[Leica] Voigtlander Nokton 1.1 yes or no?

[Don Dory]

On a budget just get another Canon 50mm 1.8 or 1.4 or a 1.2 in LTM.  If you
are on a real budget buy a couple of the Russian Heliars either in 1.8 or
1.5 but buy two as variability is high.  The Voightlander 50 1.5 gets good
to fair but oof can be a little weird.   If you stumble across an Leica
Summitar that has been cleaned they can be quite good.


On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or the Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnar. It has some focus shift, so stop it down to
> 2.8. Optimized for f/2.8.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/b8wqqca
>
>
>
> > On Jul 21, 2015, at 1:17 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
> leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks —
> >
> > My trusty $100 Canon Serenar has picked up a slight wobble, I’m not sure
> if this is a portent of evil to come or if I just never noticed it before —
> but the front element section will move around a bit if you wiggle it
> (“stop wiggling it!” advice I thank you for in advance).
> >
> > I’m thinking of preemptively replacing it. I was going to go for a
> Voigtlander 1.5, which seem to be about $900 in Leica M mount, but noticed
> that the Nokton 1.1 was going for about $650 — any thoughts on whether the
> nokton would work as my only 50 or is it too big for every day use?
> >
> > Suggestions of other 50’s you have lying around in drawers and want to
> get rid of also taken.
> >
> > Priorities are:
> >
> > 1) no slower than f2
> > 2) focusing closer than 3 feet (which means any screwmount 50 is in,
> though I’d prefer an M mount that I could focus closer without having to
> resort to the penny-shim trick.)
> >
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