Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe Berenbaum wrote: > Has anyone ever used this lens, or seen the results, especially wide open? > > Stephen Gandy's web site says poor reputation but some like it. Can anyone > give me a subjective idea of what the images actually look like? Or tell me > if it will fit old Leicas as well as old Canons? > > Joe Berenbaum Joe, I own a Cannon 50mm 1.2 lens and I would on ly use it in an emergency. It is quite fuzzy and lousy at out the out of focus area. I Bought a whole Cannon 7 outfit from a Pawn shop., for about 35 AUS. That's about $25 US at the moment. The outfit had 2 Cannon 7 cameras, a 50mm 1.2, a 50mm 1.8, a 35mm f2 and 2 100mm f3.5 black lenses with it. The best lens from the above is the 35mm F2. This is superb. The rest are OK, but the 1.2 is crap. It fits on to all screw mount Leicas direct, But obscures the view finder somewhat. Use an adapter for the M cameras. But if you use a lens hood, you'll obscure about a 1/4 of the view finder field. If you have not bought it yet, don't buy it. Regards Horst Schmidt