DR Summicron (my first images)

[raid]

I finally used my "new" DR on an old model Olympus E-P2. It makes a great portrait lens this way.

link: https://raid.smugmug.com/DR-Summicron-EP2/

This is from the camera (RAW) to LR5 to jpg:

This version is (supposedly) like an instant film.

This version is without color.

 

[Emile de Leon]

It's one of the great Leica lenses..
I remember using it w/Tech Pan 25 back in the day..and the DR was so high resolution with lower contrast..it was the only lens I could use with that film on high contrast sunny days..enlarge to 11x14 all day long..and see every detail...and no grain..

 

[raid]

Did you use the DR with its goggles for close-ups?

 

[Rob-F]

Raid, I think the focal length is too short for such a close-up portrait. Do you have a 90? I think you will get a better portrait of your daughter with a longer lens and greater shooting distance. How about an environmental portrait of her with the DRS?

 

[Emile de Leon]

Did you use the DR with its goggles for close-ups?

Yes most definitely..
The DR was my 1st Leica lens..I got it in 1988...w/M3 and instruction book and leather case..all matching..a doctors camera..in mint..goggles too...
I just took it out of storage recently..was thinking of going back to film for a bit..and took a few quick snaps with a Leica enlarging lens..50mm Focotar 2..which makes a hell of a macro lens..

 

[raid]

Raid, I think the focal length is too short for such a close-up portrait. Do you have a 90? I think you will get a better portrait of your daughter with a longer lens and greater shooting distance. How about an environmental portrait of her with the DRS?

Hi Rob,
I will next try taking some outdoor photos with the DR. Good point.

 

[raid]

Yes most definitely..
The DR was my 1st Leica lens..I got it in 1988...w/M3 and instruction book and leather case..all matching..a doctors camera..in mint..goggles too...
I just took it out of storage recently..was thinking of going back to film for a bit..and took a few quick snaps with a Leica enlarging lens..50mm Focotar 2..which makes a hell of a macro lens..

I got the lens without the goggles (as a first step). Your DR looks great.

 

[Taipei-metro]

Raid, I think the focal length is too short for such a close-up portrait....

50 on ep-2 becomes a 100mm (fov) lens...
90 becomes a 180...

 

[raid]

It is a crop. Distortions will be the same as what you get in the central 50% of a 50mm lens here. The DOF is same as that of a 50mm lens.

 

[Taipei-metro]

It is a crop. Distortions will be the same as what you get in the central 50% of a 50mm lens here. The DOF is same as that of a 50mm lens.

I know...f.o.v., I type...
I don't see distortion at all, maybe place your lovely daughter a foot back...
Thanks

 

[Emile de Leon]

Here ya go..
https://www.keh.com/shop/leica-m-50-dr-fndr-221136.html

 

[raid]

I know...f.o.v., I type...
I don't see distortion at all, maybe place your lovely daughter a foot back...
Thanks

I also do not see any distortion in the posted images.

 

[raid]

Here ya go..
https://www.keh.com/shop/leica-m-50-dr-fndr-221136.html

Thanks. I need to check whether it is the correct model for my DR.

 

[pepeguitarra]

Thanks. I need to check whether it is the correct model for my DR.

Great shots Raid. I this is the second version goggles, good for the first version lens. The opposite is not true. The only reason I keep this lens is for the close-up goggles and to preserve it for ever, some people do the conversions to be able to use it on M9, but I believe it is a sin. :angel:

The head bartender has a nice page explaining the difference between the two versions.

 

[raid]

I will not have my DR modified. I use the Rigid Summicron on my M8 and M9.
Thanks for the information.

 

[Brian Legge]

I'd use the goggles more if I had an easy case to carry them in. I picked up a dr earlier in the year that came without the giggle case. I haven't found a practical way to carry them around yet.

 

[kiemchacsu]

I will not have my DR modified. I use the Rigid Summicron on my M8 and M9.
Thanks for the information.

Have you compared the outputs of the DR and Rigid?
Are they identical as said by internet myth?

 

[Rob-F]

Have you compared the outputs of the DR and Rigid?
Are they identical as said by internet myth?

The only difference is that while the focal length of the Rigid is allowed to vary within a tolerance from sample to sample, the DRS lens cell has to be exactly 51.8mm.

 

[raid]

Have you compared the outputs of the DR and Rigid?
Are they identical as said by internet myth?

I can check it out.

 

[raid]

The only difference is that while the focal length of the Rigid is allowed to vary within a tolerance from sample to sample, the DRS lens cell has to be exactly 51.8mm.

Is this is a documented fact or a new myth, Rob?