Extensive Leica Suumilux-C test

[Carlo Rho]

Few months ago Band Pro (thanks Reinard!) borrow us an almost complete set of Leica's Summilux-C, we filmed a pretty extensive test and here's the article in English, Original publication on Cameraman Magazine (Spainish)
Hope you enjoy it as we enjoied the lens!

Our DoP's web with all our optics tests:
http://alfonsoparra.com/en/sec/press...ch/area/Optics


We had shoot also an Epic Test and a IR filters test on RED, Sony & Alexa, stay tuned, we'll have them translated nest month.

[Bob Gundu]

Great test. However the PDF is highly compressed making those images really pixellated.

http://alfonsoparra-development.s3.a...sh_verison.pdf

[Josh Beadle]

Great test. However the PDF is highly compressed making those images really pixellated.

http://alfonsoparra-development.s3.a...sh_verison.pdf

Ironic

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

Thanks for sharing Carlo, I am waiting for our set, but it´s due 2nd quarter 2013, so it´s nice to read up on the lenses while we wait!

[Michael Lindsay]

Very interesting..

thank you for shareing...

I am suprised by the resolution and sharpness finindings.. "We can see how Leica lenses show less sharpness than Cooke S4 and Zeiss Ultraprime".

anyone else with real hands on expereince (and some good level of impartiality) care to comment on this and the veiling glare results.

thanks again

Michael L

[Carlo Rho]

I am suprised by the resolution and sharpness finindings.. "We can see how Leica lenses show less sharpness than Cooke S4 and Zeiss Ultraprime".

We also were surprised...

[Yousuf Abbasi]

I am suprised by the resolution and sharpness finindings.. "We can see how Leica lenses show less sharpness than Cooke S4 and Zeiss Ultraprime".

What's wrong with less sharpness? In my opinion, extra-sharp lenses do not produce organic looking photos.

[Michael Lindsay]

What's wrong with less sharpness? In my opinion, extra-sharp lenses do not produce organic looking photos.

There is lots of ways to make the image softer in feel..my favourites are lighting, on lens filtration and Tweaking the debayering and scaleing settings in redcineX (this is a not used enough but is very powerful way of of helping producing silky edge transitions).... One can always soften in post as well (I like this less but it can produce good results)

That said I don't know of anyway to produce a sharp, super clean and high resolution image without sharp glass...

I also really like picking softer glass (for certian projects) but if you are going to limit your self to only one set of lenses I'd not want lenses troubled by vieling glare. I would worry about the colour keying work for example...

I suspect we may be seeing the results of an early set and the internal light traps might improve??

Regards

Michael L

[Carlo Rho]

I suspect we may be seeing the results of an early set and the internal light traps might improve??

We also suspect it but BandPro answer us that the set was a production one.

[Gunleik Groven]

Thanks for sharing Carlo, I am waiting for our set, but it´s due 2nd quarter 2013, so it´s nice to read up on the lenses while we wait!

You are? :)