Summitar the star...

[Bingley]

Jon, That third photo of yours captures what I love about uncoated Summitars. I can't describe it but the colors/hues are beautiful.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III, Summitar 50mm f/2, Tmax400.

The Summitar has some serious pincushion distortion.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III, Summitar 50mm f/2, Tmax400.

A study in pincushion distortion.

Erik.

 

[martinjames]

Indeed, that is some impressive curvature going on there!

 

[AnteyPole]

Coated from 1946

 

[mark_pw]

Leica Summitar 5cm 1:2 - Bokeh

Leica Summitar 5cm 1:2 - Bokeh

When the aperture is fully opened, the bokeh is creamy but not dreamy. I did a couple of shots and put them at BigBigLens - Leica Summitar Bokeh.

 

[Bingley]

Coated, from 1949, on Tri-X @ 800 in Diafine:

Dance by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Jerevan]

Steve,

that's one beautiful photograph! 🙂

 

[kdemas]

Coated, from 1949, on Tri-X @ 800 in Diafine:
Dance by bingley0522, on Flickr

Well done Steve!

 

[02Pilot]

Coated 1949 (on matching IIIc), FP4+ in Caffenol C-H(RS):

 

[02Pilot]

Thanks, Helen. And Steve, I concur with Helen and others - yours is a great shot.

 

[Bingley]

Thanks, all. The wedding reception was in a large barn with an entrance facing west, letting in some nice rays in the late afternoon. I was impressed that this Summitar did not flare.

 

[Bingley]

Coated 1949 (on matching IIIc), FP4+ in Caffenol C-H(RS):

Beautiful tones - I love the way you captured that metalic sheen.

 

[Dektol Dan]

Fair

Fair

Leica M4, '49 Summitar, Porta:

 

[02Pilot]

Beautiful tones - I love the way you captured that metalic sheen.

Thanks. I've been incredibly happy with my expanded use of FP4+ in the last year, which deserves much credit, along with the fastidious owner who I'm sure spent a lot of money on that paintwork.

 

[Bingley]

Here are four more from the same wedding as #522:

Bridesmaid by bingley0522, on Flickr

Dads by bingley0522, on Flickr

Making an entrance by bingley0522, on Flickr

Father and daughter by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[robert blu]

Probably it's a naive question, but did anyone try this lens on a digital body, FF or mirrorless?

And I have for my M7 And Bessa R a cron 50 and a CV heliar 50/2 annyversary edition, how are these lenses compared?

Thanks and happy 2016.

robert, suffering a GAS attack for something not necessary but which could be pleasing...

 

[Mr_Flibble]

IIIc "K", Summitar, fomapan 100.

 

[Dave Little]

1940 uncoated Summitar Leica 111c Fuji pro 160c

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139101027@N02/

Mare by Dave Little, on Flickr

Window Pane by Dave Little, on Flickr
At Full Aperture f2 M8 with M adaptor

 

[rodt16s]

Probably it's a naive question, but did anyone try this lens on a digital body, FF or mirrorless?

My Summitar works OK on the MM