Who has it! 28 Summaron-M

[raid]

Great photos with your Summaron, guys.

 

[Richard G]

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Very hard to make this lens flare. This is almost straight into the sun. Occasionally I get a little red arc lower left of the image in colour. The lens is deep set so I don't use a filter and I don't bother with the hood except in rain, and even then it offers little.

It seemed on first hearing of this lens that it might be only a bit better than the strange Thambar revival. No comparison. This lens is plenty sharp. For me it's the compactness.

I went for a walk this morning and it was very cold. I decided I'd stop for a coffee but was worried about condensation in the cafe. So I put the camera under my coat a few hundred metres short of the cafe. I could fit the M9-P and lens with cap around my neck and under my ribs, under my coat, buttoned, and was not cramped at all.

It is has hardly been off the camera since I bought it.

EDIT: And that’s the cafe above.

 

[robert blu]

What Richard says, compactness and light rendering make this lens special.
On my M10 since I bought it. I'll try it with film on the M7 one day or the other 🙂

This was shot through a slightly tinted glass wall in Lugano LAC museum, visiting the Picasso's exhibition.

 

[robert blu]

So much I like to shoot the Summaron full open I'm experiencing now to use it at F 11 (bright sun time!). It has in my opinion a very different character...or is it just my impression?

 

[Richard G]

I agree Robert. Stopped down, it is just another lens. The magic is at f5.6.

 

[robert blu]

One more with the Summaron stopped down.

Shot at 400 iso, not sure why! Probably came out from indoor and forgot to change it, sometimes it happens!
PS: this is the top of the Milan Dom!

 

[raid]

What Richard says, compactness and light rendering make this lens special.
On my M10 since I bought it. I'll try it with film on the M/ one day or the other 🙂

This was shot through a slightly tinted glass wall in Lugano LAC museum, visiting the Picasso's exhibition.

Memories of our visit to Lugano!

 

[robert blu]

Time to revitalize this thread!

Already posted in the gallery, taken by my wife when I was driving...

m10, iso 400

 

[Richard G]

 

[Calzone]

Some really nice images presented here.

For Robert I think with the high ISO performance of a M-10 dealing with the limitation of F5.6 is moot.

Understand that I own a black Canon 28/3.5 and basically I use this as my pancake 28 that I set at F5.6. On this lens the distance scale is in feet only. If I did not already own this Canon 28 I would be seriously interested in the 28 Summaron.

Know that I own a 28 Cron and the rare scalloped metal hood that fits the 28 Cron and 35 Lux ASPH Pre-FLE.

BTW the images presented here have a similar retro look to my Canon at F5.6.

Cal

 

[robert blu]

Cal you are correct, exposure is not a problem with this lens on the M10.
Now I have the lens on the M7 with a 100 iso B&W film...let's see what will come out 🙂 need some time to shoot, develop and scan...
robert

 

[Calzone]

Cal you are correct, exposure is not a problem with this lens on the M10.
Now I have the lens on the M7 with a 100 iso B&W film...let's see what will come out 🙂 need some time to shoot, develop and scan...
robert

Robert,

Thanks for the confirmation. The M10 with a 28 Summaron is a hot rig.

Although I own a 28 Cron, I found that 95%- 98% of the time I used it stopped down to F5.6.

Cal

 

[Ko.Fe.]

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Although I own a 28 Cron, I found that 95%- 98% of the time I used it stopped down to F5.6.

Cal

5.6-8 is the sweet for almost any lens. And allows to have whole subject in focus. 🙂

 

[Erik van Straten]

I'm not a 28mm fan, but honestly from what I see here I don't think that this lens beats the Color Skopar 28mm f/3.5. I love the shots, but not the way this lens performs. Not really sharp and an uneven illumination.

Erik.

 

[Calzone]

5.6-8 is the sweet for almost any lens. And allows to have whole subject in focus. 🙂

KoFe,

The sweet spot for me is generally two stops from full open.

F5.6 in small format is where I get maximum DOF without diffraction. At F8.0 some lenses, depending on their speed are on the verge of diffraction.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

I'm not a 28mm fan, but honestly from what I see here I don't think that this lens beats the Color Skopar 28mm f/3.5. I love the shots, but not the way this lens performs. Not really sharp and an uneven illumination.

Erik.

Erik,

The Color Skopar has a more modern rendering for sure.

My old black Canon 28/3.5 also sufferes from light fall off and is soft in the corners. Definitely not a modern rendering and kinda romantic.

For a modern 28 rendering I have the 28 Cron ASPH.

Cal

 

[robert blu]

I find this lens interesting when I shoot wide open but sometimes I shoot it at smaller aperture.
This is a shot I took when waiting for Raid and his daughters in Milan, shot probably at F11.
I'm not into street photography but sometimes I take a photo...

robert

 

[raid]

You should take more street photos, Robert. You are a natural.

 

[airfrogusmc]

M10, iso 800, f=5.6, 1/30 sec.

from my daily life project

This is sweet.

 

[Richard G]

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