Leica Elmar 50Mm Serial Numbers

LeicaElmar50MmSerialNumbersPeter Loy Collectable Camera Specialists. Nicca Type 3, Leica copy. Made in Occupied Japan 5cm f. Nikkor H. C, collapsible. Condition, body 5 6G slow speeds erratic, lens 5E slight pay in focusing, internal haze some marks on front element, indentation on filter thread. With early 8. 11 series collapsible Nikkor. LEICA ELMAR 5. 0mm f3. Review. Home  Donate  New  Search  Gallery  Reviews  How To  Books  Links  Workshops  About  Contact. LEICA 5. 0mm f3. ELMAR. Worlds First Interchangeable Lens for a 3. Camera 2. 01. 1 Ken. Rockwell. com. This page best with Corporate S regular and bold activated. Intro   Specs   Performance   Usage   Recommendations. LEICA ELMAR 5. 0mm f3. A3. 6 filters later E3. Vergrern. This free websites biggest source of support is when you use these links, especially this link directly to them at e. Leica makes no 15mm lenses. These Voigtlnders are excellent, and very useful for ultrawide effects. The LEICA ELMAR 50mm f3. Leitz 19251961, A36 filters, later E39, 3. This page is updated every few days If you dont see what you are looking for here please contact us We are always interested in buying similar items. Bay see How to Win at e. Bay when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. It helps me keep reviewing these oldies when you get yours through these links, thanksHere at Pro Photo Supply we offer a full listing of used inventory including cameras, lenses, tripods, lighting, and accessories on hand. Shop today. This section contains over 70 still cameras from A to Z Agfa to Zeiss Ikon using 35mm film but not having single lens reflex viewing and focusing. English Japanese EXTRARAPIDLYNKEIOSKOP Serie C No. C. P GOERZ BERLIN No. Manufactured in 1903 From Goerz list. Leitz and Leica Lens Compendium and Leica Serial Numbers a work in progress. The Leica 50mm APOSummicronM ASPH f2. The best 50mm lens in the world. I asked myself how is it the best and when I came up short, I. Leica Elmar 50Mm Serial Numbers' title='Leica Elmar 50Mm Serial Numbers' />Ken. November 2. 01. LEICA Reviews    LEICA Lenses   lesser brand reviews. Collapsed on a LEICA IIIf. Vergrern. Sample Images. Yosemite, November 2. The Yosemite in Winter 1. MB JPG from M9 DNG at f1. Los Angeles, 1. 93. MB JPG from M9 DNG at f4,5. Foresta Fence full size JPG from M9 DNG at f1. In all these two images, know that close and far objects arent in focus depth of field is always limited when you peer at them at 1. Introduction       top. Intro   Specs   Performance   Usage   Recommendations. This LEICA ELMAR 5. VuzgIKUx.jpg' alt='Leica Elmar 50Mm Serial Numbers' title='Leica Elmar 50Mm Serial Numbers' />Even uncoated, it gives sharp, colorful, contrasty images. Shooting this made in 1. It works fine today. Better than the newest lenses, it weighs only half as much as a SUMMICRON, and far better than any SUMMILUX, has no distortion or finder blockage. Better than any current 5. Compatibility       top. This LEICA ELMAR 5. With a simple M adapter ring it also works perfectly on every LEICA M camera, from 1. Serial start Serial end Date Finish Filter Cap Aperture min Aperture max Dimensions Weight Notes Angenieux 283. Type R11 303xxx 303xxx Date Black with chrome rings. LEICA M3 through todays newest LEICA M7, LEICA MP, LEICA M9 and LEICA M9 P. A heavier M bayonet mount version shipped from 1. LEICA M camera, but not screw mount cameras. Although LEICA warns that the LEICA M9 and LEICA M9 P have catastrophic design flaws making them incompatible with collapsible lenses, Ive had no problems collapsing this sample fully into my LEICA M9. History       top. Like all products made over many years, there have always been slight variations in optics and mechanics, however the performance stayed the same. The bayonet mount lenses weigh almost twice as much as the screw mount lens seen here. All versions collapse. Fixed lens. The 5. ELMAR first shipped as a fixed, non removable lens on the first LEICAs, the worlds first 3. Screw Mount Leitz first made the worlds first interchangeable lens 3. From 1. 93. 0 1. In 1. LEICAs. Standardized lenses are marked with a small o engraved on the rotating barrel near the focus lever. The lens seen here is a 1. These take A3. 6 3. Use the SOOGZ adapter to use modern E3. Starting in 1. 94. The earlier lenses were marked at f3. Bayonet Mount M The bayonet mount version is heavier, rated 7. E3. 9 3. 9 x 0. 5mm screw in filters. LEICA ELMAR 5. 