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50 Summicron V1 LTM.  Shot from my Kayak on a Leica III with a leaky shutter and expired film in the Bahamas :)

 

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Here is a B&W from the Leitz 50mm f2 Collapsible Summicron which was made in 1952... 

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It's been 17 months since the last post - time to bring it back up. M10 + 1953 50 Summicron collapsible

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Thanks for a timely reminder of the lens's qualities, whether on a contemporary camera or on digital.  High time I used it again! 1957 IIIg, 5cm Collapsible, Acros 100. 2b0feb69a904e3809988279

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Several years ago I was testing several of my Leica lenses against one another for flare, sharpness, and contrast. Same lighting, subject, pose.  This was my collapsible 50 (M mount)

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'55 Collapsible LTM wide-open on M10M.

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Just got another collapsible - a 1955 LTM No. 1328xxx - that is the cleanest example I've ever seen.

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Ref post #123, my '55 5cm Collapsible LTM also performs well on M11.

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In swampy Benfleet, Essex, UK.

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Summicron 5cm Collapsible/ M-E 220

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Am 1.9.2017 um 12:56 schrieb a.noctilux:

Gradycarter,

Thanks for revival of this lovely ancient lens.

 

From 1952, this is uncommon Summicron of first batch.

May I ask the first 3 digits ( 9xx or 1xx ) of your collapsible.

 

Mine is one year older (1951 ! ... radioactive glass ) but is pretty good performer on film and digital

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The glass of the radioctive version shines yellow, do you see this on the Photos?

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Yepp, finally I found one of these beauties in a near Mint condition and with a fresh CLA-service. It is not radioactive and the pictures with it are fascinating, analog and digital. Next year will be her 70th birthday😳

I love those Leica lenses with low microcontrast.

She fits perfect in my range of Nocti 1.2 and Lux 2.Gen. 5cm lenses.

 

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It must be a special one, there is space missing in the writing on the mount😜

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On 12/6/2023 at 7:07 AM, leicaoptik said:

Yepp, finally I found one of these beauties in a near Mint condition and with a fresh CLA-service. It is not radioactive and the pictures with it are fascinating, analog and digital. Next year will be her 70th birthday😳

I love those Leica lenses with low microcontrast.

She fits perfect in my range of Nocti 1.2 and Lux 2.Gen. 5cm lenses.

 

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That's a very well kept one. The crown glass or whatever material makes most samples have lots of marks if not scratches. I find the lens produces one of the nicest images by f2.4 and great for people at f2. I think the contrast they produce is more resembling of how I perceive things, and the bokeh while not the smoothest works well to add spice to the picture. My biggest problem is that, unlike many, my two copies of the Red Scale Elmar work so well and I often find f4 to be where the DOF is what I want, and I end up using the Elmar anytime light isn't scarce.

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25 minutes ago, toodys said:

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Nice!
Thanks for sharing. The lower contrast of this lens is sometimes very disappointing, and sometimes, like your photos here,  very painterly. 
I have a near mint 50 Summicron collapsible from 1955. Youxin Ye gave it a CLA and confirmed that it is in very good working order.
I find it to be a very nice combo with my M10 monochrome. Here is a photo of my son, wide open at F2. The bokeh is definitely different. 
Bottom right is a defect in the image due to a large piece of dirt that I did not see that was on the filter. I need to try to clone it out.

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On 12/6/2023 at 2:34 AM, leicaoptik said:

The glass of the radioctive version shines yellow, do you see this on the Photos?

My lens is radioactive and was very yellow. That yellow was reflected in my photos. I got rid of the yellow hue in my lens by placing it on top of a mirror and shining a light through the top of the lens, while the light hovered very close. It took a week for it to clear up. After that, I noticed that the images from my lens appeared sharper than my previous images before.!!

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My Thorium #102xxxx

 

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My Thorium #102xxxx

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M10 + 50 Summicron collapsible (1953)

 

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