Leica LTM Summar of Love (Leitz Summar Sample Pics)

[Joao]

Leica III, Summar 50/2, Eastman XX in HC-110

Two boats

Two boats by João Avelar, on Flickr
Regards
Joao

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica m2

Erik.

 

[yossi]

Is my Summar a lemon? Glowy wide-open, @1m. Tri-X

 

[Nitroplait]

Is my Summar a lemon? Glowy wide-open, @1m. Tri-X

Is this tongue-in-cheek?
Shine a strong flashlight through the lens and be prepared for a real shock.

Anyway, just because you can doesn't mean you absolutely have to shoot wide open.

 

[Malcolm M]

Representative sample of some taken at a Forties weekend, using age appropriate camera (IIIb) and lens. Already posted on the main Gallery, but might deserve a repeat on this forum....

 

[yossi]

Is this tongue-in-cheek?
Shine a strong flashlight through the lens and be prepared for a real shock.

Anyway, just because you can doesn't mean you absolutely have to shoot wide open.

Ya, tongue-in-cheek.

This copy has haze and many fine scratches, so wide open is no no. Stopped down, it works just fine.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica ll

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica lllc

Erik.

 

[Coldkennels]

Fomapan in Rodinal doing its grainy thing again:



Summar on a IIIg, incredibly difficult lighting, hidden away in the back of an old steelworks in Brandenburg, Germany.

 

[Coldkennels]

And something much less gritty:



Summar on a Leotax T2L "Elite" with the far smoother combo of Pan F+ and Rodinal.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Beautiful work, Coldkennels!

Erik.

 

[Coldkennels]

Beautiful work, Coldkennels!

Erik.

Thanks, Erik. I love this little lens.

Now summer's over in the UK I'm getting my darkroom set up again and plan to spend a few evenings in the next couple of weeks printing up the best stuff from all my trips this year. Can't wait to see how those last two turn out in print.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Now summer's over in the UK I'm getting my darkroom set up again and plan to spend a few evenings in the next couple of weeks printing up the best stuff from all my trips this year. Can't wait to see how those last two turn out in print.

Good luck! Try split grade printing.

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica ll

Erik.

 

[largedrink]

Leica IIIg, Leitz Summar 50mm F2 lens, Ilford FP4 125

City to Sea bridge by Hugh B, on Flickr

The hexagonal aperture opening is quite evident in this photo.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica lll

Erik.

 

[largedrink]

Leica M4, Leitz Summar 50mm F2, Ilford HP5 400



Jump by Hugh B, on Flickr

 

[largedrink]

Leica M4, Leitz Summar 50mm F2, Ilford HP5 400


Beach walk by Hugh B, on Flickr

 

[stuart_115]

Windmills II by Stuart G, on Flickr

 

[stuart_115]

Windmill III by Stuart G, on Flickr

Branch by Stuart G, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica lll

https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_van_straten/52410919532/sizes/l/

Erik.