Leica’s new T plays extremely well with all the modern M lenses I tried during the recent test. I have no reason to think that many legacy lenses will not perform well but only modern lenses with six-bit coding will transmit lens information to the camera and hence to the metadata. This gallery of images relates to the test of the Leica T camera which you can find here:
f/3.5 @ 1/2000s, ISO 100Englargement from above shotf/3.5 @ 1/200s, ISO 100Enlargement from above shotf/4 @ 1/800s, ISO 100
35mm Summicron ASPH
~f/4 @ 1/125s, ISO 100Enlargement from abovef/2.8Enlargement from above shotf/8Heavy crop from the above shotHammersmith church, f/8Cropped detail
35mm Summilux ASPH
Measuring the tide, f/5.6Detail from the above shotShiver me timbers, f/7High tide on the River Thames, f/8Modern tech, f/4Mr. Bumble, f/2Swiss train in Washington DC, f/2.8
50mm Summilux ASPH
First shot taken with the T and 50mm Summilux: Focus skills take some practice but it pays off in the end. f/1.4First stab at focusing the 50mm Summilux on the Leica T (f/1.4)Covent Garden at golden hour, f/2.8When you need a fill-up, just call for Pratt’s (f/2.8)Old motor, f/1.4Detail from the above shot, f/1.4Inside a Triumph, f/1.4Detail from the above shot, f/1.4Norton, f/1.4, ISO 1250Detail from above, f/1.4Roses, f/1.4Detail from above, f/1.4Selective focus, f/2.8Detail from above, f/2.8River flower, f/2.8Detail from above, note the minor fringing which I have not attempted to eliminate
50mm Noctilux f/1.0 (previous model)
Aziz Yazdani, Leica Akademie, Leica Store Washington, f/2.8
50mm Noctilux f/0.95 (Current Model)
Roses, f/2.8Detail from the above frameIlford on the riverbank, f/0.95 with ND filterDetail from above, with a little fringe and a little shakeMore selective focus, f/2 with ND filterDetail from the aboveLow tide on the Thames, f/8Detail from the above shotMore roses (the only flower I recognise) at f/1.4 with ND filterDetail from the above shotAnd again, f/2More detail from the above shotRiver again to demonstrate CA which can be tackled in PP, f/4Clear fringing, detail from the above shot
