Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid

[giganova]

The eyes are haunting. Indeed, excellent work.

Thanks, Raid! I've been criticized in the past that the photo was "too photoshopped". Fact is, it is not photoshopped at all! The guy was sitting in the deep shadow and was looking into the direction of a bright, sunlit concrete road, hence the "glow" in his eyes.

Taking this picture was a weird moment: there was a bunch of people standing in front of s soup kitchen and talking loudly to each other, and one guy was sitting by himself on the ground a few feet away. I approach them and asked if I could take a group photo. One guys said "Take a picture of him, he's a bad motherfu$$er, he's a killer!" All of a sudden everyone was quiet and silently looked at the guy, almost as if they were afraid of him. I kneeled down in front of the guy and asked if I could take a picture of him. No reaction whatsoever, he just stared at me. So I set my focus to the closest range, slowly leaned forward until his eyes were in focus, I took one photo, slowly got up and walked away, thinking to myself "I better get out of here quick!" 😀

 

[giganova]

Erik -- I love the shot of the three girls on the bus! This picture could be straight out of the civil rights era.

 

[giganova]

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, giganova, this portrait too is fantastic.

Leica M2, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, 400-2TMY, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M2, Summicron 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[Calzone]

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Erik,

Great camera porn. That is a hot rig.

If you don't use a filter the cylindrical hood from a 50/2.8 Elmar V.3 is an elegant hood. If you add a filter there is Vignetting, but without a filter it works great. The 50 Elmar hood allows to use the vintage metal lens cap.

Cal

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Cal. That is exactly the hood I am using!

Erik.

 

[Calzone]

Thank you, Cal. That is exactly the hood I am using!

Erik.

Erik,

Mucho elegant.

I have a version 1 50 Rigid. Love that it only has the distance scale in feet only. Basically a Gringo version with the narrow focus ring. Bought mine from B&H for only $499.00 (mispriced); used it as is until the haze got so bad. Had John at Focal Point re-coat the front element and clean all the haze.

Love the build quality.

For film the single coat is the way to go. Love the retro rendering: timeless...

Works great on my Monochrom.

Cal

 

[Erik van Straten]

Erik,

Mucho elegant.

I have a version 1 50 Rigid.

I bought my first Rigid v1 in 1979. (See the shot above of the three girls in the streetcar). It was great until the haze broke out a few years later. I had it cleaned, but it was never the same as before.

This is a very late one, from 1965. No haze to see. Clear as a bell. I guess the coatings and the lubrication in this model are different.

Erik.

 

[Calzone]

Erik,

I see the wider focus ring of a Version 2 on you black paint version.

Cal

 

[Erik van Straten]

Erik,

I see the wider focus ring of a Version 2 on you black paint version.

Cal

Yes, also the focusing ring is wider, that is true. The v1 is also heavier, about 30 grams, quite a lot. The focusing ring of the v1 is steel, on the v2 it is aluminium.

Erik.

 

[giganova]

 

[Erik van Straten]

Lovely shot, giganova.

Leica M2, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, Tmax400, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[giganova]

Haha, he clearly loves his pig! 🙂

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, Tmax400, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[kiemchacsu]

Super shot of snow scence, Erik!
Another one from 2015
Old man reading newspaper by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Trung! Very beautiful shot this reading man.

Another one in the snow.

Leica M3, 50mm f/2 rigid, Tmax400, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[Calzone]

Yes, also the focusing ring is wider, that is true. The v1 is also heavier, about 30 grams, quite a lot. The focusing ring of the v1 is steel, on the v2 it is aluminium.

Erik.

Erik,

I was unaware the V. 1 has a steel focusing ring. Thanks for the info.

Cal

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, Tmax400, Perceptol.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M2, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid v2, 400-TMY, Perceptol.

Erik.