Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Summar does indeed have an interesting look especially wide open or at least until F4 or so. Coma, astigmatism, and plain old flare create an image that is very flat with good outlines but no smaller details that are not blurred with a core of sharpness. If you are unfortunate enough to have a bright light source in the image then veiling flare will substantially degrade your image quality. Oh, field curvature means that there will be only one smallish region that is looks sharp unless you very carefully pick your location. With all that, for some things, the Summar provides a unique look that is highly desirable. If you are willing to accept a fair amount of coating marks (ha, ha, ha) you can find these really cheap; almost as cheap as an Nikor 50mm F1.4 in non AI mount. In addition to significant brassing, the aforementioned front element flaws, my Summar has a small amount of separation in the front group. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan Colucci Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:06 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Rigid Summar a member here mentioned a recent LHSA Viewfinder article on SUMMARS..anyone have a copy ? I have contacted lhsa as well thanks Dan ________________________________ From: lug-bounces+colucci=thehearth.org@leica-users.org on behalf of Douglas M. Sharp Sent: Tue 9/28/2004 6:01 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Rigid Summar Thanks Feli, you beat me to it, Laney says 2274 of them built in 1933 only. cheers Douglas feli schrieb: > > On Sep 28, 2004, at 2:31 PM, Dan Colucci wrote: > >> I just bought me a rigid summar...I have always wanted to play with >> one and have been >> fascinated with the physical "look" of the lens itself... >> >> anyone have any in-depth info on the rigid beyond it was only >> produced in small numbers ? > > > > Leica made about 2000 of them. If I remember correctly it was an > attempt to improve > optical performance by reducing the mechanical play induced by the > collapsible > mount. > > Leica made a lot of Summars, but production ended in 1940 with the > introduction > of the Summitar which is a much better performer. The Summar is very > flare prone > and soft wide open. That said it has a unique fingerprint that can be > very beautiful > especially in black and white. > > Feli > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information