Spyro
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LOL technically it looks like a terrible lens, and absolutely worth having!
Lovely photos, very good photographer.
Lovely photos, very good photographer.
philipus
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Wow, well done Dirk. The OOF rendering is spectacularly cool.
Erik van Straten
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Dirk is a great technician and photographer at the same time. A seldom seen combination.
Erik.
Erik.
Biggles
My cup runneth amok.
Love these two pictures:
And 99% of cats agree: Leica's crackle-painted lens hoods have an appeal all their own.
And 99% of cats agree: Leica's crackle-painted lens hoods have an appeal all their own.
helen.HH
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Wonderful Set Dirk,
the Summarit glow is evident
@Gabir: since Sherry did her 'Touch' your Summarit is also a Stellar Copy
the Summarit glow is evident
@Gabir: since Sherry did her 'Touch' your Summarit is also a Stellar Copy
menos
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Thanks Andrew - was great fun, to shoot together, as always!
I just scanned the medium format film from that weekend this morning and will do some uploading in between the disk recoveries and backups, I have to do at the moment :bang:
Very nice, Dirk !! You were lucky and got a well performing copy of this lens !
Hey Gabor - thanks ;-)
Yes, I am extremely happy about this specific sample of the Summarit, so happy in fact, that I just bought a second pre ASPH 35 Summilux, to pair this lens to
It took me a long, long time, to nail this down, but the fast 50 and fast 35mm primes are my dream lens combo, to shoot on the street.
The Summarit should pair very nice with the pre ASPH Lux!
Thank you so much Lynn!
I too like the rendering of the lens, although it will need me some time, to find the best way, to process the files and especially, to handle the different background renderings in certain conditions - a fun lens, to explore!
Haha - it's all about the smile, all about the smile
Hehe - yes, if somebody is in Shanghai and likes to shoot some pictures with a bunch of people, who love photography, but don't take themselves too serious, come around ;-)
Haha Spyro - these are the lenses, I love the most
Must be, why I am not so hot anymore with the latest ASPH lenses (actually sold or mostly prevented them), but use that old magic stuff.
Thank you - and yes! Man, that bokeh is crazy - the really spectacular thing about the Summarit though is, how it can change character from wild, psychedelic backgrounds to super smooth, modern rendering with extremely sharp center detail, once, you stop it down to ƒ2!
Compare those wide open portraits with the craziness going on and the series of the repair workshop owner (those were at ƒ2)!
Haha - Erik, that's too nice of you, to write that
I am just a regular guy, who loves taking things apart (and putting them back together, if at all possible) since, being a kid + having an endless curiosity about anything technical and unknown to me.
I happen too, to like to take pictures, so …
Aah - yes, these really show the Summarit character Biggles ;-)
When I saw those the first time, I am really in love with that crazy Summarit swirl and played around quite a bit, to reproduce that aspect of the lens - I looooove swirly lenses - a pity, Leica doesn't make them anymore :bang:
Wonderful Set Dirk,
the Summarit glow is evident
@Gabir: since Sherry did her 'Touch' your Summarit is also a Stellar Copy
Hey Helen - thank you certainly [bows with a greeting]
Who could not love a beautiful Summarit?
menos
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So, how about that swirl?
Here is swirly pictures with the 5cm Summarit ƒ1.5:
… and some warm glow in the winter cold of a Shanghai local shopping street:
… right next to a welding shop:
Here is swirly pictures with the 5cm Summarit ƒ1.5:
… and some warm glow in the winter cold of a Shanghai local shopping street:
… right next to a welding shop:
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So, how about that swirl?
Here is swirly pictures with the 5cm Summarit ƒ1.5:
… and some warm glow in the winter cold of a Shanghai local shopping street:
… right next to a welding shop:
The crazy swirls is what makes this summarit so special & unique!!
When you stop down, it becomes as sharp as my buddy's summicron!!
porktaco
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i love my summarit
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ipu
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Is this lens m-mount or LTM? And is there a difference between m-mount Summarit and LTM summarit? (If there even is an m-mount Summarit...)
This lens is great!!! How is it when not shot wide open? Does that swirly effect go away when stopped down? Do you guys have any idea how much should I have to pay for one of these, one that would not be in superb condition?
This lens is great!!! How is it when not shot wide open? Does that swirly effect go away when stopped down? Do you guys have any idea how much should I have to pay for one of these, one that would not be in superb condition?
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ipu said:
The Summarit was made in both LTM & M-mount. No difference between the two as far as I know. As you stop down, the swirly effect becomes less.
The last I checked, the Summarit in ex+ goes over $1k, which is crazy!
porktaco
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do like
Redridge
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so is the swirl because of how the lens was ground? sorry for the newbie question....
Austerby
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I love my Summarit: there are times when it is quite mad:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidwatts/3016067548/
(still can't work out how to post images to this forum...)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidwatts/3016067548/
(still can't work out how to post images to this forum...)
burancap
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Menos -excellent stuff as always!
Not unlike your OP, I also recently obtained a Summarit that was in need of a CLA. It took a few hours to get everything back in shape, but I am afraid the the exterior of the front element hinders its performance (the rest of the glass was fine). I have no where near the center sharpness that you exhibit in your fine examples. It is just soft, soft, soft -almost foggy.
The front almost looks "fungusy" rather than marked, so I might simply set it on a window sill for some time and hope for the best. Short of that, has anyone had any luck having the front element polished? Your examples have inspired me to think it may well be worth the cost.
Not unlike your OP, I also recently obtained a Summarit that was in need of a CLA. It took a few hours to get everything back in shape, but I am afraid the the exterior of the front element hinders its performance (the rest of the glass was fine). I have no where near the center sharpness that you exhibit in your fine examples. It is just soft, soft, soft -almost foggy.
The front almost looks "fungusy" rather than marked, so I might simply set it on a window sill for some time and hope for the best. Short of that, has anyone had any luck having the front element polished? Your examples have inspired me to think it may well be worth the cost.
dave lackey
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This is such a quality lens. Had mine cleaned by Youxin not too long ago. It has been my only lens on the M3 for the last 3 years.
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burancap said:
I had mine done by John Van Stelten @ Focal Point, it came back feeling & looking like a new lens.
tenderobject
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very interesting results! have an old summarit cleaned already but the front lens coating is deteriorating. anyone would give advice? do i need to send it somewhere for repolish and recoating or just leave it like that? how is this lens perform with colour/reversal film?
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tenderobject said:
Focal Point does re-coating as well as CLA.