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For all of you that have made a donation / subscription to the site, I wanted to say thank you very much for your support. It really helps keep the site going and I want you to know I am very appreciative.

Thank you,

JT

After many years, It was time to create a mobile version of the site. So, I have been working on such pages.

The mobile version has some limitations but the basic functionality is there.

You can always switch to Desktop or Mobile version by clicking on the Computer or Phone icon on the top menu.

Please report any issues so I can try and resolve them.

Thanks

JT

Just wanted to update you on the new Featured Photographer section of the site.

Every now and then a photographer comes along that demonstrates great talent in his or her photography. The featured Photographer section allows us to view these selected photographers and their work.

Please take some time and browse their Photos for some amazing work.

Just curious what members are shooting with. I still have an old film M6, na M8 and 50 lux.

I would love to get an M11. But too much $$$$$

Today, I picked up the new 50mm f1.0 Voigtlander. What a sexy beast😏

Yes. Very soon you will have the ability to create a story with your pictures. A photo essay with selected images to tell a story. What a great way to convey your scene or topic to others. These will be featured for all to see and read. Still working on functionality. But, hang tight.

If there is a feature you would like to have added, please respond to this message with details.

Do not report bugs or issues here. There will be a separate messageboard message for bugs.

Thanks

What are your thoughts on my story: The many faces of what was Portland Oregon I just published? Would love to hear your feedback.

I am so stoked about the new ZF. I can't wait for my ZF in black to arrive. I think this will be one of those game changing cameras in todays digital world. So much so that today I have created nikon-zf.com just for the ZF series cameras.

I am jealous of those who have theirs already. Otherwise, I would be posting my own ZF pictures. So. I humbly ask that if you own a ZF and wouldn't mind sharing a few pictures on www.nikon-zf.com please do. This is day 1 and there is nothing for me to share yet

If you are a blogger, reviewer or run a store that sells camera lenses consider becoming a sponsor and taking advantage of the crosslink feature.

The crosslink features lets you direct traffic to your site specific page based on the lens you cross link. For example, if you wrote a review or are blogging about the Zeiss 50mm Makro Planar you would create a crosslink to your page about the lens. When someone views a photo taken with linked lens, they will see an info box that states "Learn more about this lens from our sponsor". Your name will be listed as a clickable link that directs the user to the page you setup.

Have a look at this photo:

https://www.zeissimages.com/photo/500487 and you will see a crosslink in action.

You can also direct it to your store as well. Like in this photo:

https://www.leicaimages.com/photo/403580

Send us an email and we will get you set up!

We are pleased to announce the annual Zeissimages.com photography contest in collaboration with our sponsor Zeiss, photography division.

As in previous years, our contests begin in the fall and run through December so that the winner can enjoy their prize during the holiday seasons.

The contest is open to members of Zeissimages.com starting on Oct 4th 2023. If you are not currently a member, you can join for free.

This year there will be no specific theme in general. However, you could say we are looking for that "Wow!" factor. Whether it be landscape, portrait, street or studio. We are looking for that image that keeps you coming back to view over and over.


The winner may have their choice of the one lens from the following list which will be provided and shipped directly from our sponsor Zeiss.

• Zeiss Batis
• Zeiss Touit
• Zeiss Milvus
• Zeiss ZM (21mm f2.8, 25mm f2.8, 28mm f2.8, 35mm f2, 35mm f2.8, 50mm f1.5 or 50mm f2)

Good luck !

Full details here https://www.zeissimages.com/messageboard/37

You can provide simple links to your profile with zessimages.com in the url to make it easy to share on other sites by simply prefixing with your username.

For example

http://jt.leicaimages.com

will go directly to my profile page.

Do NOT put https in the link as it will not pass the security test and throw a warning. You can use http which will redirect to https for you.

If you have a dot in your name, then just remove the dot. so a user name with john.doe would just be jondoe

JT

Ever since I have been shooting with Sony, my go to 50’s have typically been the Zeiss 55 FE or the Zeiss 50 A with the LAEA4 adapter. Today I dug up a lens that’s been in storage for a while. A beautiful Leica 50mm limited edition LHSA summilux. There is no denying Leica produces some of the most beautiful glass. So why not shoot it with the Sony? Well, That’s just what I did I am here to provide you some feedback on the lens and it’s performance on the A7II.



Overall, this lens is a gem to hold. It truly is a fine example of engineering and presentation. The feel of the lens in hand is simply comforting. Mounted on the A7II with a Fotodiox Pro adapter, the lens looks quite small but don’t let that fool you. It is a solid heavy lens that forces the camera to tip when placed on a flat surface.

Focusing the lens manually is quite enjoyable. With focus peak turned on, it really is safe to say that on the Sony, the peaking confirmation is very accurate. However, this lens is no match for the Zeiss Loxia when it comes to focus smoothness. The Zeiss is buttery smooth with absolutely no hesitation or interruptions while you turn that barrel. On the other hand, the Leica feels dry and lacks that graceful lens rotation you get with the Loxia. That is really surprising considering the Leica is a $6000.00 lens and the Zeiss a $900.00 lens.

The lens is razor sharp and renders beautifully. It delivers a beautiful bokeh that is subtle and pleasant to view. It’s diaphragm although not perfectly circular is round enough to render out of focus highlights magically.




I wish the lens had better close range focusing. There are situations when you feel you need to be really close to your subject but are just a few inches too far. Other lenses without being of macro design focus a lot closer.



