Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isaac: A lot of people made 1.5 Sonnars and copies: 50/1.5 Jena Sonnar LTM 50/1.5 Opton Sonnae LTM (more rare) 50/1.5 Jupiter-3 50/1.5 Voigtlander Nokton 50/1.5 Canon/Serenar All are about the size of your average 50/2 rangefinder lens and take 40-40.5mm filters. Of these, I have replaced others on this list with the Canon 50/1.5 which is a very nice lens, but a little more durable (and heavy) because it is brass and not aluminum. Very sharp, although they are getting very tough to find. Expect to pay abut $250 for one with minor cleaning marks. The Voigtlander is brass too, but out of sight. The 50/1.5 Russian Jupiter is not bad, but cleaning marks are endemic with them. The Jena Sonnar is roughly the same as the Jupiter, and the Opton is very expensive in LTM. In a message dated Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:06:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Isaac Crawford" <isaacc7@home.com> writes: << Thanks for the link! Yow! That 50 1.5 is big!!! At least compared to those tiny IIIf cameras... Would there be any problems with the lens blocking the viewfinder on a IIIf? Are the various sonnar 1.5 copies around the same size? The compact 35mm from Cosina looks as though it will be a good match with my camera, can anyone give a recommdation for a comparable sized 50mm? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Choy" <pmcchoy@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures of Cosina lenses on cameras? > Isaac, > > You could also try <www.cameraquest.com/voigtlen.htm> > There are images of both an M camera as well as an LTM > with the Cosina/Voigtlander L mount lenses. > > Peter. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures of Cosina lenses on cameras? > > > > Isaac, > > > > Try this: > > > > http://www.cosina.co.jp/l-lenses/ > > > > Joseph > > Thanks for the link, but I was hoping to see how the Nokton looked on a > Leica screw mount camera... Anybody got some images? > > Isaac > >>