LTM or M mount lenses of the 1970s

[Wildcolugoman]

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I'm on the search for lenses - m and ltm - that were made in the 1970s era. Leica and non-Leica glass.

Anyone with information or recommendation for affordable lenses of this era?

[TomB_tx]

Also the Elmar-C 90mm - made for the film CL. Focus is fine on my M bodies (including M9 & M10), and a fine performer in near distance.

I believe the M mount patents were still valid into the 1970s, so other options may be ltm, although other ltm cameras were likely out of production then.

[earleygallery]

1970's LTM lenses would be limited to the Russian lenses such as the Jupiter lenses for Zorki.

[lct]

I'm not aware of Leitz LTM lenses sold in the seventies, only M-mount and R-mount ones, besides lenses for Visoflex housings, but my memory may fail me. Among M-mount lenses, few are "affordable" if you mean inexpensive by that expression. A couple of them spring to mind though, Elmar 50/2.8 (code nr. 11112), Elmarit 90/2.8 v1 (11129), Summicron-C 40/2 (11542), Elmar-C 90/4 (11540). Also Minolta M-mount lenses, namely Rokkor 40/2 and 90/4 for Minolca CL. Rokkor lenses for Minolta CLE (28/2.8, 40/2 & 90/4) are from the eighties.

[J Peterman]

Summicron 50v3.  Nice, compact Mandler-designed 50mm sandwiched between the more popular DR/Rigid and more current v4/5 iteration.  Less hyped, so therefore can find it reasonably priced, but a very nice lens nonetheless.  Focus throw is a bit long and no focus tab perhaps are the major knocks if that matters.

[f8low]

If that counts, the Summaron 35mm 2.8 was produced 1958-1974. It’s a very fine lens and is somewhat affordable still…

[frame-it]

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15 hours ago, Wildcolugoman said:

I'm on the search for lenses - m and ltm - that were made in the 1970s era. Leica and non-Leica glass.

Anyone with information or recommendation for affordable lenses of this era?

195 leica M39  lenses here >

https://allphotolenses.com/lenses/systems/c_55.html

 

181 M39 lenses here, some will work fine some may not >

https://allphotolenses.com/lenses/systems/c_14.html

 

14 pages here >

https://www.kentfaith.com/mount_27?page=1

 

74 Companies List here >

https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/39mm_screw_lenses

 

 

more >

https://www.canonrangefinder.org/Nikkor_50mm.htm

https://www.canonrangefinder.org/Minolta_lenses.htm

https://www.canonrangefinder.org/M39_lenses.htm

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2023 by frame-it

[KFo]

The Canon 28 f/2.8 LTM was produced until 1975 although optically unchanged since the original in 1956.  I have an early one (1956) and it has become my standard 28.  This is the so-called Winograd lens.

It is exactly the lens I had been looking for.  Never critically sharp across the frame, but good on center, with heavy vignetting wide open. It is in pixel peeper terms deeply defective.  

Canon also made a companion lens in 35 f/2.8 but production of that lens had ended in 1962.  It does render in a fashion similar to the 28.