You never hear much about the Null Series Replica....

[sepiareverb]

I had the folding VF version for about eight or ten years. One of the best lenses ever for B&W film. I almost had the lens hacked to M mount, but sold the camera instead.

Mine was also unhappy in the shutter department.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Maybe this shutter does not compensate for the increasing speed of the curtains during the exposure. Towards the end of its travel the slit width should increase to compensate for uneven exposure. The Leica I compensates for this. Without this compensation you'll end op with a light and a dark side of the photo.

This compensation is achieved simply by making one of the spring loaded rollers thicker than the other.

Erik.

 

[Ambro51]

The exposures are even across the image. There’s nothing at all “archaic” in its images, just a damn good picture, devoid of effects and “glow” and distortions. You can not compare it to a Leica A Elmar. Blows it out of the water...I have both.

 

[maddoc]

I had the folding VF version for about eight or ten years. One of the best lenses ever for B&W film. I almost had the lens hacked to M mount, but sold the camera instead.

Mine was also unhappy in the shutter department.

And I was lucky that Bob lent me his O-series for a couple of month. 🙂 However, I never got used the lens-capping when advancing film procedure ...

I now have a 1 C converted to Standard and the uncoated Elmar that came with that camera is outstanding.

Taken with the 0-serie on APX100:

201109-09-0serie-APX100-07 copy by Gabor Samjeske, on Flickr

 

[Leica0Series]

There is a Flickr group devoted to the 0 Series (I started it). ...

https://www.flickr.com/groups/957652@N24/

 

[bayernfan]

Thank you.
I wonder how many other Leica O series shots get posted to Instagram🙂

very, very few is my educated guess. 😉

 

[sepiareverb]

?..However, I never got used the lens-capping when advancing film procedure ...

Challenging to remember indeed. I likened shooting the 0 to using a view camera, more to remember than most roll film cameras.

 

[Pioneer]

Exactly how I tried to think of it. The lens cap is just like the dark slide. You don't remove it until you are ready to shoot and then you replace it immediately upon finishing the shot.

Sometimes it even worked. 😀

 

[Erik van Straten]

The exposures are even across the image. There’s nothing at all “archaic” in its images, just a damn good picture, devoid of effects and “glow” and distortions. You can not compare it to a Leica A Elmar. Blows it out of the water...I have both.

Can you show examples?

When the Elmar of the Leica IA is without scratches and clean (the haze removed) it is a pretty impressive performer.

Leica IA (1930), Elmar 50mm f/3.5 full aperture, 400-2TMY, printed on Adox MCC 110.

Erik.

 

[sepiareverb]

On Rollei Ortho:

 

[Ambro51]

An image from the Null. Shot on 5222 at 6 ISO

 

[bayernfan]

 

[bayernfan]

 

[GarageBoy]

Wish Leica would do a re run of the lenses in ltm mount

 

[Steve M.]

Unfortunately, the images here are rezzed down so much it's difficult to get a feel for what the lens is capable of on these cameras. maddoc's shot however is pretty dramatic in terms of the character.....you can look at the guy standing on the right side of the pic and know right away that a vintage Leica lens took this photo. The only lens I ever had that did that was a very old 35mm ltm Summaron.

 

[sepiareverb]

Wish Leica would do a re run of the lenses in ltm mount

I would snap one up in an instant.

 

[David Hughes]

I remember when these were being discounted new in box for $895..

I do wish this post could be deleted, it just rubs in how much I should have paid...



Regards, David