Leica LTM Leitz 5cm Summitar V 5cm Elmar

[Thomas78]

Simply love the compactness of the 5cm f3.5 LTM elmar...my friend called it "pocket rocket"...so compact on a LTM Barnack you can easily put in the your pocket and it can be extended out like a rocket launcher...😀

That is true!

Right now I have have a Canon P with the large Canon 50 / 1.2 in a SLR camera back. The remaining one third of the space ist just enough to get a Zorki I with a Industar 22 (FSU Elmar copy) inside. It is a nice day & night set in a small camera bag.

 

[Marc-A.]

I've had a bunch of Leica M 50, but kept one and only one 50: the glorious Summitar.

 

[Bingley]

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

 

[kdemas]

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

Very nice Steve! Terrific lens. I'm popping mine up for sale tonight as I just don't use it much but you and others certainly show what can be done with this neat hunk of glass.

 

[kdemas]

Here's one from my M8 & Summitar 50/2.0. Some tweaking in Lightroom.

Smoke.

 

[HuubL]

I succumbed and bought another Summitar (thanks Huub!), a glorious uncoated sample from 1939. This one is a keeper.


Putah Creek by bingley0522, on Flickr


Boulevard Park by bingley0522, on Flickr

Still have the Elmar 50/3.5, though. That's a keeper, too.

Great to see that you put the lens to good use Steve! Excellent images of this uncoated Summitar. I'm glad you like it.

 

[helen.HH]

Beautiful image Helen - gateway to Hades!

I love my 1959 Elmar 50/2.8 mated with the M2. Here with APX 100:

Just saw this ...THANKS MUCH MPerson for your Kind Comment-Hades Indeed 🙂

LOVE your shot of Him drinking soda pop ...Wonderful Candid !!
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[Thomas78]

My Summitar at f/5.6:


Leica IIIf Summitar 50 2,0 03 PAN F 25 von thomas.78 auf Flickr

 

[yossarian123]

I have a bunch of shots that I posted with my summitar.

Except they're posted in the classifieds (where I happen to be selling a copy of this fine lens)...just in case anyone gets a case of GAS looking at these shots. 🙂 (sorry for the shameless plug)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/pho...ca-coated-50mm-summitar-and-accessories/cat/2

And in terms of raw character, I prefer my uncoated nickel elmar:

 

[Thomas78]

Thank you for this nice image!

 

[Bingley]

Yossarian, that is a beautiful photo!

 

[Bingley]

So, at the risk of re-posting photos too many times, I offer this comparison of a scene at the UC Davis Arboretum that I've come to enjoy.

First, with a coated Elmar 50/3.5 from 1947:


March 4, 2012 by bingley0522, on Flickr


And then an uncoated Summitar from 1939:



April 14, 2012 by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[colyn]

Both lens are fine but image quality is slightly better with the Summitar.

I use both..

 

[Monochrom]

Guess the poll will be win by the summitar by far....but i voted on the elmar..it´s smaller and sharper at 3.5 as the summitar...
It´s the 2nd most pocketable lens ever.
The first place would go for the 3.5cm elmar....which is the most pocketable lens ever, also always ready to shoot!!!

 

[Bingley]

You know, at the end of the day they're both wonderful lenses, if you get good samples and learn their limitations. I've seen fabulous photos from each lens, both here on RFF and over on flickr.

 

[hexiplex]

I love my Summitar, I lost a bid on an Elmar the day before I purchased it, but yeah, I think if I won that auction and got an Elmar instead, I'd be equally thrilled with that. The most glaring con of the Summitar is that is so prone to flare, and that the hood to remedy it makes the lens pretty useless in terms of pocketability. I can correct the flare easily with scanned negatives, but I find getting a decent print much more of a challenge.

 

[Dralowid]

Posted this the other day...1928 Elmar uncoated Neopan 400 (C41), cheap scan.

Michael


CNV00023 by dralowid, on Flickr

 

[mretina]

Elmar 50/3.5 LTM


Tel Aviv, Elmar 50 f3.5 di mraposio, su Flickr

Shot @3.5

Elmar 50mm f3.5 LTM di mraposio, su Flickr


Elmar 50mm f3.5 LTM di mraposio, su Flickr

 

[mretina]

summitar


Festa di fine anno, Summitar di mraposio, su Flickr



Festa di fine anno, Summitar 50mm f2 LTM di mraposio, su Flickr


Festa di fine anno, Summitar di mraposio, su Flickr

 

[Vics]

And really, an Elmar doesn't need to be coated......

I notice that Erwin Puts agrees with you.