Compur Summicron 50?

[frame-it]

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someone had posted a pic online, of a summicron 50mm compur version, but i couldn't see it in the LUF wiki..just curious about the lens..anyone know more about it?

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[willeica]

https://lens-db.com/leitz-wetzlar-compur-summicron-50mm-f2-1954/
 

William

[frame-it]

1 minute ago, willeica said:

https://lens-db.com/leitz-wetzlar-compur-summicron-50mm-f2-1954/
 

William

interesting lens, thank you

Edited December 22, 2022 by frame-it

[jerzy]

just as curiosity - lens was not really accepted on the market, remaining units were sold internally for peanuts, price nowadays is in higer 4 digit range

[Fotoklaus]

vor 7 Minuten schrieb Al Brown:

The world was not ready for 1/200s flash sync speeds on a Leica LTM back then. Later in the next 30-40 years it was common practice, especially in medium format (like Pentax 6x7 with its shitty 1/30 sync speed), to have leaf shutter lenses for fast strobe syncing with all the lenses' speeds up to 1/500s.

But to move a 6x7 curtain may be more difficult than a 24x36. So the "shitty 1/30" compared to the shitty 1/45 of a Leica...

 

[luigi bertolotti]

The Compur Summicron is undoubtly a very intriguing rare collectible... and it exists also in a even rarer version marked as Summitar*  (as the prototypes of standard Summicron)

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by luigi bertolotti

[Pyrogallol]

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There was a comprehensive article with pictures in Leica Photography International 03/2016.