Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu May 11 10:58:40 2006
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I just bought a used (but new in box) Nikkor AIS 50mm 1.4 for 70 
dollars.  ;-)

Walt

Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Mark,
> You must be joking!!
>
> B&H prices:
>
> 50mm f1.4AIS  Nikkor is US$300 US Guarantee.(ithe AF version will be 
> cheaper)
> 50mm Summicron-M is US$1495 US Guarantee.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
>
>
> Mark Langer wrote:
>
>> In that case, I'm surprised that the ubiquitous Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 
>> hasn't
>> come up, which is a lot of lens for the money.  Or the Nikkor 50mm f1.4,
>> although with that lens you are getting into the Summicron price range.
>>
>> On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I laid out the criteria in the original email posting. I guess I was
>>> looking for "best" as the one lens that could be the best compromise of
>>> features, like D76 and Tri-X, rather than the best at doing one thing.
>>> -- 
>>> Jeffery
>>>
>>> -
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?)
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