Just bought a Leitz 5cm Elmar for £25

[grouchos_tash]

if you do, stop me and say hello, are you local to Durham

I was brought in in Hetton but for the last 4 years I've lived in Stockton. I still go through to Durham regularly though.

 

[grouchos_tash]

The VALOO "hood" will work on it, but the aperture scales don't line up properly between the VALOO and the pre-war Elmar.

That's why I got mine, so that the hood more or less updated the apertures to the more modern equivalents to match my lightmeter 😎

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Do you line them up at f/3.5?

I get round this by just picking intermediate positions on the Elmar, f/5.6 equals setting the aperture lever halfway between f/4.5 and f/6.3.

 

[grouchos_tash]

Do you line them up at f/3.5?

I get round this by just picking intermediate positions on the Elmar, f/5.6 equals setting the aperture lever halfway between f/4.5 and f/6.3.

Yeah, I lined it up at f3.5 and it lands between the apertures where it should. It worked great 😎

 

[rfaspen]

A great lens, I like mine. Now, I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but is that damage I see on the front rim right between the "z" of Leitz and "E" of Elmar? Might not affect performance or operation, but could affect the use of filters or hood, even the cap.

Did you run "the flashlight test" on this lens? Its bound to be a little scary when you do, but you want to know if there's any wierdness on internal elements. Its supposed to be easy-ish to clean haze from the elmar, and its common to have haze. My elmar has just a touch, so I leave it for now. In practice, it only affects contrast.

Going to use this on the M2?

 

[lxmike]

Fantastic lens Mike, capable of superb results stopped down just a little.
I find it difficult to see any difference in sharpness between my slightly later 3.5/5cm Elmar and my latest version 50mm Elmar.

thanks l will let you know how l get on😀

 

[lxmike]

I was brought in in Hetton but for the last 4 years I've lived in Stockton. I still go through to Durham regularly though.

Gateshead born, l now live in chester le street, small world🙂

 

[lxmike]

A great lens, I like mine. Now, I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but is that damage I see on the front rim right between the "z" of Leitz and "E" of Elmar? Might not affect performance or operation, but could affect the use of filters or hood, even the cap.

Did you run "the flashlight test" on this lens? Its bound to be a little scary when you do, but you want to know if there's any wierdness on internal elements. Its supposed to be easy-ish to clean haze from the elmar, and its common to have haze. My elmar has just a touch, so I leave it for now. In practice, it only affects contrast.

Going to use this on the M2?

all good with regards to the flash light test or rather its what l expected, have not tried a filter yet but at £25 l thought it was worth a shot😀

 

[lxmike]

A great lens, I like mine. Now, I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but is that damage I see on the front rim right between the "z" of Leitz and "E" of Elmar? Might not affect performance or operation, but could affect the use of filters or hood, even the cap.

Did you run "the flashlight test" on this lens? Its bound to be a little scary when you do, but you want to know if there's any wierdness on internal elements. Its supposed to be easy-ish to clean haze from the elmar, and its common to have haze. My elmar has just a touch, so I leave it for now. In practice, it only affects contrast.

Going to use this on the M2?

and yes l will give it a whirl on my M2😀😱

 

[lxmike]

Wow, what a great find at that price. Looks a lot like the 1949 edition I got but I had to pay about $125.00 for mine!

many many thanks🙂

 

[lxmike]

Congratulations! And Happy Birthday!

thank you it was indeed a great birthday, topped off with bagging the lens

 

[lxmike]

As a rough guide, if the serial number on a Leitz lens is below 600k it's from before 1945.

The VALOO "hood" will work on it, but the aperture scales don't line up properly between the VALOO and the pre-war Elmar.

cheers, below 600k, l will bear this in mind, thanks😀

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Yeah, I lined it up at f3.5 and it lands between the apertures where it should. It worked great 😎

Good to know 😀

 

[lxmike]

Well the lens arrived and l am one happy chap, glass is good or at least better than l expected for a 80 year old lens, focus and aperture selection lever were a little stiff but some fine gun oil have sorted that out.....so for £25 l am one very happy chap, this 1936 lens will never win any beauty competition but at the least it will give me the opportunity to source a 1936 IIIa to use with it😀 it would be wrong not to