Leica Good Old Glass

[JayOC]

My son and I swapped lenses for today. I got his 50MM Summicron Rigid (circa 1957). He got my Voigltlander 35mm Classic Nokton MC. Here are a couple of shots with the M10-R and the 50. The shot of the silo is with the 24 Elmarit (Circa 1996). So the 24 is not as old as the Summicron.... It qualifies. Please post yours here.

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[Brian]

Old is a relative term.

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Lenses from the 1930.

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Leitz Xenon 5cm F1.5. Wide-open, with Orange filter. Leica M Monochrom.

 

[Brian]

Collapsible Summicron-M 50mm F2.

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[JayOC]

Old is a relative term.
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Lenses from the 1930.

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Leitz Xenon 5cm F1.5. Wide-open, with Orange filter. Leica M Monochrom.

Nice set. I too am a product of the 50s. What I used to consider old no longer is

 

[Brian]

I've been using lenses going back to 1932 on my Leica cameras. From many makers, the first Universal mount.

Leica and Zeiss were the two big names in 35mm systems in the 1930s. Zeiss made lenses in bayonet mount for the Contax camera. The Zeiss lenses were the speed-kings, and I've seen many 1930s Sonnars converted to Leica mount. The Leica was smaller, the Zeiss lenses were better in low-light and gave higher contrast. I've converted about 70 Zeiss Sonnars for Leica.

1934 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5, wide-open on the M9.

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[rayvonn]

Possibly my oldest lens, 1938 Summar 50mm F2 which covers a number of criteria:

Sharp:

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Pleasant oof:

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Glow (if you like that sort of thing):

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[Brian]

1934 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F2 Sonnar, on the M9.

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[Brian]

And the 5cm F2 Summar, on the same trip.

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And the world revolved around my Daughter.