Maggie_O Posted February 21, 2010 Share #61 Â Posted February 21, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) The 1951 Summaron continues to amaze and delight me- its combination of tonal range and sharpness is really something else, considering what it is! Here's the latest from it: Â Discarded Tube, February, 2010 Â If you click through and look at the full-size version, even more detail opens up. Amazed and delighted, I am! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andym911 Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share #62  Posted February 21, 2010 Maggie...great detail! and a lovely lens indeed.....  Here one from yesterday with a 1957 50 Lux.....  cheers andy 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! 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/110554-m8-and-old-glass/?do=findComment&comment=1233804'>More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted February 21, 2010 Share #63  Posted February 21, 2010 Maggie...great detail!and a lovely lens indeed.....  Here one from yesterday with a 1957 50 Lux.....  cheers andy  The Summilux just has that look, doesn't it? Gorgeous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 21, 2010 Share #64  Posted February 21, 2010 Maggie...great detail!and a lovely lens indeed.....  Here one from yesterday with a 1957 50 Lux.....  cheers andy  Gorgeous and intense portrait... but your Summilux 50, sorry, can't be of 1957... (entered in '59) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share #65  Posted February 21, 2010 Luigi  thanks for the comments, appreciated.  Regarding the year, maybe you can help me..the serial number is 1640916...my research told me 1957, what can you tell me?  thanks in advance  andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 21, 2010 Share #66 Â Posted February 21, 2010 Well... that is matter of specialists... ... 1.640.916 is a number of 1958, indeed (Laney, Lager, Sartorius, Rogliatti... all agree) : but the Summilux 50 SEEMS that started at 1.645.301 (the first number officially assigned to 1959): so yours is really one of the very very first... probably some little batch manufactured before general availability... really an interesting item: I surely never saw such a low number : there are protoypes numbered 0000xxx (typical prototype numbering of that era) that probably can be dated to 1958, and also some "Summarit 5 cm f 1,4" into 1.546.xxx range, also 1958 numbers (as you probably know, the first Summilux is at all a Summarit... design changed at 1.844.001). If you want to make happy forum members that devote their attention mostly to the "Collectors and historical" section, post in it a pic of your item... you'll surely have some good observation about... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share #67  Posted February 21, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) luigi  thanks a lot!  will post an image of it in the forum you mention in coming days....the glass is perfect but with a small dent in the screw thread where I literally dropped it in my office a year or so ago:(  thanks for the info...the plot thickens;)  andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted February 21, 2010 Share #68 Â Posted February 21, 2010 Well... that is matter of specialists... ... 1.640.916 is a number of 1958, indeed (Laney, Lager, Sartorius, Rogliatti... all agree) : but the Summilux 50 SEEMS that started at 1.645.301 (the first number officially assigned to 1959): so yours is really one of the very very first... probably some little batch manufactured before general availability... really an interesting item: I surely never saw such a low number : there are protoypes numbered 0000xxx (typical prototype numbering of that era) that probably can be dated to 1958, and also some "Summarit 5 cm f 1,4" into 1.546.xxx range, also 1958 numbers (as you probably know, the first Summilux is at all a Summarit... design changed at 1.844.001).If you want to make happy forum members that devote their attention mostly to the "Collectors and historical" section, post in it a pic of your item... you'll surely have some good observation about... Â Thiele lists the numbers 1.640.601 - 1.642.000 for the 50 Summilux of 1958 in his "Kleines Fabrikationshandbuch - Leica Objektive", 3. ed., 2007. So Andy's number could proove him right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtoh Posted February 22, 2010 Share #69 Â Posted February 22, 2010 This is a great thread. I got this lens several months ago, sadly haven't truly explore it yet. Â Nippon Kogaku 5cm, f1.4 with m8. Â Rgds, Daryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 22, 2010 Share #70 Â Posted February 22, 2010 Thiele lists the numbers 1.640.601 - 1.642.000 for the 50 Summilux of 1958 in his "Kleines Fabrikationshandbuch - Leica Objektive", 3. ed., 2007.So Andy's number could proove him right. Â Thanks for the info... I didn't know that book... boy,1.640.916 is REALLY one of the VERY first !!! Nice... hope to see a pic of it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 23, 2010 Share #71 Â Posted February 23, 2010 Well... that is matter of specialists... ... 1.640.916 is a number of 1958, indeed (Laney, Lager, Sartorius, Rogliatti... all agree) : but the Summilux 50 SEEMS that started at 1.645.301 (the first number officially assigned to 1959): so yours is really one of the very very first... probably some little batch manufactured before general availability... really an interesting item: I surely never saw such a low number : there are protoypes numbered 0000xxx (typical prototype numbering of that era) that probably can be dated to 1958, and also some "Summarit 5 cm f 1,4" into 1.546.xxx range, also 1958 numbers (as you probably know, the first Summilux is at all a Summarit... design changed at 1.844.001).If you want to make happy forum members that devote their attention mostly to the "Collectors and historical" section, post in it a pic of your item... you'll surely have some good observation about... Erwin Puts, who has had access to the factory records gives as the first Summilux number 1640601. But as year 1959. So it would fit in with the official factory record. Very early indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabelsound Posted February 23, 2010 Share #72 Â Posted February 23, 2010 I can't believe there are no Summar shots yet. Here are a couple. Â Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted February 23, 2010 Share #73 Â Posted February 23, 2010 The Summaron and I visited friends at work... Â Marie At Dietze, February, 2010 Â Nicholas Buller, February, 2010 Â Nick And Marie, February, 2010 Â The '59 Summilux caught this: Â Clean-Up Time, February, 2010 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share #74 Â Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks for the info... I didn't know that book... boy,1.640.916 is REALLY one of the VERY first !!! Nice... hope to see a pic of it... Â will post a pic at the weekend....WOW did not realise I had such an early bird :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted February 26, 2010 Share #75 Â Posted February 26, 2010 How about one from the Summilux and one from the Summaron? Â On The Web, February, 2010 Â Tree Shadow, February, 2010 Â The Summilux was wide open and the Summaron stopped down to f/11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 1, 2010 Share #76 Â Posted March 1, 2010 Canon 50/1.8 in LTM, late Black version. Â At F4: Â At F1.8: Â B&W IR cut filter, using 40mm->43mm step up ring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted March 5, 2010 Share #77 Â Posted March 5, 2010 Keeping this thread alive. Portraits with M8.2 and J-3. Shot at 2.0, I believe. Â Â Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 6, 2010 Share #78 Â Posted March 6, 2010 Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, wide-open on the M8. Â Â Â The 90mm framelines on the M8 work quite well for the Nikkor. Â Shot with a Tiffen 52mm Hot-Mirror Filter in place, and hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkfloyd Posted March 7, 2010 Share #79 Â Posted March 7, 2010 M8 + Canon 50/1.2 - I was on the verge of selling this lens to fund a 35 Summicron ASPH or v4, but using it more, I can see it's quite a lovely lens... looks like my Summicron will take longer than expected:) Both shot in JPEG, first is cropped a little, second used Viveza to lighten up the face a bit. No other editing... Â f8 Â f1.2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 7, 2010 Share #80 Â Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) 1935 Carl Zeiss Jens 5cm F1.5 converted to Leica Thread Mount using a J-3 focus mount. This is the first one that I've converted, done about 2~3 years ago for my film cameras. No change in the shim was required for use on my M8. Â Wide-Open at F1.5: Â Â Â This lens is unusual in that the front element is coated. I'm not sure if it was done after the lens was made, or if Zeiss was experimenting with the process. I have seen a few other lenses from this "175" block with coated front elements. Edited March 7, 2010 by brianv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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