using the Summaron f/3.5 35mm

[menos]

@ Simon, that shot is a brilliant catch!
@ CNPhoto, that is some serious low light shooting there with the little Summaron ;-) Nice concert shot!

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

🙂

 

[3jal]

summaron 35mm f3.5LTM
This tiny lens is my first leica glass when i shifted to RF because it was the only 35mm leica lens that i could afford. Its still with me and very happy with it.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Summaron 35mm f/3.5 screw mount, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Summaron 35mm f/3.5 screwmount, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[rpsawin]

I have the ltm version and use it mostly with my M2. It is a perfect paring IMHO...great lens!

 

[jenhao]

I've seen this before, Erik....and I still really like it! 😉

Chairs, chairs, everywhere.

Mark

 

[maggieo]

I have Helen's 35/3.5 LTM and it really is just a wonderful little lens. I should use it more, but my 35/2.8 C-Biogon (which used to be Semilog's) has become my go-to daylight 35.

But oh my, the Summaron is lovely.

Ektar in the M2:


MCB At Pioneers Park, May, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

M2 and BW400CN:


Wine and Texting, May, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Debris On Grate, May, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

M2, XP-2:


Rudy's Dad, September, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Dad in the Sunroom, September, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

M4-P and Shur-Fine 400:


Red Wine, Red Tomatoes, April, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

M9-P:


Warning, November 19, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Summaron 35mm f/3.5 screw mount, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[raid]

This thread made me take out my lens this morning. Thanks.
Camera:EP-2
LR5 (DNG) + PS (jpg)

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Summaron 35mm f/3.5, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

The summaron 3.5 in Ltm gives that typical old style Leica look in b&w. I never parted with that lens since its so tiny and therefore very nice to take with you when traveling
and it gives me just that little more sharpness that I like compared with the even smaller 35mm elmar...

 

[pagpow]

Picked up this fine little lens (1954 version) from an RFF member months ago but am finally getting around to squeezing some darkroom time into my schedule. Here's a sample with FP4 (flatbed scan of a wet print). A couple more shots are at my flickr account.

I like the depth and contrast of the result. But for all I've read about the magic of the f/2.8 35mm Summaron, I'm wondering if someone can explain what I'm missing? (Besides half a stop.)

When I was first shopping around for a 35mm lens for a IIIA, the summaron 3.5 was the only one I could afford. So I bought it. Research at that time unearthed many threads claiming superiority of the 2.8 version.

I can't comment from experience as I do not own the 2.8 version and we all know that the Internet does not lie -- don't we?😎

Wonder if any of us have experience with both to address the OP's explicit and implicit questions?

I'm curious myself: Does the 2.8 version bring some magic to the table that the 3.5 does not?

Thanks.

Giorgio

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica II, Summaron 35mm f/3.5 screw mount, Tmax400.

Erik.

 

[Dektol Dan]

A Couple From Me

A Couple From Me

Leica IIIf, 3.5 Summaron, the 2.8 it ain't, but with the small package IIIf it's near perfect:

 

[jmanivelle]

35 summaron LTM w/ M9


Aposentados / Retired Rolleiflexes by JMF_, on Flickr


Jorge V. by JMF_, on Flickr

 

[Emile de Leon]

Ive set up some macro shots with extension tubes with the Summaron f3.5 lens at f16..and its nothing less than ..astonishing..

 

[Dektol Dan]

A Comparison

A Comparison

I recently bought a 1952 Canon 35mm 2.8 Serenar from a forum member, and I have posted shots from my 3.5 Summaron. For comparison here is a shot from this lens of the same period and construction. Even though it is claimed to be a 2.8, that is a tad optimistic (like most Japanese lenses, even today, ever buy a late model CV?). This is followed by 1949 35mm 3.5 Nikkor, an Elmar rather than Planar design. Note the distortion.

 

[trip-xa]

I have the f/3.5 LTM version also. It is a nice lens. You just can't work quickly with it.

Double Parking (some Summaron 3.5 street shots) by Fogel's Focus, on Flickr

On Line for Coffee by Fogel's Focus, on Flickr

 

[lrochfort]

I've used them both. They are both first rate lenses. Both nice and compact, but the 35/3.5, at least in LTM, is extraordinarily compact - a wonderful lens, particularly at home on a Leica bottom loader. For use on an M3 (or even an M2, M4), nothing is finer than a Summaron 35/2.8 with eyes (OK maybe a Summicron 35/2 with eyes!).

How do you find the goggles on the M3, David? Do they reduce the clarity of the VF or ability to focus? I'm trying to decide between an M3 and an M2 at present and think the f/3.5 Summaron would be my primary lens combined with occasional 50mm.