Light Lens Lab 50 f2 Rigid Lens on my Leica M5.

 Light Lens Lab is a dangerous web site for me. They specialize in in recreating classic Leica thread mount and M mount lenses, mostly from the Leica back catalogue, but the more unique and earlier lenses from the M mount era like the 9 element 28 F2.8 Elmarit and 8 element 35 F2 Summicron from the early 1960s along with the rare, and I mean rare made in Midland Ontario Elcan 50 F2. 

So why by a note for note recreation of a Leica 50 F2 Rigid Summicron from the cusp of the 1960s? There's plenty of used examples out there for, just a bit more than the Light Lab 50 Rigid. In human years, the OG Leica glass will be ready to quality for the Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security, and sadly the original front elements and lens coatings are about as durable as chalk, and finding a perfect 50 F2 Rigid Summicron from say 1959 is getting harder each year. 

Shooting with the 50 F2 Rigid on my Leica M5 seems to be a perfect marriage. Having shot with the Dual Range and Collapsible Summicron, the Light Lens Lab 50 F2 Rigid feels straight out of the late 1950s, early 1960s, only with 21st century technology and manufacturing practices behind it. I chose Fomapan 100 as it's a nice old school cubic grain film to complete the vibe of thise exercise. 

In the end I'm happy with the purchase of my Rigid 50 F2 lens from Light Lens Lab and will be living on my M5. 

Camera: Leica M5, Light Lens Lab 50 f2 Rigid Lens. 

Film: Fomapan 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15.