Canon 50mm F2.8 - I'm Impressed

[raid]

I sold my Canon 50/2.8 for something like $125-$150 at the time.
Do I have any regrets?
Not anymore, but I had some.

 

[David Murphy]

I have to say (at the risk of annoying someone here) that I am not convinced that the black 50/1.8, with which I have a fair amount of experience, is either sharper or more contrasty than the 50/2.8, at least between F5.6 and F11. Of course it has the speed edge advantage and being able to shoot at F1.8 can certainly make or break a shot.

 

[raid]

Time for a lens test, Raid! 🙂

Roland, name a 50mm lens of that vintage that won't give a satisfactory image at f5.6.

Frank,

I have already done a lens test on such a lens in 2006. Go to posting 107 to see some results. 😀


http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20666&page=6&pp=20

The test included:

Lenses:

A. Japanese
Trial #
A.1. Canon 50mm/1.2
A.2. Canon 50mm/1.8 (Serenar)
A.3. Canon 50mm/2.8
A.4. Nikon 50mm/2

B. FSU

B.1. J-3 50mm/1.5
B.2. J-8 50mm/2.8
B.3. I61L 50mm/2.8
B.4. I61 50mm/2.8


C. German

C.1. Rigid Summicron 50mm/2 (first version)
C.2. Collapsible Summicron 50mm/2
C.3. Zeiss Sonnar (pre-war) 50mm/2
C.4. Elmar 50mm/3.5 (pre-war)


I now have accumulated a lot of 50mm lens test images.

They are fun to return to.

 

[raid]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/pho...5&ppuser=3565&sortby=v&sorttime=9999&way=desc


Canon 50mm/2.8 at 2.8 with Ilford XP2 Super.

 

[Canon7SzGuy]

I just found a very clean Canon 50mm f/2.8 zebra lens and did a quick test. I have noticed that the Canon S lenses perform better about f/5.6 or f/8.0. This is not surprising. I was very pleased with the color and sharpness of this 1950's lens.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/pho...5&ppuser=3565&sortby=v&sorttime=9999&way=desc


Canon 50mm/2.8 at 2.8 with Ilford XP2 Super.

 

[raid]

Not all old RFF threads are still existing.

 

[dourbalistar]

Not all old RFF threads are still existing.

@raid, I believe the threads are still there, but the links changed (and broke) when RFF migrated to the new XenForo platform. I think this was the thread you originally linked upthread?

Test of Twelve 50mm Lenses

I finally managed to do the test of twelve of my 50mm lenses in Leica mount. The test is a comparison of my own lenses and it may not necessarily reflect results applicable to every lens of these types. Set-up: I used what I had available for use. It is simple as that. I had my daughter sit on...

www.rangefinderforum.com

 

[raid]

@raid, I believe the threads are still there, but the links changed (and broke) when RFF migrated to the new XenForo platform. I think this was the thread you originally linked upthread?

Test of Twelve 50mm Lenses

I finally managed to do the test of twelve of my 50mm lenses in Leica mount. The test is a comparison of my own lenses and it may not necessarily reflect results applicable to every lens of these types. Set-up: I used what I had available for use. It is simple as that. I had my daughter sit on...

www.rangefinderforum.com

Thank you! I am happy to find my old thread here.