I do find that compared to the Zeiss Loxia or my other Zeiss lenses, the contrast is not as vivid or snappy for my taste. It is very flat and needs some post processing to bring it to life. However, this type of rendering is great for people shots and is very classic Leica.

The aperture ring sits on the front of the lens and is easily rotated. In fact, it is so easy to rotate you could accidentally turn it with minimal effort.

Overall, I find this lens to be superb with beautiful color and rendering, although a bit flat for my taste. The A7II and the 50 Summilux is great combo for those users moving from rangefinder cameras to mirror less cameras. Yes RF cameras are mirror less cameras too but you know what I mean. The A7II and 50 lux is an ideal combination for street photography which carry’s over the pleasure of shooting discretely with a rangefinder camera.





Ag2Si - Silver to Silicon | Photos by dierk
https://www.ag2si.com/gallerysoft/member-photos/3467

Ag2Si - Silver to Silicon | Photos by oddgeir
https://www.ag2si.com/gallerysoft/member-photos/684

Ag2Si - Silver to Silicon | Photos by mitresg
https://www.ag2si.com/gallerysoft/member-photos/3134

What are your thoughts on my story: To X-pan or not. That is the question ... I just published? Would love to hear your feedback.

Just submitted a photo story about Portland on Nikonimages.com

Have a look here

https://www.nikonimages.com/showstory.php?storyid=4

These are some of my favorite photos although there are many more.

Here are a few of them







The rest can be seen here:

https://www.leicaimages.com/favorite-photos/1

If you wanted to style some of your messages, posts, comments etc, here are a few tips.



Place your text between

[b] for bold [/b]

[code] to display code block [/code]

[quote] to quote some text [/quote]

[i] for italics [/i]

[u] to underline [/u]

[s] to strike through [/s]

[pc] to center align text in a paragraph [/pc]

[pl] to left align text in a paragraph [/pl]

[pr] to right align text in a paragraph [/pr]

[size=18] to set the font size in pixels [/size]

[color=red] to set the font color [/color]

To show an unordered list like

• Ford
• Chevy
• Jeep

Use the following

[ulist]
[*] Ford
[*] Chevy
[*] Jeep
[/ulist]

To Show an ordered list like

1 Ford
2 Chevy
3 Jeep

Use the following

[olist]
[*] Ford
[*] Chevy
[*] Jeep
[/olist]

That's right. Free classifieds for the time being. No fees. Take advantage and post your ads now. Time to sell some of that gear you don't use anymore.

Ever wanted to replace a photo with a better quality version of it or higher resolution without losing links, views, likes, comments etc... ? Well now you can. I added the ability to replace an image.

Simply click the edit options for the image and Follow the link under the "Replace image" option.

I am curious how you found out about Leicaimages. Please share.

Creating a story still lets you present your a photographic story using your photos from the gallery. The process is quite simpe.

Go to your dashboard and click on Manage stories from the Manage options menu on the left. Or, use the top menu under Stories.

If you do not have any stories started yet, you will get a message. Simply click on the Add a new story button to create a story.

Give the story a title and some content in the form that you see. Then click on Submit new story.

Don't worry. Its not published yet.

Now add the photos you wish to include in your story by clicking on the Add photos link on the manage your story page. Clicking on this link brings you into the familiar edit edit photo options you have already used before. All your photos will be displayed in order to assign them to stories. However, to minimize clutter, only the Stories option is available. Your are simpl;y selecting the pictures you wish to include in your story at this time.

Just make sure to click on Apply edits under each photo to save your changes. If you want to make changes afterwards, just refresh the page.

Done adding photos to your story? Just click on Manage stories from the top menu and you will be back at the basic story management menu.

You will now see Edit photos link instead of the Add photos link.

Click on it and from, there add the content you wantto display for each photo, set the display order or remove photos from the story.

As you hover over each photo, the edit options will appear. Just make changes and click on Submit edits.

Use the Display order field to set the order in which the photos appear. 1 would be at the top, followed by 2, etc ... If you messed up and want to stick another picture between 1 and 2, give it a display order of something like 1.5.

Also you can use any number values, you can start with 10, and increment to 20 or 25 ot whatever. Just remember the display order in the story is based on the numeric value you assign.

If you check the Publish checkbox, and apply changes, your story will be published and visible to others.

To view stories, simply click on Stories from the top menu. Click on the title of a story to view the story.

Layout of the images on the story are balanced between left and right of the page. This is automatically done for you and you have no control over that.

Here is an example of a story on www.leicaimages.com .

https://www.leicaimages.com/showstory.php?storyid=1

So I have noticed that my images look fuzzy on the website. The reason being is because I have a 4k monitor and my display settings on the computer is set to 150% so things don't look so small.

Lightroom knows about this and handles the pixels density and ratio properly. However, the web browsers do not. Therefore, in my case, images look 150% and pretty bad.

having said that, If I export from lightroom and save as a 4000 pixel image, the its scaled down in the browser a little and it looks decent.

Here is an example of the image exported in 4000 pixel

https://www.leicaimages.com/photo/100079

compared to 2000

https://www.leicaimages.com/photo/100074

I can try and code around this but I thought this would be a temporary solution.

Yea! stories are up. Still in development but useable for now :) here is my first story.

https://www.leicaimages.com/showstory.php?storyid=1

In an effort to keep the site specific, please delete any photos that may have been migrated by accident that are not specifi to Leica gear.

Thanks.

FAQ list.


How do I set my background pictiure to a specific one?

Simple,

Edit any of your pictures, and click on "Apply as background". The button is near the bottom. Now that picture will always be youi background image when someone views your profile.