Leica LTM Pre-war Leica glass, show your photos

[Mr_Flibble]

Scale Model Challenge 2017, Leica M-E, 1938 Uncoated 9cm f/4 Elmar.

I got away pretty unscathed from the Fotografica Beurs;
2 pre-ww2 folding cameras, a Leica lens cap (probably a fake), a couple of film brand pins

 

[Erik van Straten]

It is nice to collect fake Leica lens caps. I have a nickel plated one (probably Russian) and a very old brass one with an eye soldered on it to connect it to the camera; this one may be original, but I've never seen anything like it.

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Mine appears to be aluminium under the black paint. And the position of the Leica engraving appears off and someone filled it in with white paint.
It is in the style of the early black paint brass caps though.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

1938 uncoated 5cm f/1.5 Xenon, Fomapan

 

[Erik van Straten]

Rick, that must be a very fine Xenon. Do you have a picture of it?

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Best picture I have of it at the moment.

It came to me as marked "Ugly" from KEH. The lens barrel was spinning freely in the focus mount. And both ends were full of cleaning marks.
Clearly someone had attempted a CLA but could not figure out how to get the lens back together properly. Took me a while to figure it out too.
I polished the front and rear surface, that probably took off the coating but got rid of the cleaning marks.

It's still pretty glowwy, but that's hardly unexpected with 10 lens-air surfaces to reflect stray light off of.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Getting out of the Rain at Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly

Heavy weapons team in Pont-Brocard

Leica IIIc, 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar, Double-X (EI200, over-developed)

 

[Erik van Straten]

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It's still pretty glowwy, but that's hardly unexpected with 10 lens-air surfaces to reflect stray light off of.

Yes, that made me stay away from the Xenon (and from the Summarit 50mm f/1.5 wich is the same lens, but coated; Junku Nishimura makes however great use of it).

This is a beautiful shot, really looks like an original picture from the 1940's.

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I think their reputation is made worse by that a lot of Xenons and Summarits suffer from haze after 60-70 years.

Protected from stray light and contre-jour these can be quite good. Brian Sweeney recently showed images (over at Leica Place) taken with a very clean sample under indoor conditions.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

28mm f/6.3 Hektor, superpan 200

 

[Mr_Flibble]

More LTM-conversion Sonnar 5cm f/1.5 with overcooked double-x
Stitched together from a few shots.

Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery.

 

[nrb]

Elmar 5cm 1934 @F4
Dandelion clocks telling the same time:

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Paris:
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Pont Neuf:
paris6 by debrux2010, on Flickr

Great mood.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Leica IIIc, Leitz 5cm f/2.5 Hektor, Fomapan (HC-110, H, 12.5mins at 20C)

 

[Erik van Straten]

H Rick, I can't get this picture through RFf's private mailbox. So:

All the best,

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Thanks, Eric showed it to me on the Vintage Camera Collectors group a few minutes ago.

Another photo taken that day... at 1/10th @ f/2.5 😉

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Flanders Fields American Cemetery on Armistice/Veterans Day.
Leica IIIc, 5cm f/2.5 Hektor, Fomapan 100

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Apologies for the dusty scan.
Leica IIIc with converted pre-war CZJ 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar, Fomapan 100

 

[Erik van Straten]

That sweet girl again!

Very nice.

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Thalita and Jaap at the Dutch Army Engineer Museum in Vught.

We had brought too much Signal Corps junk with us that weekend 😉

(cheating with the M-E and an M-mount Elmar)

 

[Mr_Flibble]

It's quiet here lately....

Leica M-E with 1943 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar LTM

Leica M-E with 1938 5cm f/1.5 Xenon