Erato Posted May 24 Share #15061 Posted May 24 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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! Tokyo Opt. Simlar 5cm f1.5, M10-R 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Tokyo Opt. Simlar 5cm f1.5, M10-R ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806658'>More sharing options...
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JMF Posted May 24 Share #15062 Posted May 24 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! 35mm f1.8 W-Nikkor LTM & M10-P 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 35mm f1.8 W-Nikkor LTM & M10-P ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806731'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 24 Share #15063 Posted May 24 On 5/23/2025 at 10:39 AM, Ecar said: ...This one is rather recent but appears to have been discontinued a couple of years ago...The first 7a rangefinder lens and a 7e/6g Sonnar inspired design...As with other 7a lenses, focus can be DIY-adjusted...and the early production copies came 6-bit coded (as a Noctilux) before Leica presumably asked its manufacturer to 'cease and desist'. It took some flak on this forum and elsewhere not just because it was made in China, but perhaps also because people expected it to be a lower-cost alternative to fast Cosina lenses with a 'modern' rendering. If you get a good copy and are after a somewhat 'vintage' rendering, it's actually a pretty competent lens, esp. on post-M240 sensors where the edges are markedly better behaved... I'm slightly surprised to hear that 7A might have discontinued production of their 50mm f1.1 Cheap'n'Cheerful NotaNoctilux. I first bought one (in Black-Chrome) assuming that it would be very much the f1-One-Trick-Pony and was very pleasantly surprised to see how it performed as an every-day-carry 50. So happy was / am I with the way it renders that I bought a second copy in Silver-Chrome... As the lens(es) weren't 'Old Glass' at the time none of these snaps would have been posted on this thread although they certainly HAVE been posted elsewhere in the Forum. I don't have my hard-drive to hand so don't have access to the originals therefore these are merely 'rescues' from the Forum's memory-bank at very low-res (900x600) but anyhow; a few pics using the 7A 50mm f1.1 either wide-open or, for the 'two girls' pic at f1.4; 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! Philip. 15 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806761'>More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted May 24 Share #15064 Posted May 24 Ferns CL 1953 50 Summicron V1 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! 7 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806795'>More sharing options...
robbie3 Posted May 24 Share #15065 Posted May 24 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! M10-D, 1964 Leitz Canada 135mm f2.8 Elmarit (goggles) 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M10-D, 1964 Leitz Canada 135mm f2.8 Elmarit (goggles) ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806796'>More sharing options...
Yugen Posted May 24 Share #15066 Posted May 24 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! Leica SL // Canon 50 1.2 LTM 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Leica SL // Canon 50 1.2 LTM ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806798'>More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted May 24 Share #15067 Posted May 24 Advertisement (gone after registration) A chute on a river that once ran a water wheel for a woolen mill. CL 1953 50 Summicron V1 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! 5 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806805'>More sharing options...
robbie3 Posted May 24 Share #15068 Posted May 24 (edited) 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! To post something other than from a 135mm. These are from 2022. I don't think I really appreciated this lens at the time, my head was turned by a 50mm Summilux Asph. M10, Voigtlander 50mm f/2.0 Heliar Classic Collapsible Edited May 24 by robbie3 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! To post something other than from a 135mm. These are from 2022. I don't think I really appreciated this lens at the time, my head was turned by a 50mm Summilux Asph. M10, Voigtlander 50mm f/2.0 Heliar Classic Collapsible ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806807'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 24 Share #15069 Posted May 24 (edited) Closing-in on Midnight 'round these parts and time to put the D'Angelico down for the evening... Still just playing around with the Monochrom since she came home. Here the MM is paired with the 1953 50mm f1.5 Summarit (M), 1/60 f1.5 @ ISO 800; 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! Philip. Edited May 24 by pippy 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806833'>More sharing options...
hydet Posted May 25 Share #15070 Posted May 25 Leica M2 and 50mm "rigid" f/2 (with yellow filter) 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! 8 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806863'>More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 25 Share #15071 Posted May 25 M10 + collapsible 2006 CV Heliar Classic "250 Jahre" 50/2, both wide open 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! 8 2 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806921'>More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 25 Share #15072 Posted May 25 M11M + converted 1954 Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 80/2 @ f/4 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! 8 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5806928'>More sharing options...
