Leica LTM Summitar the star...

[Rmcnelly]

If it's ok to post pics from digital, these were shot on my M10 w/1949 Summitar f = 5cm 1:2 LTM

20230114-093029.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093053.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093129.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093543.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093627.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

 

[Rmcnelly]

If it's ok to post pics from digital, these were shot on my M10 w/1949 Summitar f = 5cm 1:2 LTM

20230114-093209.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093255.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093445.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093613.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093653.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

20230114-093730.jpg by Rick McNelly, on Flickr

 

[raydm6]

Wow! Those look great! What an awesome combination - M10 and Summitar.

There's a three-dimensional warmth and creamy quality to them that I love,

Post more if you have them!

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

You're making me wish I hadn't foolishly 'given' away my Summitar. Nice shots.

 

[Rmcnelly]

Thanks folks! Hope to get more use out of it soon!

 

[DoK]

Leitz Summitar 50mm f2.0 (uncoate, war time) + Sigma fp
_FP03974_1920px by D0K, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Great photos, but I can't see photos with straight lines parallel to the image plane. Can someone with a Summitar take such a picture? I don't have any film in a Leica at the moment, only in a Nikon. My Summitar doesn't fit on that.

Erik.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Erik: Are you just interested in the lens' native distortion? I could take a picture with my M9, if that works. It will be boring, but should tell you something.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Here you go. Uncorrected and demonstrating my poor technique. M9, Summitar at f:5.6, You may have to download the jpg, correct my verticals and then judge. This is a lens I bought from Sherry Krauter about 10 years ago. It does pretty well if not shot directly into a light source.

 

[yossi]

Great photos, but I can't see photos with straight lines parallel to the image plane. Can someone with a Summitar take such a picture? I don't have any film in a Leica at the moment, only in a Nikon. My Summitar doesn't fit on that.

Erik.

This was shot with a late Summitar with hex aperture. This copy seems to have a mild distortion near the very edge of frame.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Here are some more Summitar pix from the M9 which show the lens's native distortion a bit better. Like I said, dead boring, but they do give a sense of the lens's behavior. Personally, it doesn't bother me. These are uncorrected, except changed to 8-bit and de-res'd a bit.