Pre-war Leica glass, show your photos

[karlin]

karlin, loving the pictures you're posting

Thank you very much Lynn !.

 

[karlin]

M2
elmar 90/4 (1939)
FOMA 400




img674elmar 90 by ophir segal, on Flickr

 

[kermaier]

iiif
elmar 90/4 1939
trix

elmar90 (1 of 1)-39 by ophir segal, on Flickr

Beautiful! The just-barely-detectable facial details force me to keep staring and wondering.
::Ari

 

[kermaier]

M2
elmar 90/4 (1939)
FOMA 400




img674elmar 90 by ophir segal, on Flickr

Unsolicited comment, but I think if you burn down the strip of bright sun at the top of the frame to almost match the rest of the field, the foreground figures will really sparkle and the figure in the upper right background will pop a bit more.

 

[Nachelsoul]

Great images in this thread!!!.
My humble contribution with my beatUp Elmar 5cm (1933) on a Leica IIIa (1933)


Light through by Ignacio Sanchez Arévalo, en Flickr



Fallen by Ignacio Sanchez Arévalo, en Flickr

 

[Davidhel]

Thanks again all, would recommend the BELUN.. Well worth trying out!

Karlin, love the shot of the 2 kids and nachelsoul love the shot of the chairs an shadows..

Happy shooting!!

 

[karlin]

Unsolicited comment, but I think if you burn down the strip of bright sun at the top of the frame to almost match the rest of the field, the foreground figures will really sparkle and the figure in the upper right background will pop a bit more.

Thanks Ari ! you are probably right . if i will print it I will try it.

 

[Davidhel]

This week it's the Melbourne cityscapes again!...Leica III with the uncoated 50mm Elmar...

Melbourne Cityscapes set (680-031 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Melbourne Cityscapes set (671-014 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Melbourne Cityscapes set (680-007 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

 

[Davidhel]

Hi all!

3 shots for my natural world set this week - all taken in Byron Bay...the first with the 50mm Elmar, the second and third with the 35mm Elmar...

Byron Bay, Natural World set (674-029 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Byron Bay, Natural World set (677-034 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Byron Bay, Natural World set (675-025 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Hi all!

3 shots for my natural world set this week - all taken in Byron Bay...the first with the 50mm Elmar, the second and third with the 35mm Elmar...

Wonderful work again, David. How did you get the sky this black? Beautiful effect. Did you use a filter?

Erik.

 

[karlin]

Hi all!

3 shots for my natural world set this week - all taken in Byron Bay...the first with the 50mm Elmar, the second and third with the 35mm Elmar...

Byron Bay, Natural World set (674-029 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Byron Bay, Natural World set (677-034 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Byron Bay, Natural World set (675-025 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Wonderful tonality !

 

[Vincent.G]

+1

Wonderful photos, David. I assume you must have used a red filter to darken the sky.

 

[Erik van Straten]

I am testing my recently acquired Elmar 50mm f/3.5, a nickle one from about 1934.

Leica III, Elmar 50mm f/3.5, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Chrome Bad Boy. (Summitar, Fomapan 100)

 

[Davidhel]

Looks like that new Elmar is a good one Erik!.. Karlin, love that shot with the laptop!

I fall into the camp of always using filters! Used a red for two of those but my default is always a light yellow.. I've got a set of the leitz 19mm ones which I use with a VOOLA adjustment ring in a fison hood...

Happy shooting all!

 

[Vincent.G]

IIIf, Summar 5cm f/2 (1937), ORWO N74

 

[Davidhel]

Three new shots for the Melbourne Cityscapes project this week...all with the 50mm Elmar on the Leica III....

Melbourne Cityscapes set (681-027 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Melbourne Cityscapes set (681-006 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Melbourne Cityscapes set (681-033 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

 

[Vincent.G]

Leica IIIf RD ST
Leitz Summar 5cm f/2 (1937)
Kodak Tri-X
HC-110 dilution 'B' for 6.5 min at 20 °C

 

[Davidhel]

Hi all..

This week it's 3 new ones from my lightbox set..all using the BELUN stand. I did learn something though over the last couple of weeks...I had NO idea that the legs lift out of the base..I always assumed that they were screwed in!...makes it a lot easier to store! I managed to pick up the version of the BELUN for the Summitar too, which means I can interchange parts between the two stands and use it with the Summar as well....

These are all with the uncoated elmar and the III....

Leaf, Treasury Gardens, Lightbox set (679-021 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Leaf, Treasury Gardens, Lightbox set (679-024 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

Leaf, Treasury Gardens, Lightbox set (679-012 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr

 

[Davidhel]

Back to the Melbourne Cityscapes set this week...Leica III + 50mm uncoated Elmar...

Happy shooting!



Melbourne Cityscapes set (682-016 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr



Melbourne Cityscapes set (664-001 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr



Melbourne Cityscapes set (682-007 FINAL) by David Helmore, on Flickr