[Leica] Side by side comparison: Summilux vs LTM Canon Serenar

[Nathan Wajsman]

A few months ago I bought myself a 1953-vintage collapsible 50mm Summicron. I have a 50mm Summilux from the late 1960s or early 1970s, and I have owned more modern Leica 50mm in the past. I have to say that at least at this focal length, the lens designers back in the day certainly knew what they were doing. I love my two old lenses.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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On 02 Jan 2015, at 18:32, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ve been agonizing lately that I may need to upgrade my 1950’s vintage Canon Serenar which has been my 50mm ever since I got my first Leica in 1999. Jim Shulman took pity on me and brought his 1990’s vintage Summilux over and I did a side by side. I discovered that the colors rendition is different, the Serenar is redder/majentier and of course the Summilux focuses more closely and it seems to have slightly more resolving power, or I just focused not as accurately with one. The bokeh is different but not so different that I care too much.
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> Side by side’s & my thoughts about the two here, along with some 100% crops 
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> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/804209.html <http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/804209.html> 
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> kyle
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