gurtch Posted March 12, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I bought a used 5 cm Summar, specifically to use an adapter and use it wide open on my M8 for taking shots in the fog, and other "soft dreamy" looking shots. A dear friend's daughter is getting married in early April. I am taking my 1DS Mk III to take some available light candids at high ISO, but will probably take the M8 and Summar to take a few "romantic" available light portraits of the bride with wide open aperature. I thought it would be fun to tell the bride and her parents the age of the lens being used. It's serial number is 280090. Can anyone give the approximate year of manufacture? (It's UNcoated) Thanks for the help. Dave Gurtcheff Beach Haven, NJ Home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Hi gurtch, Take a look here Approximate date of my 5cm f2 Summar. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dkCambridgeshire Posted March 12, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2008 I bought a used 5 cm Summar, specifically to use an adapter and use it wide open on my M8 for taking shots in the fog, and other "soft dreamy" looking shots. A dear friend's daughter is getting married in early April. I am taking my 1DS Mk III to take some available light candids at high ISO, but will probably take the M8 and Summar to take a few "romantic" available light portraits of the bride with wide open aperature. I thought it would be fun to tell the bride and her parents the age of the lens being used. It's serial number is 280090. Can anyone give the approximate year of manufacture? (It's UNcoated)Thanks for the help. Dave Gurtcheff Beach Haven, NJ Home Serial numbers 236001 to 284600 are listed as being made in 1935 ... maybe someone else can prove month of manufacture? Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted March 12, 2008 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2008 Make a lot of practice with this lens before the wedding, just to see if you will get what you want . it will become a 65 on the M8 and at 2 open you will get very little DOF. Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted March 12, 2008 Thank you both. This is COOL! I was born in 1937, so the lens is older than I am (and works better as well). Dave:rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 12, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2008 Dave, one thing to remember is that the Summar is horrible for colour shots - or at least my uncoated version is, and it's a low contrast lens. On the other hand, for b&w it's ok, and the level of detail captured may well surprise you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 13, 2008 Share #6 Posted March 13, 2008 Steve, I disagree, a Summar with colour film gives some lovely soft muted colours which could work especially well with portraits, if the effect is what you are after, but yes experiment first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted March 13, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks again. I will experiment some more with it. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 13, 2008 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2008 The Summitar was introduced to supplant the Summar as light fall-off of the latter lens was more noticeable with color film (Morgan and Lester, Leica Manual). That is one problem that the M8's crop factor will alleviate! The lower contrast lenses are well suited for Digital cameras. Enjoy it. I use an uncoated 9cm F4 Elmar for color, love the muted colors. Too bad we can't get any Kodachrome 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted March 14, 2008 The Summitar was introduced to supplant the Summar as light fall-off of the latter lens was more noticeable with color film (Morgan and Lester, Leica Manual). That is one problem that the M8's crop factor will alleviate! The lower contrast lenses are well suited for Digital cameras. Enjoy it. I use an uncoated 9cm F4 Elmar for color, love the muted colors. Too bad we can't get any Kodachrome 10. Photoshop plug ins such as "Exposure" by Alien Skin allow Kodachrome simulations, even including grain. Regards all. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 15, 2008 Share #10 Posted March 15, 2008 In the 1980s I wrote custom FORTRAN code to generate Fractal-based images. Some where convincing, and I had to tell people that they were computer generated. These days I used Photoshop to clean scratches and dust off of scanned negatives. Sometimes to balance the color and even increase the contrast if I'm feeling wild and crazy. But it stops there. It's just more fun getting results out of the camera than using software to fake them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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