Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Thu May 11 13:15:02 2006
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perhaps the reference was to a Nikkor usable on a Leica (the original
posting asked for Leica lenses specifically.)  An LTM Nikkor 50 f1.4 is
$475-$825 at kevincameras.com.  

the nikkor LTM f1.5's are priced somewhere between $2K and $3K.

-rei

On May11 21:43, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Mark,
> You must be joking!!
> 
> B&H prices:
> 
> 50mm f1.4AIS  Nikkor is US$300 US Guarantee.(ithe AF version will be 
> cheaper)
> 50mm Summicron-M is US$1495 US Guarantee.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Langer wrote:
> 
> >In that case, I'm surprised that the ubiquitous Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 
> >hasn't
> >come up, which is a lot of lens for the money.  Or the Nikkor 50mm f1.4,
> >although with that lens you are getting into the Summicron price range.
> >
> >On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I laid out the criteria in the original email posting. I guess I was
> >>looking for "best" as the one lens that could be the best compromise of
> >>features, like D76 and Tri-X, rather than the best at doing one thing.
> >>-- 
> >>Jeffery
> >>
> >>-
> >

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


On May11 21:43, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Mark,
> You must be joking!!
> 
> B&H prices:
> 
> 50mm f1.4AIS  Nikkor is US$300 US Guarantee.(ithe AF version will be 
> cheaper)
> 50mm Summicron-M is US$1495 US Guarantee.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Langer wrote:
> 
> >In that case, I'm surprised that the ubiquitous Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 
> >hasn't
> >come up, which is a lot of lens for the money.  Or the Nikkor 50mm f1.4,
> >although with that lens you are getting into the Summicron price range.
> >
> >On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I laid out the criteria in the original email posting. I guess I was
> >>looking for "best" as the one lens that could be the best compromise of
> >>features, like D76 and Tri-X, rather than the best at doing one thing.
> >>-- 
> >>Jeffery
> >>
> >>-
> >
> >
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> >Leica Users Group.
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> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


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