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a few shots with M6 and 'cron 35 ASPH

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First one is very cute (maybe you want to avoid cutting off the hand next time).

Enjoy your new gear!

Best regards,
Jarle
 
Christos, I love the look of the 35 Cron ASPH - After having one very shortly, I need to have it back.

Your 1st frame (lovely indeed) really shows, what I want from this lens - perfect DOF @ f2 for rather closeup shots with just the right field of view for a wonderful out of focus scene in the background. This is a must have lens (and I have heard, it resolves quite some detail too, if needed).

When I brought my Hong Kong trip film to the lab, I had a short look into one of the used Leica shops (today I can pick up the negs - yuhuuuh, looks like some night scanning today ;-) ).

This Shanghai dealer had no less than 12 used samples (!!!) of the ASPH Cron on display, ranging between 1.200 − 1.450 EUR. I wish, I had a digital M for testing the samples, when buying.
I think, I have a hard time to resist the call this time.

What is a good going price for a nice "excellent" sample with box these days?
A new sample was offered to me in Hong Kong for apr. 1.500,- EUR lately.

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Thank you all for your comments,

I got that virtually as new copy of 'cron 35 asph from ebay for about €1300. I thought it was a bit pricy but according to your research that one could be considered a good deal.

You are right about the first shot; I should have shifted it a bit down left to get a better frame... Basically, that is my second roll (first b&w) with my new gear so I was not paying much attention to composition. Mostly, I was trying to find out how does the lens renders under different situations... Fortunately, b&w film is very forgiving and I am also surprised about ilford's tonality...

In general I could say I am very happy about both the body and lens. I am very pleased with the M6 focusing system which is very accurate! I only have to get used to it so I will have the chance to concentrate more on composition than on focusing....

regards

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Christos

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Are those scans of the negs or of prints? Some info on the scanner+software would be helpful too.
 
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