Any love for the 50 Summicron v5? Post examples!

[Alberti]

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On the M8:

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on the m240 I was often disappointed with this lens - probably due to the LR5 software I used,  I guess. But with the LRc it got rehabilitated 🥰

and now look how this lens performs, on the M9M: I just love the soft glow of the background.

& on the Lumix S5 I see a background, that looks like a vintage Summar lens (that some say is the Ur-Summicron):

Edited March 21, 2023 by Alberti

[Alberti]

Look on the M10: a great match

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My two ¢, for a better appreciation of this lens.

Edited March 21, 2023 by Alberti

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Summicron 2.0/50mm on M10Mono

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[Jon Warwick]

No photos with it yet, but I recently bought a lovely condition v5 to use on my M10M for a slightly lower contrast and gentler rendering than i’ve achieved with my APO Lanthar and M 50 APO. I used to own the v5 a numbers of years ago, so I’m familiar with its characteristics and missed its less harsh rendering, for portraits especially. 

[Chris Nebard]

Morecambe, before the Eden work begins. Summicron-M 50 v5, SL2-s. 

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[rsolomon]

Mine arrives this week, for years I went with : 21 SEM, 35 & 75 cron. Maybe I’ll become a 50 guy as I expand my horizons…. More soon 

[Farkle-Mpls]

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My friend Jyotima, an actress living in Mumbai.  Leica M10/50 Summicron V5.  Chennai India, Jan 2020.  Natural window light.  Hard to imagine a lens could do any better than this!

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[Farkle-Mpls]

Full resolution crop.  Incredible detail in those beautiful eyes.  I think these were both shot at F4.0, maybe F2.8.  Rangefinder focused.

Crisper on my monitor -- I think it got downsampled for posting.

 

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[hdmesa]

On the SL2-S

Previews are soft, click for normal view:

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f/2

 

f/5.6 (vignette added)

[rsolomon]

On 3/23/2023 at 9:05 AM, rsolomon said:

Mine arrives this week, for years I went with : 21 SEM, 35 & 75 cron. Maybe I’ll become a 50 guy as I expand my horizons…. More soon 

finally arrived ..... and got it out today for a test drive ... 

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[Gregm61]

This morning, with an MP240..

[tedd]

Wonderful lens. I sold my last one to fund a 50 Lux ASPH, but I miss it from time to time.

[Jon Warwick]

I recently returned to the Summicron v5 by buying a used, but very recently produced copy (I sold my original copy, dated c 2002, due to increasing veiling flare and very heavy field curvature). I'm wondering if the lens coating has changed over the last 2 decades, I thought my old c 2002 copy was more "brown" in terms of the coating on the lens elements, but this recently produced copy has the modern "blue / purple" glow to it.  But that's a good thing, it seems, given this newer v5 has zero tendency to flare, but still has the gentler Mandler characteristic to it.  I'd most recently been using the Voigtlander 35 and 50 APO Lanthars, but they're quite "strong" at times in terms of contrast and acuity with my M10 Monochrom, and I was after something a little gentler in terms of contrast and overall rendering, which I believe I've found with the v5.   First shots below with this combo, just snapshots around the local park. I don't have a cat / dog, so you missed out on that type of tests! 

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[Scrapbook]

M10 + Summicron 50mm 2.0 Version V

Claus

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[Jon Warwick]

Another one with my v5 that I recently went back to. On the M10 Monochrom again for a quick snapshot to check all working to my liking.

 

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[Gregm61]

With MP240, downtown and in full bloom..

Edited March 30, 2023 by Gregm61

[rsolomon]

BTW, I really can’t see ever going with the 50 APO, just don’t see it for me.
With that, obviously there’s a market for it and others see it/want it/need it I suppose 

[Jeff S]

Enjoyed my v.5 before long ago trade for Summilux ASPH, except for attention to flare and lack of focus tab. Otherwise, no complaints.

Jeff

[Lelmer]

20 hours ago, Gregm61 said:

With MP240, downtown and in full bloom..

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Great color palette 

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[rsolomon]

Agree

 

Yeah. A focus tab would be a nice to have ….

Edited March 31, 2023 by rsolomon