MF can be adjusted for how much it moves the focus group. It may have a set # of steps (like 100 steps from INF to CF)

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