Scott Root Posted November 8, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is the silver 35 summicron asph made of brass like other chrome lenses or is it made of a lighter material? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Hi Scott Root, Take a look here what are the silver 35 summicron asph lenses made of?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
spylaw4 Posted November 8, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 8, 2009 Brass AFAIK - mine is certainly very heavy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Root Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted November 8, 2009 Sorry, I meant the 28 summicron asph silver? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 8, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 8, 2009 The Silver 28 Summicron is made of the same materials as the black version - mainly aluminium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted November 8, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 8, 2009 based on the price presumably solid silver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 9, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2009 Mine is made of brass. All bright chrome and black paint lenses are made of brass, all black chrome lenses are made of lightmetal alloy. There is a considerable weight difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted November 9, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 9, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry, I meant the 28 summicron asph silver? The summicron 28 is the only silver lens made with aluminium as far as I know. I have a silver 28 cron, and it weights the same as the black anodized version. Other silver lenses on the current production such as the 50lux asph or 35cron asph are made with brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted November 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2009 Aluminium according to Adorama, same as the black ones and that's why it is lighter: 11661 Leica 28mm f/2.0 SUMMICRON-M ASPH Silver Anodized Version Lens for M System - USA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted November 9, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 9, 2009 Mine is made of brass. All bright chrome and black paint lenses are made of brass, all black chrome lenses are made of lightmetal alloy. There is a considerable weight difference. Your's would be a 'special' then Jaap. The later 28mm f2 silver lenses were aluminium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicaiste Posted November 9, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 9, 2009 The summicron 28 is the only silver lens made with aluminium as far as I know. There is another one : the silver 28/2,8 Asph made for the M8.2 Safari. Leica Camera AG - Photography - Leica M8.2 Safari Lucien Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 9, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 9, 2009 Your's would be a 'special' then Jaap. The later 28mm f2 silver lenses were aluminium. It would be too, were I not responding to the number 35 I guess the 28 would be too heavy in brass;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkspark Posted November 9, 2009 Share #12 Posted November 9, 2009 Just out of curiosity, are Leica lens made of mainly brass or aluminum? (anything else?) If there's more, which material is the lightest?? (Does it mean it is less durable as well?) I've always been curious about the "black anodized" version... Does it mean better or worse? Heavier? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 10, 2009 Share #13 Posted November 10, 2009 Brass and/or aluminium, depending on models/versions (see above): aluminium is always lighter, and not less durable than brass... usually, aluminium surfaces have a "way to be scratched" that makes them more delicate in this sense... but is a personal taste. Anodizinig is a process to make a surface black without using paint... it doesn't have impact on weight: a black anodized surface is much more resistant to wear then a black painted one: there were some old Leitz lenses that used to be black painted, and often the brass under the paint is well visible after years of use... but they are rare and often much valued... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkspark Posted November 11, 2009 Share #14 Posted November 11, 2009 Brass and/or aluminium, depending on models/versions (see above): aluminium is always lighter, and not less durable than brass... usually, aluminium surfaces have a "way to be scratched" that makes them more delicate in this sense... but is a personal taste.Anodizinig is a process to make a surface black without using paint... it doesn't have impact on weight: a black anodized surface is much more resistant to wear then a black painted one: there were some old Leitz lenses that used to be black painted, and often the brass under the paint is well visible after years of use... but they are rare and often much valued... Ah, it's good to know Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted November 11, 2009 Share #15 Posted November 11, 2009 Just out of curiosity, are Leica lens made of mainly brass or aluminum? (anything else?) If there's more, which material is the lightest?? (Does it mean it is less durable as well?) I've always been curious about the "black anodized" version... Does it mean better or worse? Heavier? I think there might even be some glass in there! AFAIK, the stuff they make these lenses from is heavier than 'normal' glass. Mine feels like lead! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 11, 2009 Share #16 Posted November 11, 2009 I think there might even be some glass in there! AFAIK, the stuff they make these lenses from is heavier than 'normal' glass. Mine feels like lead! Yes, I CONFIRM that there is ALSO some glass in lenses.... , you can trust my assertion. Glass weight is a question that sometimes has intrigued me too... pity that, afaik, the weight of the glass only hasn't ever been detailed separately... there are some lenses in which I think its role is really "weighting": if one thinks that the rather little 28 2,8 asph has 8 glass elements... the first Elmarit 28 had 9 (it was rather bulky, indeed)... the first Summicron 35 (compact and "light") had 8... I have the rare 180 2,8 for Visoflex: it has a terrible weight, I think due also to the fact that its optical design (1 - 3 - 1 "Olympia Sonnar-style") has for central element a massive "cylinder" of solid glass (about 6cm diameter - 5 cm length) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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