Leica LTM Show Your Elmar 5cm 3.5 Photos

[Davidhel]

Leica I/III conversion with 50mm f3.5 uncoated elmar..


651-015 FINAL by David Helmore, on Flickr

 

[WJJ3]

ELMAR 5cm 3.5 on DELTA 400

ELMAR 5cm 3.5 on DELTA 400

 

[Fadedsun]

Hey guys, so I developed my first round of IIIC shots after first losing a roll of film due to incorrect loading. I'm still getting used to the camera (especially looking through the viewfinder vs what comes out on film), but here are what I thought were my best shots from my second roll. Actually, the film still was loaded a bit off because there was a white band at the top of my pictures. Not to be dishonest, but I corrected this in Lightroom using the scaling option.

Leica IIIC, Elmar 5cm 3.5 on HP5+

I love the softness in quality of the photos that the lens seems to produce. Very unique.

I did have a specific question regarding exposure. I'm not sure if it's the camera, the lens, or maybe due to the fact the film wasn't loaded entirely correct. First, here is a picture of me that I had my friend take. I metered the scene and then handed her the camera. Before this, I took a photo of her with the exact same camera settings in the same spot as I am, but this picture didn't show up in my developed photos. Could anyone venture a guess as to why that might have occurred?

 

[Dguebey]

Elmar 5cm f/3.5 1953 - Camera: Leica iiif 1951 - Kodak TMY (TMax 400)

 

[semrich]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/qNoRZx]Istanbul by semrich, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Dguebey]

Hurrah, the flash worked with the iiif !
Elmar 5cm f/3.5 1953 - Camera: Leica iiif 1951 - Kodak TMY (TMax 400)
1/20e f/11

Crop :

 

[Monochrom]

The best lens ever. m9 + Redscale elmar

Miguel, sastre by Patagonean, on Flickr

Sí mismo by Patagonean, on Flickr

Símbolos by Patagonean, on Flickr

Otro by Patagonean, on Flickr

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Leica II and 5cm f/3.5 Elmar (1932 set, nickel finish)
Rollei RPX 100

 

[Monochrom]

I love my elmar...i´ve made a simple mod to let it focus down to the RF´s limit...60-70 cm?


Don Héctor Núñez by Patagonean, on Flickr

Elmar 5cm f3.5 by Patagonean, on Flickr

Elmar 5cm f3.5 by Patagonean, on Flickr

 

[charjohncarter]

Kodak Gold 100 by carter3john, on Flickr

 

[WJJ3]

Winter2015_83 by WilliamJosephJefferson, on Flickr

Winter2015_71 by WilliamJosephJefferson, on Flickr

 

[tyrone.s]

Best scan I can manage with my Opticfilm 7200. Taken on IIIf with coated Elmar. Shot on Legacy Pro 100 (expired in 2011 and sitting unrefrigerated for the past 3 years!). Stand developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 60 minutes. Scanner set to lowest contrast possible as per Christopher Crawford's tutorial. Levels and curves adjusted in photoshop. No sharpening applied.


Jun2015_Scan-150605-0004 by BigDragon, on Flickr

 

[goamules]

Elmar 5cm f/3.5 1953 - Camera: Leica iiif 1951 - Kodak TMY (TMax 400)

Excellent capture, I love the fish.

 

[coelacanth]

At the end of the cheesy bike ride by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

Elmar 50/3.5 M mount, M2-R, Tri-X @ 1600, Rodinal 1+49, scanned with BEOON, X-E1, Summilux 50/1.4 ASPH.

 

[karlin]

elmarre (1 of 1)-16 by opsegal, on Flickr


M2
elmar 50/3.5 red scale
trix

 

[Stuart John]

webDSC01516-Edit-3 by photogsjm, on Flickr

 

[Ronald M]

My Red Scale is a truly fine lens.

 

[Erik van Straten]

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

Erik.

 

[Fadedsun]

Great shot, Erik and wonderufl exposure. It's driving me crazy that it's not straight though 😛

I had a question about the Elmar 5cm/3.5 and focusing. The max focusing distance on the lens seems to be about 4ft. Does that mean the lens won't do well taking photos any closer than that? If I attached a lens to my IIIc that had an even closer focusing distance, would the range finder recognize that and allow me to keep focusing? Sorry if these are silly questions.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you.

The minimum focusing on the Elmar 50mm f/3.5 is usually 1 m (3 ft).

The rangefinders of my IIIc's go easily to 75 cm (2.5 ft) though, as I can go with them this close when using my Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5.

Erik.