Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I LOVE my Summicron 50 (type 2) on the M8! ric On Oct 26, 2014, at 3:26 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > why on earth are there no 50 summicrons on this list? > > ric > > > On Oct 26, 2014, at 3:18 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at > gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Folks ? >> >> I have a lot of half-assed Leica lenses I?ve bought over the years for >> dumb reasons and I want to stop this. I want to get rid of a lot of >> useless junk (Oh f3.5 lens, why did I ever buy you?) and replace them >> with The Right Lenses. >> >> I have an M9, if that matters. >> >> So far my (used) 50mm options seem to be: >> >> Zeiss 50mm Planar f2 ? $860 >> >> Voigtlander M 50mm f 1.5 ? $900 >> >> Voigtlander 50mm 1.5 screwmount ? $550 >> >> Summilux f 1.4 ? $1300 >> >> >> Important to me: Focusing closer than 1 meter. Not terribly important to >> me: super fast speed (because I can?t focus the 1.8 I have ? unless >> someone wants to sell me a diopter). I?d just buy the screwmount >> Voigtlander, but the close focusing is kind of wrecking that one. I think >> the summilux only focuses to 1 meter too. which leaves the voigtlander M >> and the Zeiss ? it seems the extra XYZ many stops might throw this to the >> voigtlander, but I?m wondering if y?all have any advice (or a 50mm in a >> drawer that I should be considering). I?m told the older 50mm >> Summicron?s, while affordable, aren?t any better than the Canon Serenar I >> already have, and I?m not going to drop $3,000 for a new version. >> >> Thanks, >> >> kc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information