Dennis Posted February 18, 2022 Share #221 Posted February 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, grahamc said: Great lens. I knew you bought the elmarit-m. Finally I got a guessing game correct on the forum 😂 Yes!!! Congrats 🙂 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Christophorus Posted February 21, 2022 Popular Post Share #222 Posted February 21, 2022 M11 + 90mm Summicron (Midland) @ f/2.0, 1/12000 sec, ISO 64 Windy cold day with blowing snow 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! 26 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4388270'>More sharing options...
Cobram Posted February 22, 2022 Share #223 Posted February 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Christophorus said: M11 + 90mm Summicron (Midland) @ f/2.0, 1/12000 sec, ISO 64 Windy cold day with blowing snow 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! Great! Especially BW. Summicron 90 APO or pre ASPH (older version)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophorus Posted February 22, 2022 Share #224 Posted February 22, 2022 Thank you Cobram. The lens is pre ASPH 11136 - I think that is referred to as v3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaS2 Posted March 3, 2022 Share #225 Posted March 3, 2022 ISO 3200. 1/500 f8. M11. Macro-Elmar 90mm 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 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4394186'>More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted March 3, 2022 Share #226 Posted March 3, 2022 Late Fall in the Woods CL 90 Elmarit 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 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4394207'>More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted March 4, 2022 Share #227 Posted March 4, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 90mm Elmarit-M, M240. 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! 3 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4394521'>More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 5, 2022 Share #228 Posted March 5, 2022 Getting 'beamed up'. Sony A1 with Summicron 90mm. 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! 4 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4395251'>More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 6, 2022 Share #229 Posted March 6, 2022 Sony A1, Summicron 90mm, ISO 2500, 1/500th, F8. 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! 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4396008'>More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 8, 2022 Share #230 Posted March 8, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 2:46 PM, Christophorus said: Thank you Cobram. The lens is pre ASPH 11136 - I think that is referred to as v3 I would love to find an explanation somewhere of the Version numbers of Leica lens. Up to now I have always just looked at the number of the lens type and then the serial number. Version number is new to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 8, 2022 Share #231 Posted March 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, idusidusi said: I would love to find an explanation somewhere of the Version numbers of Leica lens. Up to now I have always just looked at the number of the lens type and then the serial number. Version number is new to me. Erwin Puts (RIP) is a good source on "versions" - which relate purely to the optical design sequence, era of production and imaging characteristics. At least up through 2001. Includes non-M Leitz/Leica lenses such as those for the screw-mount cameras, the R-system SLRs, and the CL of the 1970s. https://www.amazon.com/Leica-Lens-Compendium-Erwin-Puts/dp/189780217X The problem with the 5-digit type-numbers (e.g. 11167) is that they are/were literally Leica's dealer catalog order numbers, so they vary with cosmetic differences (black, chrome, titanium) even if the imaging is absolutely identical. For example a 90mm f/2.0 v.3 could be ordered as a 11136 (standard black anodized) or 11137 (silver chrome exterior) - exact same pictures, different color on the outside. Another adequate source is the Forum's own Leica Wiki. Although since it is crowd-sourced, the "versions" sometimes still acquire "collectors' fingerprints" regarding non-essentials such as whether the same glass and imaging were made with or without a built-in lens hood. Sometimes requires some reading between the lines and comparisons with other sources for clarity. https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/M_Lenses_x_Focal_Length You can also find there a .pdf booklet, also by Erwin Puts, covering a subset of the M lenses only. Dated 2002 and covering only back a couple of versions/generations. For example, includes the 90mm APO-Summicron-M-ASPH (ASMA) and the 90mm Summicron v.3, but not the v.1 or v.2 (which were pre-1980 - and significantly different). http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/images/3/3a/Puts-2002-M-lenses.pdf 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 8, 2022 Share #232 Posted March 8, 2022 Thank you for the detailed explanation. I suspected that the 5 digit lens number might be different for each (black, silver, etc). So that is clearer now in my grey cells. Would I be right to think that the Version