Leica LTM Elmar 9cm f4

[charjohncarter]

lxmike -- that lens is definitely coated, both from the look of the reflections, and from the serial number being above 600000.

If there's no haze in it, it should be up to snuff.

Not really particularly sharp wide open, but pleasant. With coating, will have some contrast, but not a lot.

Very pleasant wide open, this is not a great shot, because I used 1/15 second shutter but it is still something I like:

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

I use 9cm elmar f4 in m-mount. It is my favorite. I bought it for 150$.

 

[lxmike]

Thanks chaps I'm more than happy and quite pleased at the price

regards Mick

 

[Sonnar Brian]

That is a very late issue Black Elmar 9cm F4! I had one in chrome just like it, Sn a bit higher. I think yours is a WW-II serial number.

(Edit: Looks like this one is post WW-II, from 1947)

 

[lxmike]

tahnks brian, do you think £62 was a godd price then

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Yes, it was a good price. Coated, Black lenses are "uncommon". The price paid was good for an Elmar 9cm F4 in general. It is an under-rated classic.

 

[LeicaTom]

Yeah, it seems that the 1945/46 issue 90 Elmar's have become very desirable, due to their coatings, they are really great shooting lenses 🙂

Tom

 

[Dez]

Collapsible Elmar 90

Collapsible Elmar 90

Was there ever such a thing as a collapsible 90mm Elmar in threadmount? The only ones I have seen were for the M's.

Cheers,
Dez

 

[lxmike]

Well Brain and Tom, I'm more than happy with by 9cm
Elmar, (which arrived today), the glass is indeed clear and coated and I'm impressed with the build quality. A hood has to be sourced next, a Fikus, (that way I can use it on my 5cm Elmar as well.


regards Mike

 

[lxmike]

Forgot to metion, its got a really lovely patina, that only comes with use and age, or three hundred man hours in a Soviot backshop with a Dremel

 

[ray*j*gun]

Mine is uncoated from the 30's I think.......most amazing OOF of any lens I have used.

 

[Robert Lai]

Before you buy that FIKUS

Before you buy that FIKUS

I would suggest that you look into a 34mm screw-in hood for the early 1930s Elmar 9cm f/4. The one I purchased costs under $10 from "Jackthehat" in the UK. It doesn't have the "Leitz" label on it, but it does the job. A 37mm pinch cap fits the inside diameter as a lens cap.

 

[batterytypehah!]

Thanks for the tip! Full URL is http://www.jackthehat.co.uk/34mm-lens-hood-metal-screw-type-anti-reflective-p-286.html

Shipping to the US is 10 pounds so a little pricey for us over here. Anybody seen these from a US vendor?

 

[Uwe_Nds]

Tried my uncoated pre-war Elmar today with Adox CHS 50:

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[Robert Lai]

Jack the Hat Shipping reduced to 3 Pounds Sterling

Jack the Hat Shipping reduced to 3 Pounds Sterling

Hello,
After I posted, I received word from Jack the Hat that they can send this hood for 3 Pounds Sterling (not 10) to RFF members. Just mention this to them. They will be revising the shipping cost on the hood in their web site eventually.

3 pounds is $4.39 at today's exchange rate.

I don't work for them. I merely ordered from them on a chance that it might work, and indeed it did.

 

[lxmike]

thanks robert, a great link to what looks live a treasure trove of photographic delight

 

[lxmike]

Robert I wonder if they do any hoods that fit the elmar 5cm 3.5

 

[Robert Lai]

Alas, I don't have any good answer to the 5cm Elmar hood. FISON prices are obscene lately. I'm trying to source a 36mm slip-on hood for my Industar-50, which is the Ukrainian copy of the Elmar. Some of the Industars do have a thread on the inside of the knurled outer ring, but my 1961 vintage lens is completely smooth there.

I hate to buy a hood that costs multiples of what the actual lens costs - seems perverse!

I might just roll up some cardboard and paint it black as a last ditch measure.

 

[lxmike]

Hi Robert I know what you mean, hoods for classic cameras seem to attract high prices for collectors, its hard to swallow when a hood costs nearly as much as a lens

 

[Mudman]

with the 90mm f4, coated