{"id":41899,"date":"2026-01-30T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=41899"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:27:55","slug":"50mm-summicron-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/01\/30\/50mm-summicron-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"50mm Summicron then and now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>Costlier than ever.<\/I><\/p>\n<p><I>For an index of all Leica-related articles click <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/indexes\/photography\/leica\/ target=_blank>here<\/a><\/I>.<\/p>\n<p>From the UK 1967 Leitz catalog:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Leitz_Catalog_1967.jpg\"><br \/>\n<I>The 1967 catalog.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Summicron_1967.jpg\"><br \/>\n<I>Listing for the 50mm Summicron, v2.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Adjusted for inflation using the CPI and converting from sterling to dollars, that 1967 price computes to $2,240 today.<\/p>\n<p>Compare with today&#8217;s price for a new copy of the latest version:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Summicron_2026.jpg\"><br \/>\n<I>Listing for the 2026 50mm Summicron.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https:\/\/lightlenslab.com\/products\/light-lens-lab-50mm-f-2-rigid-spii target=_blank>Light Lens Lab clone<\/a> performs identically at a fraction of the price, with build quality comparable to the original:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<center><img src=http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/LLL_M10.jpg><\/center><br \/>\n<I>With 39mm UV filter in place.<br \/>\nThe label reminds me to turn on my iPhone for GPS recording.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Plus, with the LLL clone, you can choose from Cooke Speed-Panchro II or Leitz Summicron clone optics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costlier than ever. For an index of all Leica-related articles click here. From the UK 1967 Leitz catalog: The 1967 catalog. Listing for the 50mm Summicron, v2. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI and converting from sterling to dollars, that 1967 price computes to $2,240 today. Compare with today&#8217;s price for a new copy of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/01\/30\/50mm-summicron-then-and-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">50mm Summicron then and now<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41899"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41904,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41899\/revisions\/41904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}