number relates to a range of years, it certainly seems that way? The Erwin Puts and the Leica Wiki links are also going to be useful so thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 8, 2022 Share #233 Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, idusidusi said: Would I be right to think that the Version number relates to a range of years, it certainly seems that way? Yes - but often a highly variable range of years. Some versions (e.g. 50mm Summilux v.1 -1959-61) were only produced for as little as 2 years before Leitz/Leica came out with a new optical design, while other optical versions were made for more than four decades unchanged (50mm Summilux v.2 - 1961-2005**). Additionally, it should be noted that serial numbers are not an absolute guide to year of production (or even version) due to Leitz/Leica's habit of pre-assigning serial numbers for a lens type in blocks of 500-2000. E.G. "The next 2000 90mm Summicron-M s we make will be numbered (for example) 3575001-3577000." Fast-selling lenses like 50mm and 35mm Summicrons may go through 2-3 such blocks in one year - while slower-selling lenses (such as 90mm Summicrons in the 1970s, when SLRs were preferred for focusing fast teles) may take 2-3 years to use up just one block. Case in point: I have had several of the early-production 90mm Summicron v.3s. That version was formally introduced in 1980, yet all those early-production lenses had serial numbers from 1976 (277xxxx or 278xxxx). It took Leica five years to use up the S/N block set aside for 90 Summicrons in 1976 - and during that time there was a version change. But Leica frugally kept using the number sequence already assigned for 90 Summicrons, until it ran out sometime during 1980-81, and a new block of numbers (in the low 3-millions) were assigned for the next x-many 90 Summicron-Ms. _______________ ** Again, some claim that the 50mm Summiluxes made between 1992 and 2005 were a "new" version III. Because in 1991 Leica added a sliding built-in lens hood, changed the filter size to E46 from E43, and changed the focus threading to focus to 0.7m instead of 1m. I don't buy that. Nor did Erwin Puts - his Soul and Secrets .pdf refers to the 1961 50 Summilux v.2 as still the "current lens" in 2002. The glass and imaging from 1961-2005 (the important stuff) did not change until the really new ASPH 50 Summilux arrived. All that changed were the mechanics. Which have changed with other lenses, without anyone claiming they were "new" versions. New catalog numbers, possibly, but not new versions. Edited March 8, 2022 by adan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 8, 2022 Share #234 Posted March 8, 2022 Anyway, to get back on track: NO WAR, Denver, 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M at f/4.0, M10. 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! 6 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4397210'>More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 8, 2022 Share #235 Posted March 8, 2022 vor 4 Minuten schrieb adan: Additionally, it should be noted that serial numbers are not an absolute guide to year of production (or even version) due to Leitz/Leica's habit of pre-assigning serial numbers for a lens type in blocks of 500-2000. And it gets worse. The black paint Summilux 50, Summicron 35 asph and Summicron 90 lenses which were issued with the M6TTL Millenium edition camera all have serial numbers over 4 million, but those lenses were sold in 2000 and 2001 when regular production Leica lenses were still in the 3 87x xxx to 389x xxx range. I do not know exactly when regular lens production exceeded the 4 million mark, but it was only several years later. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 8, 2022 Share #236 Posted March 8, 2022 Sony A1 and Summicron 90mm. Playing around with Overgaard Custom Styles for C1, hence the B & W version. Focussed at about 8 feet through a window. 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! 4 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4397242'>More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 9, 2022 Share #237 Posted March 9, 2022 Starting to understand how careful one needs to be with Peaking display on the Sony A1 and the Summicron 90mm. ISO 200, 1/100th, F4, looking forward to the M11. 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! 6 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4397640'>More sharing options...
adan Posted March 10, 2022 Share #238 Posted March 10, 2022 Caricaturist at Work, Leitz 90mm Tele-Emarit-M, f/2.8, M10 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 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4398056'>More sharing options...
adan Posted March 10, 2022 Share #239 Posted March 10, 2022 Gestures (Painter and his painting), 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M, M10 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4398057'>More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 14, 2022 Share #240 Posted March 14, 2022 Sony A1 and Summicron 90mm 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! 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/310362-leica-90mm-images/?do=findComment&comment=4400473'>More sharing options...
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