AlwaysOnAuto
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I've been looking around here now for a couple of weeks and haven't been able to find a 'definition' if you will for the names in the title of this thread.
Can someone enlighten me or point me in the right direction please?
Are they just 'model' designations for different lenses or ????
Can someone enlighten me or point me in the right direction please?
Are they just 'model' designations for different lenses or ????
Vics
Veteran
Summilux lenses are all f1.4, Summicrons are all f2.0. Summarits nowadays are, I think f2.5?
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
I forgot to add Summitars to the list.
Are they all 2.0's?
Are they all 2.0's?
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
Yes, and as for Summirat, that's the mountain a little downhill from Ararat. It was submerged the day that Noah's Ark made landfall.
Vics
Veteran
I think Summitars were the precursors to Summicrons, which were first produced in the very early '50s.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
They replaced the Summar in 1939 and were f/2. Last made 1955 and screw mount and collapsible only. Almost but not quite a Summicron; although the pre-production Summicrons were tested and labelled as a "Summitar *".
Regards, David
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Always,
Get yourself a Leica Pocket Book (no matter what edition), and it'll all get clear!
Fits any coat pocket good for hours of reading fun on end!
Get yourself a Leica Pocket Book (no matter what edition), and it'll all get clear!
Fits any coat pocket good for hours of reading fun on end!
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
Sorry for the misspelling Mr Hill.
So these are more or less the progression of the lens design over the years?
So these are more or less the progression of the lens design over the years?
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
Always,
Get yourself a Leica Pocket Book (no matter what edition), and it'll all get clear!
Fits any coat pocket good for hours of reading fun on end!
I think that's the answer I'm looking for!
Thank you.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
The first Summarits (1950s) were 1.5, right? And the Summarons were always 35mm focal length, though 3.5 or 2.8, if memory serves.
ZeissFan
Veteran
I think the Summirat is a rodent of a lens.
Vics
Veteran
Well there are Elmars (3.5 and 4.0) and Elmarits, 2.8, and Hecktors (sp?) and probably more...
Dralowid
Michael
No, they are more like families than progressions.
As others have said, the info is out there and easy to find. Or buy a book. Look for 'Identifying Leica Lenses' by Ghester Sartorius ISBN 88-900059-8-X.
It is as good a starting point as any.
segedi
RFicianado
And each of the lines has also seen multiple updates. Except for the newest Summarit-M's which are a newish Leica offering. Slower at 2.5, cheaper, smaller lighter...
menos
Veteran
Except for the latest Leica addition of the Summarits in form of their medium format lenses with maximum aperture of ƒ2.5.
Those come in more costly, bigger, heavier + with autofocus and weather sealing, some even with leaf sutter (do they ship already? … ducking).
In the beginning it all is very cryptic, but soon enough it all makes sense … careful, addictive!
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
The Leica movie lenses also follow the same naming convention.
And they're fabulous.
And they're fabulous.