First image with a Leica 5cm F3.5 on an Olympus Pen E-P3

10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #333189 by Screamin Scott
Just got the adapter for LTM to Micro four thirds & took a quick image of my dog...Focus can be a bit tricky as this camera does not have focus peaking.....The lens was made in 1950 along with the camera it belongs to...Just goes to show that the older lenses are useful, albeit with limitations...ISO 200 1/400th & F4

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10 years 2 months ago #334517 by Exposure Tours
something about this I quite like!
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10 years 2 months ago #335437 by Stealthy Ninja
Do you mean 50mm?
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10 years 2 months ago #335441 by Screamin Scott
5cm is 50mm... the lens is German & is marked 5cm so that is what I listed it as

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10 years 1 month ago #351761 by Simon Says
Fantastic shot!!! Really nice!


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10 years 4 weeks ago #351919 by KCook
Cool.  This is the f/3.5 Elmar, that collapses?  That was the lens on my father's Leica IIIc, but that predates the '50s.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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10 years 4 weeks ago #351921 by Screamin Scott
Yes, it's the collapsible one.  They made them over a number of years & upon researching the serial number, mine was made in 1949... Same year I was born.

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10 years 4 weeks ago #351939 by KCook
So do you have the IIIc body to go with it?  A very quirky camera, to put it mildly.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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10 years 4 weeks ago #351945 by Screamin Scott
Sure do...



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Top view Leica IIIc by ScreaminScott , on Flickr

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10 years 4 weeks ago #351973 by icepics
Thanks for showing that, how do you like the collapsible aspect of it? My digital Ricoh came with a device to use to measure if a lens will fit into the camera mount or not. The collapsibles particularly might collapse too far into a particular camera body such as one of the newer Voigtlander rangefinders I have.

Sharon
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10 years 4 weeks ago #351975 by Screamin Scott
I'm ambivalent about it . It was good back in the day when it was in use as it made camera "pocketable", but as you say, you have to be careful on today's cameras , that it doesn't damage either the sensor, the mirror (on those cameras with mirrors that it can be adapted to) or any other internal parts...

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9 years 6 months ago #398896 by Travel Nut
That is beautiful! Excellent Shot!!!


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