Leica M8 and very old Leitz Summilux 50/1,4 - a new toy for imaging....

[citrus]

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Here is another new toy I needed to take for a ride today to check it out:

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think - my taking is that this lens is still usable also after having been sitting in the cabinet for around 25 years......

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[petermcwerner]

What do you think - my taking is that this lens is still usable also after having been sitting in the cabinet for around 25 years......

Not only usable, it is great and your pictures do it justice. I am myself a lover of old lenses: Hektor 73mm (1940), Elmar 90/4 (~1950) and 50/2.8, Zeiss Jena Flektogon 20/4, Cooke Kinetal, Kern Switar and many more. If you do use them carefully, i.e. not necessarily straight into the sun, they are capable of great results.

Cheers

Peter

[citrus]

Modified by CS3

 

 

[volkerhopf]

I get homesick when I look at the Restaurant photo. Lovely!

Volker

[echorec]

Very nice, I used to own that version. 1961 or earlier, right? It produces images more like the Summarit while the 1962 onwards version gives the more familiar Summilux look.

[lars_bergquist]

If the serial no. is not above 1844000 then it is indeed the first version. No wonder that it draws like a Summarit 1:1.5, it is in fact a Summarit, slightly updated. It even started its life engraved "Summarit 1.4/50mm". It retains the old Xenon layout, which is still found inside the Noctilux. And the story of the surreptitious version switch is one of the most bizarre in camera history.

 

The old man from the Age of the Summarit (the real one)

[Guest tummydoc]

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Citrus--I read your first line

Here is another new toy I needed to take for a ride today to check it out

, saw the shot directly below it of the senior lady with the little cart, and had myself an uproarious laugh at the unintented assocation. Thanks!