Leitz 5cm Summitar V 5cm Elmar

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Huub. It is indeed around the corner. It is the Middelpolder, near Amstelveen.

Erik.

[bfffer]

i have tried clean summitar and scared radioactive summicron.
summicron have much more detail than summitar, my copy summitar was a little bit soft.
i would love to try a elmar some day.

[fotomeow]

but I'm inspired to shoot more Elmar

RD1s 1940 Summitar 50/2 Xing Bay Bridge to Dntn San Francisco Fog by schizonaut, on Flickr

[Bingley]

I was interested in the Summitar mainly for landscape photography (inspired by Graham Battison's photos w/ a Summitar and a Leica IIIf), but I discovered it has a propensity to flare badly, and so you need to use a hood, which makes it less than a compact package. The Elmar can flare, too, but w/ the little hood that Leica made for it, it's still makes a compact kit, and sometimes the flare can be nice:

Autumn,-Carson-River by bingley0522, on Flickr

[MPerson]

Originally Posted by helenhill

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Beautiful image Helen - gateway to Hades!

I love my 1959 Elmar 50/2.8 mated with the M2. Here with APX 100:

[sleepyhead]

I voted for the Summitar. I like the speed and the rendering. Although I would love to still own the Nickel Elmar I had once...

Here are some Summitar shots of a friends wedding on film:

[sleepyhead]

I forgot to say that my shots above are all taken at f/2, except the Bridemaids, which is around f/2.8 (weird aperture scale on the old Summitar).

Here is one more, wide open:

[kosta_g]

fantastic work posted in this thread. i'm digging the old glass!

[charjohncarter]

I like the Elmar but that is egocentric. I have never owned the other but I have many great B&W pictures with my lens which I have proudly owned for almost 50 years; last year (the first):




1964


And I thought I'd put a fun color one in, but I'm sure the other one is just as good or even better (this one 1966):

[DSkjaeve]

Elmar on screwmount bodies.

Collapsible cron on M-bodies.

[hookonclassic]

Simply love the compactness of the 5cm f3.5 LTM elmar...my friend called it "pocket rocket"...so compact on a LTM Barnack you can easily put in the your pocket and it can be extended out like a rocket launcher...



Leica IIIa | 5cm f3.5 Elmar | 400 TX | @f3.5

[Thomas78]

Originally Posted by hookonclassic

Simply love the compactness of the 5cm f3.5 LTM elmar...my friend called it "pocket rocket"...so compact on a LTM Barnack you can easily put in the your pocket and it can be extended out like a rocket launcher...

That is true!

Right now I have have a Canon P with the large Canon 50 / 1.2 in a SLR camera back. The remaining one third of the space ist just enough to get a Zorki I with a Industar 22 (FSU Elmar copy) inside. It is a nice day & night set in a small camera bag.

[Marc-A.]

I've had a bunch of Leica M 50, but kept one and only one 50: the glorious Summitar.

[Bingley]

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

[kdemas]

Originally Posted by Bingley

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

Very nice Steve! Terrific lens. I'm popping mine up for sale tonight as I just don't use it much but you and others certainly show what can be done with this neat hunk of glass.

[kdemas]

Here's one from my M8 & Summitar 50/2.0. Some tweaking in Lightroom.

Smoke.

[HuubL]

Originally Posted by Bingley

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

Great to see that you put the lens to good use Steve! Excellent images of this uncoated Summitar. I'm glad you like it.

[helenhill]

Originally Posted by MPerson;

Beautiful image Helen - gateway to Hades!


I love my 1959 Elmar 50/2.8 mated with the M2. Here with APX 100:

Just saw this ...THANKS MUCH MPerson for your Kind Comment-Hades Indeed

LOVE your shot of Him drinking soda pop ...Wonderful Candid !!
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[Thomas78]

My Summitar at f/5.6:


Leica IIIf Summitar 50 2,0 03 PAN F 25 von thomas.78 auf Flickr

[yossarian123]

I have a bunch of shots that I posted with my summitar.

Except they're posted in the classifieds (where I happen to be selling a copy of this fine lens)...just in case anyone gets a case of GAS looking at these shots. (sorry for the shameless plug)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/phot...essories/cat/2

And in terms of raw character, I prefer my uncoated nickel elmar:

[Thomas78]

Thank you for this nice image!

[Bingley]

Yossarian, that is a beautiful photo!

[Bingley]

So, at the risk of re-posting photos too many times, I offer this comparison of a scene at the UC Davis Arboretum that I've come to enjoy.

First, with a coated Elmar 50/3.5 from 1947:


March 4, 2012 by bingley0522, on Flickr


And then an uncoated Summitar from 1939:



April 14, 2012 by bingley0522, on Flickr

[colyn]

Both lens are fine but image quality is slightly better with the Summitar.

I use both..

[Michel.Roth]

I love summitar but never used elmar: