My Type 262 has problems with 50mm lenses

[Scott99]

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It began happening with my 1957 Summicron 50mm. Shooting for some time in bright sunlight would appear to "overwhelm" the viewfinder. I would focus and nothing in the viewfinder would move, even though the lens was indeed focusing. Turning the camera off and back on fixed this, for a time.

Then, just recently, I bought a used Tri-Elmar 28-35-50, version 2. I've been shooting test shots of the same scene with all 3 focal lengths. 28 and 35 are always fine, but sometimes 50 is lighter and has what I call "light flare."

FYI: The 50mm Summicron is not 6-bit coded, and I shoot it with Lens Detection OFF. The Sri-Elmar is 6-bit coded, and I have been shooting it with Lens Detection ON.

Has anyone else had either of these things happen?

Edited November 20, 2019 by Scott99

[jdlaing]

Do you have the hood on the tri elmar?

[Scott99]

I've now determined that it's not my 262 but the problem is with the Tri-Elmar I bought. I took test photos with another Tri-Elmar and all of the photos were fine. So I'm now returning the Tri-Elmar I bought.

[a.noctilux]

I use MATE (Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50 ) for years, now my wife use it.

At 50mm, my copy flares a lot when strong light is just outside the frame.

But in this case my Summicron 50mm ( I, II, III, V ) can flare alsoin contre-jour situation.

 

have a look in this thread

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this thread is interesting for MATE user

Edited November 21, 2019 by a.noctilux

[lct]

Flare is a well known issue at 50mm on the MATE. Also rangefinders can be difficult to use in strong backlight situations. EVFs are hardly better from this viewpoint though.