That suits the camera very nicely. It would be nice to see it on an L-mount Leica too.
That 75mm APO-Skopar looks very nice indeed. I had a 75mm lens in M mount for a few years and I can’t remember if it was Leica or Voigtlander. It seemed too big and heavy, and I rarely used it, but it produced nice images. Just checked. It was a Voigtlander 75mm f1.8 Heliar which bought out of a sense of nostalgia for the Pentax-A* 75/1.8 that was stolen from me in 2000. I traded it in when I bought my M10 monochrom. I too almost always use a YG / GGr filter when I’m shooting B&W. I keep telling myself to go out and experiment with an orange filter in woodland - I’ve seen nice stuff online. > On 1 Jul 2026, at 21:02, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought you might enjoy a couple of photos of one of my favorite shooting > rigs ... > > Leica M10 Monochrom with Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Special and 43/50 Viewfinder > https://flic.kr/p/2smLxYy > https://flic.kr/p/2smEMR8 > > This is such an excellent lens, its SLR equivalent (Pentax-L 43 Limited) my > favorite from the years I used Pentax equipment. I've had the lens for a few > years now ... they were made in a small batch of about 2000 and sold mostly > in Japan. I found this example without a finder at a good price, which didn't > matter when I was using it on EVF cameras, but since I'm using the Leica M > (digital and film) most of the time now, I've been hunting for the original > finder made for it. I finally located one at a fair price; it arrived > yesterday... it's beautifully finished and optically excellent. > > An M, the Pentax 43, and the new Voigtländer APO-Skopar 75mm f/2.8 are a > compelling, 'do most of what I ever want in a very small package' travel kit > ... > > Leica M10 Monochrom Travel Kit w 43 and 75mm lenses > https://flic.kr/p/2smLxYJ > > The 75mm is a stunning performer too, and it's actually a little > smaller/lighter than the Pentax 43. Also note that I find the use of a green > filter on a monochrome digital sensor does "just the right thing" about 95% > of the time, so I include one for each lens as a part of the travel kit. > > Now to go out and do some shooting again. :D > > enjoy, > G > — > "No matter where you go, there you are." -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
