Pecole Posted August 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leitz has used the name Summar for lenses produced long before they developed the Leica. But this early 120mm brass version for plate camera fitted nicely in my "Fontenelle Leitz-Leica Collection". Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/94582-summar-the-old-way/?do=findComment&comment=1006209'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Hi Pecole, Take a look here Summar, the old way. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bill Posted August 27, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2009 Leitz has used the name Summar for lenses produced long before they developed the Leica. But this early 120mm brass version for plate camera fitted nicely in my "Fontenelle Leitz-Leica Collection". Beautiful. It's true what our grandparents said then, Summars in the past were longer... Regards, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted August 27, 2009 Truly lout ! but not bad a joke : if you don't ask for copyright, I'll have it filed in. Enjoy the remains of this summer...I mean, the seasonal one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 27, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2009 Pecole, absolutely feel free to use it again. I'm a firm believer in pun in the Sun... Thanks for sharing your beautiful kit with us. Regards, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted August 31, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 31, 2009 A.f.a.i.k. the old Summar design was a kind of symmetrical Aplanat type -- six elements in two massive cemented groups of three. It had only the name in common with the double-Gauss Summar of Leica fame. The old man from the Age of the IIIa Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 31, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 31, 2009 If I remember well, the Summar name was used also for a series of Micro lenses to be used on old Visoflex I. The depicted item is really nice to see...apparently, it seems to have apertures from f4 to f96 ... DOF was clearly an issue to take care of... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted August 31, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) If I remember well, the Summar name was used also for a series of Micro lenses to be used on old Visoflex I.The depicted item is really nice to see...apparently, it seems to have apertures from f4 to f96 ... DOF was clearly an issue to take care of... Yes, Luigi, you remember well, but the micro lenses are used on bellows, not on Visoflexes. Here are photos from my Fontenelle Collection : the Micro Summar 80 mm and four micros (with adaptor rings) Photar-Summar-Milar covering the 12,5 to 120 mm range Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/94582-summar-the-old-way/?do=findComment&comment=1011483'>More sharing options...
arfbark123 Posted September 13, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 13, 2014 Hello from California: I have the same 120mm "Summar" lens, except "Summar" is engraved with a single "m", "Sumar", with a line, (it is called a macron), above the "m". I'm told it is the old German way to denote a double "m", ('mm"). Also mine has a screw-on black lens shade of some sort. It's interesting since I cannot find another like it, nor has it ever been described in any catalogs that I know of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 14, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 14, 2014 Yes... this oddity of the "sumar" I remember did appear time ago on the Forum... and your explanation is the correct one : <Wikipedia> In the GermanKurrent handwriting, a macron is used on some consonants, especially n and m, as a shortform for a double consonant (for example, n̄ instead of nn) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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