Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/26
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I have an Elmar M - 50mm - f 2.8 that focuses at 0.7 m. It's collapsible,
it's light and very sharp! And, it's a fairly affordable Leica ... ! (about
$900). Very good stuff.
JM
Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg
> From: leicaslacker at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:18:28 -0400
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Recommendations? I never want to buy another 50mm lens
> again as long as I live.
>
> 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
>
>
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