As I contemplate flowers and cameras and lenses, to post a photograph for the “Friday flower,” I decide to play with the old Leitz 12.5 Photar on the Leica M. But it’s just not working out. Shutter speeds of 1/2 a second or more with wind blowing the subjects around; and it’s just too damn microscopic for my mood. Tried a Zeiss microscope lens and was reminded AGAIN why I never use this lens, just a circle in the middle of the frame. Tried the 60 Macro Elmarit – R. Just wasn’t feeling anything from it. So then (remember that I finally acquired an iPhone; 9 years after the initial release. And because I’m a crazy photographer I also acquired 3 Schneider iPro lenses for the thing) I thought, “Hey! How about that $39 Schneider iPro Century Macro lens for the iPhone on this here $5+K camera.” And looky here. Just all kinds of soft, pictorial beauty glowing off that sensor; perfectly expressing the overcast day; and my mildly gray mood.
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Leica M, Schneider iPro Century Macro
The tube to the right of the camera is the iPro lens case
which holds the Century Macro, 2x Tele, and .45 Super Wide.
It also serves as “grip” to the iPhone; if you like.