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summicron 50 wetzlar
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Grazie Mauro
A small movie with my pictures of 2009 here
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ibanoff
Newbie
Bravo Mauro!
Your Cron 50 Wetzlar is the version III??
Your Cron 50 Wetzlar is the version III??
mauro scacco
Established
Thx!
Yes, the 3° version black wetzlar, 6 lens
Ciao Mauro
Yes, the 3° version black wetzlar, 6 lens
Ciao Mauro
awilder
Alan Wilder
While most 50 Summicrons have a tendency for some flare in the right circumstances as demonstrated in the last photo, it can work in your favor by cutting high contrast. It makes it easier to print with B&W or can providing a certain pleasant look to images. Frankly, almost any well corrected 50/2 from the mid-50's on is capable of producing the images you've shown and I think labeling it as the "best" has much more to do with the quiet unobtrusive nature of the Leica RF photography than the version of Summicron used. That said, I personally found that paricular version to be ergononically the best of all Summicrons with the perfect blend precision smoothness, focus throw and spacing of the controls. This I found made the lens a real joy to use in practice but also found optically the later Summicron to perform a tad better.
FPjohn
Well-known
Kudos, Mauro.
P. Lynn Miller
Well-known
Mauro,
Not sure if the Wetzler 50mm Summicron is the 'best ever', but I do know that it is not the lens that makes the difference in these photographs, but the photographer. Wonderful photographs, very well done!
Not sure if the Wetzler 50mm Summicron is the 'best ever', but I do know that it is not the lens that makes the difference in these photographs, but the photographer. Wonderful photographs, very well done!
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Very fine work again, Mauro! I think you could publish a great book on Rome! Please go on in this lovely style.
Erik.
Erik.
photo4ls
Well-known
Fantastic images!! You seem to always get the
maximum w/minimal effort from your gear. Your
work is really good and thanks for sharing.
Nelson
maximum w/minimal effort from your gear. Your
work is really good and thanks for sharing.
Nelson
dreamsandart
Well-known
The person that introduced me to 'Leica Photography' when I was 16 had a black paint M4 and a permanently attached 3rd version 50mm Summicron. Although he had other cameras and lenses this was his signature outfit and he just knew what it did and how to use it - watching him work was pure joy for me and taught me the optimal blend of photographer and simple effective equipment.
I started off with a DR Summicron myself because it came with the M3 I bought as my first Leica. But soon after got a 3rd version myself (lighter, and .7m close focus without the 'eyes') and its been with me for a few decades now, and although I've had many other 50mm lenses its the lens I will always have. I know what it does, and it still amazes me after all this time.
There is something to getting to know a lens and how it naturally works for some ones individual photography. The '69' version has everything I want and so for me is 'the best'. Small and light, nice longer but still quick focus throw, aperture clicks are smooth too and set well in place, 10 aperture blades (no compromise) round opening, I like the effective reversible clip on hood for quick storage or protection, rock solid construction, handles prefect in my hand and has never let me down in hard use. Uses my 39mm filters (an orange sometimes) the same as my 35mm Summicron and a nice swing-out polarizing lens hood 13352 which sit on the front when I'm in the tropics.
Images are very sharp even in the close range (can be used as an enlarging lens) with a flat field. Smooth focus transition (bokeh) which doesn't distract but is natural in look. High contrast but not over the top, great for B&W and color. f2 is fast enough for most.
It may not be a 'modern' lens, or even the 'best' optically by test chart standards, but in the right hands can be 'the best 50 ever' for its blend of qualities.
And nice photos Mauro!
I started off with a DR Summicron myself because it came with the M3 I bought as my first Leica. But soon after got a 3rd version myself (lighter, and .7m close focus without the 'eyes') and its been with me for a few decades now, and although I've had many other 50mm lenses its the lens I will always have. I know what it does, and it still amazes me after all this time.
There is something to getting to know a lens and how it naturally works for some ones individual photography. The '69' version has everything I want and so for me is 'the best'. Small and light, nice longer but still quick focus throw, aperture clicks are smooth too and set well in place, 10 aperture blades (no compromise) round opening, I like the effective reversible clip on hood for quick storage or protection, rock solid construction, handles prefect in my hand and has never let me down in hard use. Uses my 39mm filters (an orange sometimes) the same as my 35mm Summicron and a nice swing-out polarizing lens hood 13352 which sit on the front when I'm in the tropics.
Images are very sharp even in the close range (can be used as an enlarging lens) with a flat field. Smooth focus transition (bokeh) which doesn't distract but is natural in look. High contrast but not over the top, great for B&W and color. f2 is fast enough for most.
It may not be a 'modern' lens, or even the 'best' optically by test chart standards, but in the right hands can be 'the best 50 ever' for its blend of qualities.
And nice photos Mauro!
Ronald M
Veteran
I mostly use the 1969/1979 Version 111. It is the best balance of all. If you need the ultimate sharpness and contrast, the last version is best.
The best mechanics are DR/Rigid series, but F2.0 performance is the worst of all.
The best mechanics are DR/Rigid series, but F2.0 performance is the worst of all.
Rico
Well-known
Another great series, Mauro. Old man walking (with flare) is special. Thank you!
edodo
Well-known
The only thing that can replace it is another summicron! All the different version are the same more or less, the 3rd one is a joy to use! I love my chrome/brass with tab summicron, really a beauty that renders like the 3rd v. cron I use to have.
Your work is full of life and you have a good eye!
The photographer is nothing when he's out of film or when he has no lens, so no the summicron here plays a role, and diminishing it doesn't make the russian or japanese counterpart gold. Every lens has its drawbacks, and for me the summicron fits the leica M like a glove. (Summilux too if not better than the cron, depend on the style of each and everyone)
Your work is full of life and you have a good eye!
The photographer is nothing when he's out of film or when he has no lens, so no the summicron here plays a role, and diminishing it doesn't make the russian or japanese counterpart gold. Every lens has its drawbacks, and for me the summicron fits the leica M like a glove. (Summilux too if not better than the cron, depend on the style of each and everyone)
mfogiel
Veteran
Nice tonalities here. (la foto dei carabinieri davanti al "mago" delle tre carte e' fantastica...)