50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M III Screw Mount??

[jesseB]

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Hi guys,

 

According to the Leica Wiki (http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/50mm_f/1.4_Summilux-M_III) there's a limited screw mount version of the 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M III but the links don't work any longer. I can't find any other info on the web but I hope there's somebody who can tell me why, when en how much they produced.

 

Cheers

 

[mmx_2]

 

[jesseB]

Thanks for your info but I came across a V3 version of the lens with serial 35... which had a screw mount.. The post you are talking about is about the V2 version.

[mmx_2]

11621 isn’t it?

in that case it’s this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-Summilux-50mm-f-1-4-LTM-Silver-E46-screw-mount-lens/223793176324?hash=item341b1cdf04:g:OdwAAOSw2Apd8yIK

 

made in 500 copies for the Japanese market around 1999-2000

[jesseB]

Thanks! Hoped to found some kind of 'official' information confirming it instead of an eBay sale.

[mmx_2]

It’s actually mentioned in the quoted thread:). That was where I found the part number ;).

[lct]

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[Guest]

I have the 35 mm and the 50 mm Summicrons from this series. Wondering how difficult it is to focus a 50 mm lens at 1.4 on a IIIg.

[jdlaing]

It was produced in 1999 in limited numbers for the Japanese market.

[luigi bertolotti]

1 hour ago, tri said:

I have the 35 mm and the 50 mm Summicrons from this series. Wondering how difficult it is to focus a 50 mm lens at 1.4 on a IIIg.

Have you never tried to focus the Summarex 85 at 1,5 😁 ?

[graphlex]

5 hours ago, tri said:

I have the 35 mm and the 50 mm Summicrons from this series. Wondering how difficult it is to focus a 50 mm lens at 1.4 on a IIIg.

Not bad all. I used to use this combination. 

[Guest]

Many did, including with the LTM S-Nikkor 1.4/50mm.

Doubt anybody nowadays still sets distances on a screw mount with a 50mm lens at 1.4

[graphlex]

Actually, the iiig finder has a higher  magnification than the earlier iii-series, and it focuses the 50 Summilux quite acceptably. 

[robert_parker]

 

On 1/9/2020 at 8:42 PM, tri said:

I have the 35 mm and the 50 mm Summicrons from this series. Wondering how difficult it is to focus a 50 mm lens at 1.4 on a IIIg.

I've had no problem with focussing that particular lens (11621) with any of the Barnack cameras - sometimes you have to pay attention as to which adapter you use on a M mount camera but generally focussing is no problem - most of the 50mm shots that I post on the forum are taken with a 11621 Summilux lens and various cameras.  It's a brass bodied lens, so quite heavy on a Barnack but loves most camera types, especially the M

Edited January 13, 2020 by robert_parker

[robert_parker]

11621 Summilux and the corresponding 35mm Summicron from the same series, on a 111f Red Dial

 

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11621 Summilux with M240 John Millich adapter

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Edited January 13, 2020 by tri

[wlaidlaw]

I have both of the 50mm 1999 special edition Leica LTM lenses, the Summicron V and the Summilux III e46 special edition. They are both superb lenses and by some margin, the best examples of both of these lenses I have owned. The 50 Summilux III is my go to 50mm lens for both film and digital and I much prefer its rendition on digital, to the 50 Summilux IV ASPH, I used to own. I would however say that it is at about or fractionally beyond its resolution limitations with my 41MP Leica M10-R. Given the age of the basic design, this should be no surprise. I would really like to get hold of a copy of the Leica tech specs brochure for the 50 Summilux III, showing the MTF graphs. 

Wilson

[lct]

7 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said:

I would really like to get hold of a copy of the Leica tech specs brochure for the 50 Summilux III, showing the MTF graphs.

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[robert_parker]

2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

I have both of the 50mm 1999 special edition Leica LTM lenses, the Summicron V and the Summilux III e46 special edition. They are both superb lenses and by some margin, the best examples of both of these lenses I have owned. The 50 Summilux III is my go to 50mm lens for both film and digital and I much prefer its rendition on digital, to the 50 Summilux IV ASPH, I used to own. I would however say that it is at about or fractionally beyond its resolution limitations with my 41MP Leica M10-R. Given the age of the basic design, this should be no surprise. I would really like to get hold of a copy of the Leica tech specs brochure for the 50 Summilux III, showing the MTF graphs. 

Wilson

That's an interesting comment - the 1999 Summilux LTM  is also my go to lens and I also have the suspicion that it is an out-performer.

I've suspected that in part that this is due to the enhanced quality control that revolves around some special editions, so the lens is tighter to specification but I also prefer the rendering and the steady progressive change in contrast, to what I sometimes call the 'jagged' style of certain aspheric lenses.