searching for nice uncoated leica M lens

[jimmy_m.]

I'm in the market for an uncoated 50mm-100mm leica M mount lens. Is

there one that is more attainable than others. I know that the 90mm

Thambar is very collectible and expensive. Is there an uncoated

lens that gives good performance without the big price tag?

[ray_moth]

You should be able to pick up an uncoated LTM lens and mount it on your M camera using an adapter ring. One possibility is a pre-war Leica 50/3.5 Elmar collapsible. Stephen Gandy's site has a wealth of information on LTM-compatible lenses, see http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm

[andrew_hall1]

There is no such thing as "an uncoated leica M lens", except those whose coatings are removed (on purpose or not.)

 

Lots of available, affordable coated LTM models (from Leitz, Canon, Nikon, Voigtlander/Cosina, etc) or even M lenses. Why look for uncoated lenses? They really aren't good shooters, not to mention doubtful mechanical conditions. Are you a collector?

[andrew_hall1]

Also see this thread:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003f0T

[lutz]

You might want to take a look at <A HREF="http://www.focalpointlens.com/">this service here</A> for having a lens uncoated, recoated.

[al_kaplan1]

You need to look for a lens from the 1930's. The 90mm Elmar of this vintage is a nice lens as is the 50mm Elmar. The 35mm is much inferior to the later Summaron but useable. Try to find something on Ebay. The early coated lenses had a bluish cast which shows up in photos of them. The uncoated ones won't look blue in the photo. Some lenses of the period were coated later, the service was widely available well into the 1960's, so serial numbers aren't a good indication of coated or uncoated. Post WWII almost all lenses, any brand, were coated.