Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or any of the 50mm Canon LTM lenses, especially the f1.4 - they are really far superior to the Leica LTM lenses of the era....they have also survived better, no fog, no scratches...And if you use a Canon 7 rather than a Leica IIIg, you will realise, bragging rights aside, which is the better system... Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India Don Dory wrote: >John, >I know that you want to stay Leica, but find a good Nikkor 50 F1.4 from a >NIcca or a clean postwar Sonnar 50mm 1.5 in LTM. Very high image quality, >very little flare if clean, good speed even with the light fall off in the >corners and pretty cheap. If you feel lucky then buy two or three of the >Russian clones and one of them at least will be as good as the Zeiss >variant. > >In the thirties through the early sixties the Sonnar design was king and it >is still very, very good indeed. > >A deal killer is that focus is just under 1 meter. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 1/7/06, John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > > >>I thought I would try again to rustle up a 100 people interested in >>getting a current 50/2.8 Elmar in screwmount. Leica has said they >>would make most M lenses in a screwmount if there was a prepaid order >>of 100 or more. I would guess the cost would be in the $1000US range. >>Perhaps less but don't count on it. If there is sufficient interest, >>I would arrange for a camera store to place the order to facilitate >>ease of payment. >> >>Ping me back at jbcollier@shaw.ca >> >>John Collier >> >>PS: Please spread the news around. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > >