Leica LTM Pre-war Leica glass, show your photos

[CharlesDAMorgan]

1933 Leica III with 1932 Elmar 3.5cm f3.5 nickel. Orwo N74 at 250 in PMK Pyro

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III/Elmar 50mm f/3.5 nickel uncoated/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica IA/Elmar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110.

Erik.

 

[Mark C]

Leica III/Summar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

Hi Erik. I'm enjoying your shots, but particularly wanted to mention this one from earlier as a favorite.

I have no pre-war lenses by Leica just Zeiss, Voigtlander, and large format, but I like check in on this thread to see what others are up to.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I just thought it was a little quiet in this topic.

Leica IIIc, Summitar, Fomapan 100

 

[Erik van Straten]

Hi Erik. I'm enjoying your shots, but particularly wanted to mention this one from earlier as a favorite.

Thank you very much, Mark!

Leica II/Elmar 50mm f/3.5 nickel uncoated/Tmax400/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[mcfingon]

Leica III/Summar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

I find this one fascinating too Erik. The very upright lady on the bicycle looks like she is a time traveller who just pedalled in from the mid 1930's. Excellent.
John Mc

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, John! This type of bicycles is still widespread in Amsterdam. This type of ladies too.


Leica II/Elmar 50mm/Tmax400/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Leica IIIa, 5cm f/2 Summar, Kodak BW200CN ....I think...

 

[jmanivelle]

Could not resist sneaking in for a shot !

5cm Nickel Hektor 2.5 - Portra 800 - IIIg


foto shoot by JM__, on Flickr




Happiness ! by JM__, on Flickr

 

[Coldkennels]

Got a new scanner and finally able to scan things without them being soft as hell. Nice to see what this Summar can really do.

Although, an edit: I hosted this on Amazon's Photo service as a tester and it looks a lot softer/more compressed than it does on my laptop. Blergh.

1936 Summar on a IIIf, APX 100 in Rodinal.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Leica I (1938), 35mm f/3.5 Elmar, Fomapan

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III/Elmar 50mm f/3.5 nickel uncoated/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[MrRom92]

Really wonderful shots everyone. I have no pre-war glass… not Leica, anyway. My 50mm Elmar is from 1946. A 30’s-era 35mm Elmar is definitely on the wishlist though.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

The 1946 version of the Elmar doesn't differ from the original design, except for the addition of coating
It's not until the 1950s, as I recall, that it was recalculated with new glass types that came available.

Liberation Day - Leica I Model E, 35mm f/3.5 Elmar

 

[Erik van Straten]

The 1946 version of the Elmar doesn't differ from the original design, except for the addition of coating
It's not until the 1950s, as I recall, that it was recalculated with new glass types that came available.

I wonder why they did; the original one was very good, still impressive.

Leica I model A/Elmar 50mm f/3.5/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

The Elmar formula is certainly a true Tried & Tested design

Wartime Leica IIIc with a 5cm f/1.5 Summarit
(Stretching the 'pre-war' rule a bit with that one. At least the formula is pre-war)

 

[brassandchrome]

1939 uncoated Summitar (don’t know if actually prewar, but one of my favorite lenses, even better than “modern” Summitar)

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[Dralowid]

Summar, coated.

CNV00020 by dralowid, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica I model A (1928)(using FOFER-rangefinder for focusing)/Elmar/400-2TMY/AdoxMCC110

Erik.