1948 Elmar 90mm F4 - First Pics - Post Yours

[snausages]

I've never really been tempted to shoot anything longer than a 50mm on my M6, but I couldn't resist the temptation of trying
a cheap 60 year old 90mm Leitz lens.
It was funny trying to compose in those little 90mm framelines, but I'm digging the dreamy look (all shot at F4 and scanned from negs - no post-processing)...

Anyone else have some old Elmar 90mm shots they can share?

 

[charjohncarter]

 

[Bill Snell]

Good stuff!! Who said they are only good for B+W? Couple with my 75 year old (1933).

 

[wjlapier]

Another Rfer track shooter! Cool!

 

[charjohncarter]

I should have said I think my 90mm Elmar F4 is from 1950-52????. Frankly, I love it: small, low contrast, good color, light, on my IIIf it is still shorter than a SLR with a 50mm lens.

 

[charjohncarter]

Another Rfer track shooter! Cool!

I love T&F, too bad about football, baseball, basketball. Not one of my best but I know the kid coming across the line (also with the Elmar 90mm):

 

[Sonnar Brian]

1954 Collapsible 9cm F4 Elmar, wide-pen. 1/15th handheld on the Leica M3.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Same Lens, Faster Shutter-Speed, 1/500th or so.

 

[gilpen123]

Wow those are wonderful results from a vintage lens. Even the color rendition is very nice and natural. I like Brian's 1st shot the most due to the mood it depicts and the subdued colors of brown & beige of course the others are very good as well. I'm also looking for a 90 lens for my M3 and certainly will consider the lenses used here.

 

[peterm1]

These shots are exceptionally low contrast - which is why I prefer this lens for color photos - and it is quite darn good for that. But it also gives black and white shots a specific look. And its resolution is not too bad when stopped down. Sorry the scans are a bit dodgy too, which does not help...................

 

[snausages]

Awesome, guys - I'm loving seeing these shots from the Elmar. I was really surprised to see that the rear element of mine is nowhere near the base of the lens - the elements (maybe 3?) are bunched within a half inch or so of each other at the tip of the barrel. The collapsible version from the 50's must have a pretty different design, yeah?

Keep the shots coming...

 

[Rico]

According to Puts, the 1954 Elmar has identical optics in the rigid or collapsible form. I look forward to using my collapsible one day (the 3-element Elmar is my go-to 90).

 

[gilpen123]

Keep them coming.......

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The 9cm Elmar and 13.5cm Elmar are not telephoto designs, but anastigmats- ie "just like a normal lens". That's why the rear element is so far from the film.

Two nice things about the collapsible Elmar: 1) It fits in the ever-ready case of the M3 and M2 when collapsed; 2) the front element can be easily removed for cleaning out haze in front and back of the aperture. Cleaned out of this one in minutes.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Taken with my KEH-"Ugly", 1937 90mm Elmar f/4

From Fort Vechten near Utrecht 2 years ago

Oldtimer Fly-in at Diest/Schaffen airfield in Belgium

From the last time I used it:

 

[NathanJD]

Beautiful results guys! I held out and went for an Elmarit as my 90mm so I don't have anything I can post here but I must say that I'm very impressed with what your old gems have achieved! I love vintage lenses! keep up the good work! 😉

 

[johannielscom]

Taken with my KEH-"Ugly", 1937 90mm Elmar f/4

From Fort Vechten near Utrecht 2 years ago

Rick, I LOVE those! Would like to join you someday shooting stuff like this, I own two FED-s cameras with 50mm Summar copies and FED 100mm lenses, we can have a shoot out!

 

[petronius]

My Elmar is from the 50s and attached to a Zorki 1/VIOOH. Pictures shot on Polypan F/Rodinal 1+50

 

[Vince Lupo]

All 90/4 Elmar shots:

I'll see if i can come up with some more....

 

[marke]

These are all very encouraging to see, guys. I wanted a collapsible version 90 Elmar for my M3, but couldn't find one I could afford. So I have a rigid model coming that I just bought from Jim Hedley (CourierCam here at RFF). I would love something faster, but Jim sold this Elmar at a price I couldn't resist. And now that should pretty much complete my M3 kit. 🙂

BTW, can anyone tell me what is the difference between the Elmar-M and the Elmar-C, other than they were made for two different cameras and the C having the collapsible shade? Is there any difference in the glass or other functions while in use?