Not bad for a 75-year-old…. lens.
I’d like to make a clarification… To be perfectly clear… SHE IS NOT 75 YEARS OLD!!! I’m talking about the lens on my camera NOT my wife! Yes, I did get comments, mainly from Elise, that the post seemed to say she was 75 years old… She is NOT! OK??? End of public service announcement and on with the post.
I’ve had this lens for a few years and was finally able to adapt it to my M. A screw mount 5cm f2.4 Leica Summitar dating back to 1947. It’s a bit of a trick working with this lens in part due to its stiffness due to age, but also… it’s not as ergonomic as my newer lenses. I received the lens with a Leica IIIG rangefinder camera as a gift from a photographer I worked with many years ago. I used to shoot film through the camera and lens combo until the camera started showing too much ware for my liking. They both sat safely on my collectible shelf till I decided to find an adaptor. I don’t why I was surprised, I should have known, that the lens matches up perfectly with my M240’s focusing system and focus acutely!
The focus fall-off on this lens is gorgeous. I’ve been using it on some of my outdoor portraits and have found that the lens also produces a bit of a swirl in the far background.
