From Fulda with Summicron

[Airy]

Df + Summicron R. Some echoes from my "one camera, one lens" trip.

[Airy]

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[Airy]

A few more. Nighttime shots @f/4 if I remember correctly. The lens is not chipped, and has neither electrical nor mechanical connections with the body except for the mount.

[Airy]

Inside the cathedral - I forgot to attach that one:

[Airy]

... and then some more, from the octagonal Michaeliskirche, first erected in the first millenium. Somewhat remindful of Aachen cathedral (or is it Trier ?)

[Airy]

A few more from the park between castle and orangerie. Rose shot at f/4, at minimum focusing distance. Last one at f/2.8 I think.

[Airy]

Last ones for today. Last picture benefitted from some D-lighting (25%) in PP. All PP using View NXI for downsampling, occasional cropping, occasional WB adjustments, but that's it.

[Airy]

one more before sleep. f/2.8

[pluton]

Looks like a very well-behaved lens, as one expects from Leica. 

[Akira]

My general impression is that all images are fine-featured.  I wonder if there are more Nikon-compatible lens of such a character, Nikkor, Voigtländer or Zeiss?

[Airy]

Fine featured : yes; maybe ViewNXi played a role.
Bokeh is not bad though (see e.g. the rose picture, or the one with the blurred organ in the background)

[Akira]

These two images look pleasing.  I'll give NXi a try.

[Airy]

Indeed. I was surprized by the "out of the box" quality of generated jpegs. Plus, the available PP tweaks are generally sufficient. The most missed thing would be the cosmetics function in LR or PS (to remove dirty sensor-originated stains).

Otherwise the Summicron is easy to work with. You can forget about distortion, and the pics are relatively aberration-free from f/2.8. (relative to Df resolving capabilities, I mean).

[Erik Lund]

Very nice calm and relaxed rendering even of the night time scenes. first post/ set of images are the best.

[John Geerts]

Nice set of images. 

My general impression is that all images are fine-featured.  I wonder if there are more Nikon-compatible lens of such a character, Nikkor, Voigtländer or Zeiss?

The Angenieux 35-70/2.5 comes to mind.