Cat likes XOONS! First street photos with Leitz 5cm Summarit (10 photos)

Menos -excellent stuff as always!

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.

i sent my front element off to the u.k. this morning for polishing / recoating as required. i'll post a note here with the results.

great photos, dirk!!!!

gruesse aus hamburg

rick
 
LTM Summarit (after CLA by Sherry Krauter) stopped down to about f/2.0: (Tri-X / Rodinal)

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Is that what I think it is in the bottle?;) Something 80-100 proof, judging by glasses?
Love the shot, by the way.
 
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wow.. i can't wait to get my hands on my summarit lens :bang: although, i'm quite worried about the front element coating. it can't be cleaned. repolish/recoat is maybe a solution. :rolleyes:

very amazed of the images i'm seeing right now taken with this lens..

thanks guuys!

LTM Summarit (after CLA by Sherry Krauter) stopped down to about f/2.0: (Tri-X / Rodinal)

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Is that what I think it is in the bottle?;)
Love the shot, by the way.

Thank you ! :) I had similar thoughts ... but it was just plain table-water ... :eek:

wow.. i can't wait to get my hands on my summarit lens :bang: although, i'm quite worried about the front element coating. it can't be cleaned. repolish/recoat is maybe a solution. :rolleyes:

very amazed of the images i'm seeing right now taken with this lens..

thanks guuys!

Thanks ! It is an interesting lens (when clean !) but needs lots of light ! ;)
 
So, how about that swirl?

Here is swirly pictures with the 5cm Summarit ƒ1.5:

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Dirk, this is pure poison...it swirls without you even asking for it so to say...:bang::bang:

Can't wait until mine arrives, I'm so curious about the nick it's in!
 
I have the same lens on my IIIc and am very fond of it. Great for shooting in low light with slow film. Haven't been shooting so much wide open, as I always seem to end up missing focus, end up shooting it at f2 to 2.8 a lot.
 
These are nice...would like to see more of Shanghai with the 1.5!
Thanks Dave, but before I shoot more, I'm going to get my Summarit re-lubed, the focussing is a little too stiff now for my taste, it's just not allowing me to shoot fast enough, so I guess it'll be a while before I'll post more...:eek:
 
BB that rainy shot is just beautiful + you get some seriously nice colors out of your Summarit!

I envy you about shooting HK soon ;-)
 
I had a mint condition Summarit that I sold because I needed the money to put towards an M8.

As I already had a 35mm summicron, 50mm summicron and 90mm Tele Elmarit (pluas a Summitar and some Canon 50s in LTM) I felt I could not justify the addtional lens but really did need some cash to invest in the M8.

I really regret letting it go and have from day 1. Not only do these lenses have a lovely signature they are hard to get in excellent condition, which mine was. Now that I see these lovely photos I regret it even more.........damn damn damn.

Well done by the way the photogrpahy is very good.
 
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