Leica Summicron 50 collapsible.

[Shade]

Injust tried collapsing it and it didnt seem to cause any problems or hitting any part of the camera body lol..

 

[Vics]

I love my collapsible, and here's a sample from 2008. BTW, My reading over many years about HCB tells me that the lens he loved was the Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5. He had his Leica "modified" to use it. (I think he probably used an Orion adapter.)I'm sure he used many lenses from Leica ( they probably treated him pretty well) He was always looking for speed.

Canal du Midi by travlrs2, on Flickr

 

[Shade]

Great sample, and earlier I tried a flare shot and I think I love it!

 

[Mudman]

On the M8. Love my collapsible cron.

 

[Shade]

Lovely shot and tinal colours Mudman, I wonder who said it wasnt sharp enough, that looks plenty sharp to me..

 

[mfogiel]

A great lens.


MF20120206 by mfogiel, on Flickr

 

[Shade]

A silly question, will the collapsible thing become lose?

 

[grandallj]

The aperture is very easy to clean, since the front optical group can be unscrewed without tools. The focus might be a bit harder to clean, I never tried this myself.
As for good color film, the portra line should complement well with its somewhat muted colors. Depends on your taste tough.

Thanks, Jockos. I'll probably send it to Youxin for the work. I'll give the Portra a try. Maybe also Velvia, just to see how much color the lens mutes/preserves.

 

[gwg]

Martin,
what wonderful shots! I also have a collapsible (unfortunately with a few cleaning marks on the front element) and love its classic look. How did you get these lovely colours from Portra 160 NC - do you post-process them on the computer or in the darkroom in a particular way?

Best,
George

 

[raid]

I was just curious about this lens, so I bought a few years ago a lens with a small chip on the front. I then used black ink to fill the chipped part, and the lens is fine again.

Having the rigid Cron, I really do not need the collapsible Cron.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Loved it, sold it, want another...

pretty sharp and small enough for travelling

Todd

 

[morback]

Martin,
what wonderful shots! I also have a collapsible (unfortunately with a few cleaning marks on the front element) and love its classic look. How did you get these lovely colours from Portra 160 NC - do you post-process them on the computer or in the darkroom in a particular way?

Best,
George

Hi George,

of course I post process. I do not let Nikon (9000ED) decide what I saw when I took the pictures. Essentially I warm the pictures up a bit and open the shadows as well. I do have to say, compared to the C-Sonnar, it's really hard to clip either the highlights or the shadows with this lens. Perfect for post processing.
Portra is a great film for this guy, I'm still shooting the old stock (NC) and slowly running out. I think the collapsible outresolves 160 (certainly the 400). We'll see when I get to try the new Portras. I also have a couple cleaning marks on it, but I think the filter I use for protection is a lot more detrimental to the picture than those hairline scratches.

Also, to the OP, because it's collapsible doesn't mean you have to collapse it. It's extended 95% of the time on my MP. Only when I need to squeeze that package in a bag or such do i make use of that feature. When I'm out shooting I never collapse it.

m.

 

[Mudman]

Thanks Shade. Here's a B&W (Tri-x with yellow filter) using my M3. F8 1/250th I believe.

 

[Shade]

Here's my current set up with the collapsible cron 🙂

 

[wetmonkey]

Here's my current set up with the collapsible cron 🙂

Would you mind to post some images by this combo?

 

[Shade]

And here's two random samples, I think I love this lens.

 

[Shade]

Would you mind to post some images by this combo?

No I wouldn't mind haha, I just posted my friend. 🙂

 

[Erik van Straten]

Having the rigid Cron, I really do not need the collapsible Cron.

Maybe because you shoot more in color than in b+w. In b+w the differences of the two lenses are HUGE. The collapsible has a loooong tonal range, producing a very typical image in b+w in subtle grays. The rigid is very sharp, it is a great lens, but lacks this special tonality.

Erik.

 

[Shade]

I agree to that Erik, and somehow due to the lens' tonal range gradation and low contrast, pictures that come out of it is a bit flat. Which is in my personal opinion extremely great for post processing as you have a huge tonal range to play with..

 

[Shade]

Those who doubted it's sharpness..