Mandler Heaven: pictures of, and by, lenses designed by Walter Mandler

[Vincent.G]

Beautiful Light, rich contrast, Lovely !

Thanks Helen!

 

[sleepyhead]

90mm Tele-Elmarit "fat" on the Leica M9:

 

[varjag]

35 cron preasph


Grimstad by varjagg, on Flickr

 

[sleepyhead]

90mm Tele-Elmarit "Fat" on Leica M9:

 

[sleepyhead]

75mm Summilux on Leica M9:

 

[maryland_fotos]

50mm Summicron R adapted to Nikon D800.

WinterColors by maryland_photos, on Flickr

 

[jordan.dickinson]

75mm Summilux - M9 (no longer have the M9, unfortunately)

the catherine - bw by slantface, on Flickr

the angry salesman 2 by slantface, on Flickr

the grasses - 75mm Summilux by slantface, on Flickr

the kodi - 75mm Summilux by slantface, on Flickr

 

[jordan.dickinson]

Noctilux F1 - Leica M9/MP

skateboarding later - noctilux by slantface, on Flickr

noctilux lawn couple by slantface, on Flickr

only stairs - noctilux by slantface, on Flickr

the wedding party - noctilux by slantface, on Flickr

the bike on the block by slantface, on Flickr

the bride - noctilux by slantface, on Flickr

 

[jordan.dickinson]

Summilux 50mm f1.4 E43

the eyes - color - summilux by slantface, on Flickr

the locked up - summilux by slantface, on Flickr

the wall 3 - summilux by slantface, on Flickr

the wall 1 - summilux by slantface, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Is there a list somewhere that shows all the lenses Walter Mandler designed that made it to production?

G

 

[jordan.dickinson]

Not sure how accurate this is, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mandler

 

[maryland_fotos]

Cat pic with 90mm f2 Summicron R on Nikon D800.
SunWorship by maryland_photos, on Flickr

 

[maryland_fotos]

And here's another list of Mandler lenses:

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Walter_Mandler

 

[Bingley]

Summicron 50/2.0 ver. III:


Scoot by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summicron 90mm f/2 v1 (SEOOF-M), TriX.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summilux 50mm f/1.4 v2, Tmax100.

Erik.

 

[Mark C]

Lovely, Erik. The picture and the girl. And one of my favorite lenses; I need to get off my recent Pentax fling and give my Summilux an outing soon.

I'm glad to see this thread take life again; it has made me realize how many lenses Mandler designed lenses I have, and how much I like them. His brilliance was in the compromises he made, leaving a legacy of unique lenses. The 6 element 35 Summicron with its distinctive contrast, and the fabulous 50 Summilux where he delivered amazing 1.4 performance in exchange for curvature of field.

 

[sleepyhead]

Yes, keep the pictures coming, people!

 

[Godfrey]

Thanks for the lists! I have a few of the Mandlers, it seems.

Sony A7 + Summicron-R 35mm f/2


Leica R8 + Elmarit-R 19mm f/2.8 v1


Sony A7 + Summicron-R 90mm f/2​

G

 

[__jc]

35mm Summicron IV, Ektar 100