Summarit 5cm Photos

[Ororaro]

I just love my summarit lens. Clearly a favorite of mine since day 1. I understand my copy is mint and clean.

I promised I'd post a few shots with my sample so here are 2 shots from the past week-end.

Please post your Summarit 5CM shots!

 

[doitashimash1te]

OMG what a beautiful lens, and very nice shots as well. I'm going to look for 5cm Summarit now.

 

[Ororaro]

Mine was broken (2 aperture blades loose and filled with metal particles between glass). DAG cleaned it, fixed it and lubed it. What a beautiful performer it became!

The prices for this lens are all over the map, ranging from 200 to 700$ depending on ebay bidder's mood I guess. Since it's the "first" Summilux, or the "father of the summilux", it's an old lens. Expect to have it CLA'd... But what a gem!

 

[maddoc]

It seems to be a good lens and very nice shots. I like the mood in the first one.

 

[TJV]

haha I like the second! You must share my sense of humour!

 

[Peter A (NYC)]

NB23, how much was the CLA? Mine is broken too.

 

[iridium7777]

the first shot is absolutely fantastic.

 

[iridium7777]

actually I have a question. Could someone point me into how one goes about fitting these lenses onto an M6 TTL? I assume there is an adapter to use, but which one?

 

[Marc-A.]

Great pictures. I don't have the Summarit and I've never seen the character of this lens. I've seen a lot of great pictures taken with this lens (Gabriel MA's pictures for instance) and I admit this lens is damn good when it's good. What else? I prefer the look of my Summitar, it's only a matterof taste though (plus the f2 to f1.5 difference).
NB23 (and the other Summarit users), why do you like this lens that much? I really would like to understand.
Best,
Marc-A.

Could someone point me into how one goes about fitting these lenses onto an M6 TTL? I assume there is an adapter to use, but which one?

There are several adapters:
Leitz M2 50 M3 28-50 (got mine for 20€ or so)
Voigtlander 50 (see Cameraquest, cheap and good)
grey market/Chinese adapters (just have a look on evilB)

 

[Ororaro]

NB23, how much was the CLA? Mine is broken too.

Hi Peter!

I sent 2 lenbses to DAG and the total was 180$. I believe this fix + clean was 100-120$ Range. Not very sure and I didn't really care at the tiem. I was just glad it got fixed.

 

[Ororaro]

the first shot is absolutely fantastic.

Thanks! 🙂

It was a touching scene indeed.

 

[Ororaro]

It seems to be a good lens and very nice shots. I like the mood in the first one.

Thanks!

The mood was definitely there. That's the kind of images only a Leica can catch, only because it's so small and sexy (Man I love holding a Leica!) that I bring it with me everywhere where I go.

 

[Ororaro]

Great pictures. I don't have the Summarit and I've never seen the character of this lens. I've seen a lot of great pictures taken with this lens (Gabriel MA's pictures for instance) and I admit this lens is damn good when it's good. What else? I prefer the look of my Summitar, it's only a matterof taste though (plus the f2 to f1.5 difference).
NB23 (and the other Summarit users), why do you like this lens that much? I really would like to understand.
Best,
Marc-A.

Thanks, Marc!

About the Summarit: The lens is really incredible. Its optical qualities just jumped at me. Soft, yet sharp. It's just incredible. I don't know how to explain it but it was so obvious.

 

[Marc-A.]

About the Summarit: The lens is really incredible. Its optical qualities just jumped at me. Soft, yet sharp. It's just incredible. I don't know how to explain it but it was so obvious.

Arrrrgh now you give me GAS ... :bang:
Post more pictures, please 🙂

 

[kenuoft]

brillant pics, i like them both, 2nd one shows your sense of humor, nice catch 🙂

 

[shadowfox]

If I don't see the sign on the second photo, I'd think that you're a bit weird 😉

Summarit is the lens, what's the camera?

 

[Xmas]

The K9 is quite a critic of street shooters, even if he does not bark much.

Noel

 

[Gid]

My Summarit is a very nice example, but the focus is stiff, so I don't use it much. Put it on the M8 this evening (after reading this thread) and managed a snap of a neighbour's daughter. Shot at 2.8, cropped and converted to B&W in CS3. I think I'll use it some more.

 

[Krosya]

I like the photos - composition and ideas. However, I really don't see what is so special about this lens. Same photos taken with the Summicron or Summitar or Planar would look at least as good. Just my opinion.

 

[Roma]

It's a fine lens

It's a fine lens

I shot a couple of rolls with mine and saw that it was flaring, so I sent it to Sherry Krauter. She re-coated it and cleaned it. I just shot another roll since it came back, but haven't developed them yet.
The couple of shots here have the flare prior to sending it in, but I still like the way the lens performs. It has that old look.

This one was straight into the sun