Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
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Try an old DR Summicron. This lens is the favorite 50 of MANY Leica users.
A nice clean one should cost about $500 in excellent condition. A fine 3D
effect similar to the 35 Summicron.
Ken Wilcox
>I'm trying to decide which 50mm M lens to get. I've perused the LUG
>archives but I have an interesting (imho) twist to the dilemma that, as
>far as I know, has not been covered already. As you might predict, I
>have been recommended the 50/2 as it's the sharpest 50 out there, but
>when one person said "in the same league as the 35/1.4 ASPH in every
>way", I hesitated. The reason is that I have had two 35/1.4 ASPH, both
>sold because I ended up prefering the images from my 35/2 non-asph.
>While the images from the 35/1.4 ASPH were indeed very sharp, especially
>wide open, it lacked the "3-D" and pleasant out-of-focus rendition of my
>classic 35/2.
>
>My question is, does the 50/2 suffer from this "problem"? I was
>investigating the 50/1.4 and found out that it has residual field
>curvature, probably of the same type as in the classic 35/2. I wonder
>if this is why I prefer the classic 35/2, and if I should go for the
>50/1.4 based on this. Or is this too simplistic? Any opinions from
>people who have used both 50mm lenses? I'll probably end up doing a
>side by side test myself but I thought I would pick some LUG-brains
>first ;)
>
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