0mm f3. Vergrern. Specifications       top. Intro   Specs   Performance   Usage   Recommendations. Name. Leica calls this the LEICA ELMAR 5. ELMAR means its an f3. Optics        top. Not a Tessar claimed to be a Cooke triplet variant. Uncoated 1. 92. 5 1. The 1. 93. 4 sample seen here is uncoated. Focal Length       top 5. If used on the failed half frame LEICA M8, it sees only an angle of view similar to what a 6. Diaphragm       top LEICA ELMAR 5. Vergrern. 1. 0 mostly straight blades. Close Focus. 1 meter 3. Filters. The early versions use A3. Use the SOOGZ adapter to use modern E3. Later versions use standard 3. E3. 9 filters. Size measured         top. Diameter. 47. 1. 5 mm 1. Length, Extended. Length, Collapsed. Collapsed LEICA ELMAR 5. Vergrern. Weight        top. M adapter. 2. 10g 7. Caps         top. The front uses a standard drawn brass LEICA push on cap. The first versions use a slightly smaller A3. A4. 2 4. 2mm push on brass cap used on all proper E3. Hood         top. The original A3. 6 version uses the FISON hood. I prefer to use the the SOOGZ adapter ring and a standard A4. Part Numbers        top. ELMAR screw mount. ELNAM, later 1. 1 6. Production      top. A very popular lens, LEICA made about 3. Quality        top. MADE IN GERMANY. Price, USA         top. Considering inflation, it listed for the equivalent 7. This was listed 4. May 1, 1. 93. 7 price sheet. Performance       top. Intro   Specs   Performance   Usage   Recommendations. Overall   Bokeh   Color   Distortion   Ergonomics   Falloff   Finder Blockage   Flare and Ghosts   Focus   Lateral Color  Mechanics. Euro Truck Simulator 2 Snow Mod Install. Sharpness   Spherochromatism   Sunstars. Overall       performance   top. The LEICA ELMAR 5. This is the lens that was so good that it established 3. Even the ancient, uncoated 1. I tested here works great. Its not as sharp under the microscope as the SUMMICRON, but nothing else is, either. Bokeh       performance     top. Bokeh, the character of out of focus backgrounds, not simply how far out of focus they are, is neutral and undistracting at smaller apertures. At f3. 5 its reasonably neutral as well. Color       performance     top. Red Tree, El Portal, 2. November 2. 01. 1. LEICA M9. bigger. This is the lens that exposed most Kodachrome when it was first invented. Distortion       performance   top. The LEICA ELMAR 5. SUMMILUX, and even better than todays hottest and most expensive LEICA SUMMILUX M 5. ASPH.  Correct with Infinity. Ken. Rockwell. com. All rights reserved. Ergonomics       performance   top. LEICA ELMAR 5. 0mm f3. Vergrern. Its the lightest 5. Its easy to focus with just one fingertip. Its little button makes it much easier than the newer focus tabs. Unlike tabs, the precise and locking little button has a perfect little grip on it. The focus locks at infinity. This is a huge help because this is designed to give us a good grip for mounting and unmounting, and it works great. The aperture is a pain to set. To move it, you have to use a fingernail to push the tiny little tab on the black ring around the glass from the front of the lens. If youre using a filter, youll have to remove it to get to this little aperture setting tab. The 1 meter close limit isnt very close. Newer lenses focus to 0. LEICA SUMMICRON 5. Falloff darker corners        performance   top. The LEICA 5. 0mm f3. ELMAR has no significant falloff. Ive greatly emphasized it below by shooting a gray field and presenting it against another gray field LEICA 5. ELMAR light falloff on M9 at infinity, n o lens profile 2. Ken. Rockwell. com. All rights reserved. Finder Blockage       performance   top. This 5. 0mm ELMAR is so tiny that there is no viewfinder blockage, even on the LEICA IIIf whose finder is right next to the lens. There is certainly never any blockage on an M kamera. Flare and Ghosts       performance   top. ISO 1. 60 on the LEICA M9. Vergrern. This is a simple lens, so ghosts arent a problem. This image is the only way Ive ever seen even the slightest ghost. In this shot, there are two easy to cover dots, each opposite the light that was shining directly into the lens in this shot. The lubricants of most LEICA lenses evaporate and collect on the inside glass after 2. I dont know that this 1. Even with whatever flare it does have from either a lack of coating or residual haze, the auto levels command I use when importing all my LEICA M9 DNGs makes all the shadows look just swell automatically, as you see above. Focus        performance   top. Focus Accuracy Focus accuracy is fine.