How much should this 50 Cron go for?

[Sonnar Brian]

The Type I is built like a tank. I've taken one apart, and cleaned the inner elements. It's down near you these days!

 

[photobizzz]

Well from looking at those test shots at f2-f4 I made a good purchase. I can only imagine how sharp it is at f8-11! I think for under $400 I made a good purchase even with a little mark in the coating. Thanks all for the contributions to my hunt for my summicron. I should have it along with my R3A and 90/2.8 T-E Thin in 1-1/2 weeks. I will post some shots once I get them.

 

[raid]

The Type I is built like a tank. I've taken one apart, and cleaned the inner elements. It's down near you these days!

Robin met with me one day, and he asked me to show him 50mm lenses before he ordered another normal lens [after his J-8]. Among the 15 lenses I showed him, he was stunned by the craftmanship of the Summicron. Then he told me "that's what I want to get", and you helped him out.

 

[ferider]

photobizzz, you got what is referred to as v3 (or "rigid II"). Nice lens and a very good
price. Congratulations !

Correct me if I'm wrong, Brian, your shots where taken with v2 (or "rigid"). I have
one of those, too. V3 is a different design and should have a little more contrast
and be more flare resistant. The big advantage of v3 over v2 is you will have close
focus of .7m, if I'm not mistaken.

See also here:

http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/summicron.htm

Best,

Roland.

 

[raid]

It is noteworthy that about 38% [combined] of the votes in a RFF poll of 50mm Summicron lenses favored the "first version" rigid/dual version of the Summicron. This tells me that the optical design must have been a good one.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Roland, these shots are with the Type II Rigid, the ~1970 lens that I got from JDOS2 with his M3. The M3 is modified to focus to 0.7m, which matches this lens. I also have the Type I Rigid, and just sold a different Type I Rigid to Robin that I cleaned myself. I also have the collapsible Summicrons, two really clean ones, an LTM and M-Mount (Which I made out of two lenses). I also have a third collapsible Summicron in M-Mount with the front element that I recoated myself.

I go walking around Leesylvania State Park here in Virginia a good bit, and use that brick chimney for a lot of comparative lens tests.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Showing my age here...

From my May 1976 Pop Photo test of 32 "normal" lenses.

Those dots hitting the top mean that this lens pegged the performance for the lenses of the day. Looks like F4~F5.6 is the peak performance for the lens. My experience with this lens and a lot of the other lenses in this write-up tend to bear-out this test.

 

[raid]

Thanks for the posting, Brian.
You cannot go wrong with a Summicron (any model).
It is simply an awesome lens.

 

[ferider]

Thanks, Brian. Good to know - I always wanted to see sample pictures
of v3 ("rigid II"). I have 35/2 and 90/2 v3 ....

Roland.

 

[Meleica]

How about some props for quoting the price of this lens within $ 30 bucks !!

🙂

 

[ferider]

I wasn't so wrong with post #3. I would guess around US 850.

Roland.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

That lens just went for more than my Five Summicrons cost all together, with the CLA on the Type I Rigid.