[Leica] 50/1.5 Sonnar

[rhc3vt at hotmail.com (Richard Coutant)]

I have used a wartime CZJ 1.5 Sonnar as the only lens on my IIIa for quite a 
while now.  I wouldn't pay anything like $1000 for one, but it's a very fine 
lens.  I have shot both b&w and color print film, and in my personal opinion 
the color rendition is particularly attractive.  The prints have an aura 
that can't be reproduced by more modern equipment, but at the same time the 
contrast and definition doesn't suffer too badly.  I forget what I paid for 
mine but I don't think it was more than a couple of hundred dollars.  Of 
course, it's also a terrific low-light lens for b&w, wide open.

Richard

>From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] 50/1.5 Sonnar
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:44:56 -0500
>
>Chris Chen just pointed out to me that the 50/1.5 Sonnar is now available 
>in
>Japan. There are several on e**y with Buy It Now prices of less than 
>$1,000.
>Anyone know of how this lens performs?
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
>http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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