reddot925 Posted November 21, 2017 Share #1  Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Love the small size of this Elcan 50mm f2 lens (from the military KE-7A set), although focus is a little stiff not sure if it’s supposed to be this way or needs some CLA love.  It’s the top most album on Wetzlar.com  Appreciate the feedback. Edited November 21, 2017 by reddot925 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 21, 2017 Posted November 21, 2017 Hi reddot925, Take a look here First few shots from the Elcan 50mm with M10. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeffry Abt Posted November 21, 2017 Share #2  Posted November 21, 2017 Would you tell us a bit about the Elcan 50mm f2 lens? I’m not familiar with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 21, 2017 Share #3  Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Would you tell us a bit about the Elcan 50mm f2 lens? I’m not familiar with it. Just to start about... https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/ELCAN_f/2_50mm (with discussions too)  I'd like to call it the "Elmacron" : a 4 elements design like Elmar (*) with the aperture of a Summicron... one of the rarest lenses in M history, and very appreciable for a collector/user (though there are "standard listed lenses" that were made in even less numbers)  (*) not same schema, of course... Edited November 21, 2017 by luigi bertolotti 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted November 22, 2017 Share #4 Â Posted November 22, 2017 Lovely lens, high collectible value, but a total pain for a user in my opinion. The aperture mechanism works the complete opposite direction to the "normal" M lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentShutter Posted November 22, 2017 Share #5 Â Posted November 22, 2017 At last the results speak for themselfes.......nice pictures ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 22, 2017 Share #6 Â Posted November 22, 2017 ...The aperture mechanism works the complete opposite direction to the "normal" M lenses.... ..not ALL of them, indeed... Â , but an oddity, anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted November 22, 2017 Share #7 Â Posted November 22, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Nice to see how this rare lens was put in real use, not into tests photography . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddot925 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share #8  Posted November 22, 2017 Thank you so much. That’s my intention as well.  Nice to see how this rare lens was put in real use, not into tests photography . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddot925 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share #9  Posted November 22, 2017 Thanks always Luigi, you’re absolutely on top of the lens game!  Just to start about... https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/ELCAN_f/2_50mm (with discussions too)  I'd like to call it the "Elmacron" : a 4 elements design like Elmar (*) with the aperture of a Summicron... one of the rarest lenses in M history, and very appreciable for a collector/user (though there are "standard listed lenses" that were made in even less numbers)  (*) not same schema, of course... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentShutter Posted November 22, 2017 Share #10 Â Posted November 22, 2017 Nice to see how this rare lens was put in real use, not into tests photography . Â Most Leica lenses start their career taking pictures of brickwalls to show how amazing they are....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted November 22, 2017 Share #11 Â Posted November 22, 2017 Most Leica lenses start their career taking pictures of brickwalls to show how amazing they are....... Â My opinion differ for "brickwalls Leica lenses" . Â As long time Leica user, my brickwalls tests failed with Leica lenses (those from Classic Time, not asph. and co yet) : may it be field curvature ? Â Equivalent lenses Canon, Zeiss and Nikon are much better for those flat field tests . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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