robbie3 Posted May 25 Share #15073 Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Ecar said: M10 + collapsible 2006 CV Heliar Classic "250 Jahre" 50/2, both wide open 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! I now wish I still had this lens, just for the gentle rendering. I was frustrated by my own ineptitude, often forgetting to extend the lens, so eventually I’d leave it extended when on the camera. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmanda Posted May 25 Share #15074 Posted May 25 M10 + Leitz 9cm Elmar F4 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! 11 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807026'>More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 25 Share #15075 Posted May 25 3 hours ago, robbie3 said: I now wish I still had this lens, just for the gentle rendering. I was frustrated by my own ineptitude, often forgetting to extend the lens, so eventually I’d leave it extended when on the camera. All hope may not be lost. Kobayashi-san looked into his crystal ball 15 years ago and heard your plea...😉 Hence the rigid, “10th Anniversary” edition. Same optics as far as I can tell, but a nice nickel finish and a thinner barrel. Limited to 600 copies in 2009 – but not too difficult to find in flawless condition in Japan – and therefore a bit pricey, but not outrageously so. (In keeping with the thread’s rules: picture taken with the converted 1964 CZJ Biotar 70/1.6 on the M11M, wide open @ MFD) 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! 8 2 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807038'>More sharing options...
robbie3 Posted May 25 Share #15076 Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Ecar said: All hope may not be lost. Kobayashi-san looked into his crystal ball 15 years ago and heard your plea...😉 Hence the rigid, “10th Anniversary” edition. Same optics as far as I can tell, but a nice nickel finish and a thinner barrel. Limited to 600 copies in 2009 – but not too difficult to find in flawless condition in Japan – and therefore a bit pricey, but not outrageously so. (In keeping with the thread’s rules: picture taken with the converted 1964 CZJ Biotar 70/1.6 on the M11M, wide open @ MFD) 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! Thanks Ecar, I’ll let my kids know the good news, it’s Fathers Day here in a few weeks and I’m sure they’ll think I’m worth it 🙃 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 25 Share #15077 Posted May 25 The Folly, Sydenham Hill Wood. M-D Typ-262, 1974 35mm Summilux v2, 1/45 f2.0 @ ISO 800; 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! The Folly was built, in the mid-1860's, to stand in the grounds of a large mansion; one of a number of such vast edifices erected in this then-fashionable part of London shortly after the Crystal Palace was opened in 1854. It was constructed to kindle thoughts of an ancient abbey; perhaps one destroyed during 'The Dissolution of the Monasteries' which process was instigated in 1536 by King Henry VIII. Unfortunately almost all of these properties were demolished sometime after the end of WWII and nothing now remains of those once palatial homes. Somewhat ironically The Folly itself, originally designed to merely resemble a ruin, is itself now becoming one in reality. Philip. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The Folly was built, in the mid-1860's, to stand in the grounds of a large mansion; one of a number of such vast edifices erected in this then-fashionable part of London shortly after the Crystal Palace was opened in 1854. It was constructed to kindle thoughts of an ancient abbey; perhaps one destroyed during 'The Dissolution of the Monasteries' which process was instigated in 1536 by King Henry VIII. Unfortunately almost all of these properties were demolished sometime after the end of WWII and nothing now remains of those once palatial homes. Somewhat ironically The Folly itself, originally designed to merely resemble a ruin, is itself now becoming one in reality. Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807125'>More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 25 Share #15078 Posted May 25 (edited) M11M + converted 1942 CZJ R-Sonnar 50/1.5 T, wide open 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! Edited May 25 by Ecar 12 1 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/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807149'>More sharing options...
Erato Posted May 25 Share #15079 Posted May 25 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! Topcor 5cm F3.5 Collapsible, M10 Monochrom 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Topcor 5cm F3.5 Collapsible, M10 Monochrom ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807257'>More sharing options...
Erato Posted May 25 Share #15080 Posted May 25 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! Summicron 50mm F2 Collapsible(Radioactive), M10 Monochrom 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Summicron 50mm F2 Collapsible(Radioactive), M10 Monochrom ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/268173-the-view-through-older-glass/?do=findComment&comment=5807259'>More sharing options...
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