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On 1/24/2025 at 8:27 AM, luigi bertolotti said:

Hood is 12501 (black only) : good to use, maybe not so easy to find... but one looks now avcailable in Italy https://www.msmaterialefotografico.it/prodotti/paraluce-leica-12501/  

Luigi, thank you so much!  It looks like there are many around with the price ranging from 150 USD - 600!!!

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I just stumbled over this Leica PC-super-Angulon-R 1:2,8/28 for 50$
50$ is not a lot but i don't want to waste them for a paperweight either as i have already too much....

As i have absolutely no idea what lens this is, seems to be a shift lens and from the photo a newer model and for film cameras.
Could i make this lens work on my SL2 using a adapter, i guess it will be manual use.
Thanks so much for more information!

Chris

 

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1 hour ago, PhotoCruiser said:

I just stumbled over this Leica PC-super-Angulon-R 1:2,8/28 for 50$
50$ is not a lot but i don't want to waste them for a paperweight either as i have already too much....

As i have absolutely no idea what lens this is, seems to be a shift lens and from the photo a newer model and for film cameras.
Could i make this lens work on my SL2 using a adapter, i guess it will be manual use.
Thanks so much for more information!

Chris

 

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Check for paint deterioration in lens element surrounds. This is commonly called Schneideritis as present in many older Schneider built lenses like the 21 and 28 Super Angulon-R lenses. This can cover the elements in fine white specs and does cause some deterioration of images. https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/what-is-schneideritis.18363/ 

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On 1/24/2025 at 4:20 PM, stevesurf said:

[...] Does this lens flare and do I need a hood; if so, which hood?  Maybe I don't need a hood as I have a vintage E Leitz NY SL clear filter on it.

Legacy lenses such as Super-Angulons do flare more easily than modern lenses and filters can hardly do anything against that. Regular hoods are 12501 for S-A 21/3.4 and 12502 for S-A 21/4 but the 12504 hood for Summilux 35/1.4 fits perfectly the 21/4. I have no experience with those lenses on film though.
On digital, both S-A 21/4 and 21/3.4 do well on the M11, none of them exhibiting the dreaded "Italian flag" syndrome, contrary to my M240. None lenses are recommended by Leica on the M11, due to the rear element protruding too far into the body. There is no risk to hit the shutter, let alone the sensor, but the rear element can hit the roller cam of the rangefinder when mounting it quickly on the camera. Same issue with collapsible lenses other than Macro-Elmar 90/4.
Both lenses are very sharp in the center of the frame and softer on edges and corners, with a strong vignetting and almost zero distortion.
As far as OoF rendition is concerned, the S-A 21/4 has not a square aperture, my LTM version having 8 blades apparently (difficult to see them w/o a loupe) contrary to the f/3.4 M version (4 blades), also the f/4 R version for Leicaflex has 4 blades too.
Couple of snaps on M11 below.

• M11, S-A 21/3.4, f/8

• M11, S-A 21/3.4, f/4

• M11, S-A 21/4, f/11

• M11, S-A 21/4, f/4
 

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I have a 21/f4 Super Angulon - R lens which I have used very infrequently on my M10-R with an R to M adapter. However I much prefer my Zeiss ZM 21 Biogon, as not only is it half the size and a whole stop faster but considerably more rectilinear and sharper into the corners. On my R cameras, I use the 21-35 Vario Elmar-R, which again out performs the S-A. I should probably sell the S-A. 

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On 9/6/2025 at 10:22 AM, wlaidlaw said:

21/f4 Super Angulon - R

Just for fun ;)

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size comparison R/M "same lens" ...

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14 minutes ago, lct said:

BTW may i ask what hood you were using on this M 21/4?

Noname hood.

 

Many years back, I went to Bièvres , Rencontres photos, every year early June, my favorite pastime.

I went there with the lens, then took time to find the hood (with many things, of course) with a sheet of paper with a list and measurements of the bit I was after.

 

The hood has no reference or marking, sorry.

It mounts from the outside of the lens by friction, 42mm.

No vignetting at all.

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