Photos from my replacment Summar!

[raid]

John: The vintage lenses can do wonders for faces. Actually, they also are great for scenery photos. I may get one day a modern high contrast/ultra sharp lens just to see what I can do with it.


Raid

 

[jkelly]

Very nice photos as usual, Raid. I have found that my Summar actually flares less than my collapsible Summicron, and both lenses are very clean. I think that of the three lenses, though (Summar, Summitar and Summicron), I like the Summitar best. Here are a couple of color Summar shots.

 

[raid]

Very nice photos as usual, Raid. I have found that my Summar actually flares less than my collapsible Summicron, and both lenses are very clean. I think that of the three lenses, though (Summar, Summitar and Summicron), I like the Summitar best. Here are a couple of color Summar shots.

John: Thank you. Your posted two photos look very nice, and the Summar is doing well. I may take out my Summitar and have fun taking photo with it.

Raid

 

[Sanders McNew]

My daughters now compete to be my "models". I let them be engaged with each other and the environment around them. I ask them about their daily lives when I take photos of them,and they respond.

Enjoy this while it lasts. My daughter is now 13. Her willingness to be photographed depends entirely now on what the scale said that morning. And I would die of shock if she ever replied to my questions about what she did that day with anything other than "Nothing."

Sanders

 

[Sanders McNew]

My Summar is similarly well-behaved, but I did clean it carefully inside, and replaced the failing paint around the inner elements. It is water clear when you look through it, that's the criterion.

John, my Summar has falling paint inside. How do you open the Summar up to clean it? I tried unsrewing the front element but it won't budge and I don't want to risk damaging the lens through brute force and stupidity. Can you point me to reliable instructions? Sanders

 

[john neal]

John, my Summar has falling paint inside. How do you open the Summar up to clean it? I tried unsrewing the front element but it won't budge and I don't want to risk damaging the lens through brute force and stupidity. Can you point me to reliable instructions? Sanders

Sanders,

There should be a grub screw in the front ring of the Summar (the black ring where the Leitz wording is). Once this is out, the front element will screw off quite easily, allowing access to the iris and two internal surfaces.

At the back of the lens is the bayonet that latches into the focus mount - this is held in with a grub screw and will unscrew from the body once that is out. This allows you to unscrew the rear element and reveals 2 more internal surfaces.

That's as far as i have dared go with mine. Just be careful cleaning the internal surfaces, as the coatings are extremely soft and easily damaged.

 

[raid]

I am too inexperienced with cleaning lenses internally to dare such a venture. I wish I could.