The "50-58mm f/1.4" club

[Bingley]

For awhile I had the Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 classic... did not bond w/ the lens but I can see why it's special. This one was taken wide open:

Temple Coffee by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[boojum]

Nikkor-SC 5cm f1.4 LTM, on a Leica M-E 240:

In the rain by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Same lens, same camera:

Homes for bees by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Made me smile. I used to keep bees. Full depth and half depth supers there. Full depth weigh about 60# when full, half depth half that. Keeping bees is pleasant and good for you.

 

[Bingley]

Made me smile. I used to keep bees. Full depth and half depth supers there. Full depth weigh about 60# when full, half depth half that. Keeping bees is pleasant and good for you.

Many thanks!

 

[Bingley]

One more from the Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm f1.5, wide open:

Knot by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[p.giannakis]

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm f1.5 LTM (1943):

Beach in winter by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Pine by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

This is outstanding !

 

[p.giannakis]

Minolta X-300 / Rokkor MC-II 58f/1.4
Kentmere 400 in HC110

 

[petronius]

Chinon 55mm/1,4

 

[petronius]

Canon FDn 50mm/1,4, Canon A-1, slide film

 

[petronius]

Pentax Super Takumar 50mm/1,4 on a Sony A7

 

[former member]

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Minolta 50mm F1.4 "MC", wide-open on the Leica M8. Converted to M-Mount.

 

[former member]

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Minolta 50mm F1.4 on the Leica M8, using M8RAW2DNG- 4 stops underexposed, then post-processed.

 

[Archiver]

For awhile I had the Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 classic... did not bond w/ the lens but I can see why it's special. This one was taken wide open:

Temple Coffee by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Yeah, I get the appeal for some, but this is not a lens for me. The wide open glow of the Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 v1 is right on the boundary for me, so I can see why you moved the 50 Classic on to someone who would appreciate it more. Maybe if I looked at a lot of old, old Magnum images I could give myself a yen for it.

 

[Bingley]

Yeah, I get the appeal for some, but this is not a lens for me. The wide open glow of the Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 v1 is right on the boundary for me, so I can see why you moved the 50 Classic on to someone who would appreciate it more. Maybe if I looked at a lot of old, old Magnum images I could give myself a yen for it.

Well said. Thank you.

 

[Bingley]

This is outstanding !

Thank you!!

 

[caila77]

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Minolta X-300 / Rokkor MC-II 58f/1.4
Kentmere 400 in HC110

Nice atmosphere…. Typical of MCII!

 

[Leon C]

I bought this Nikkor - S 50/1.4 a while ago but not used it until now, it was supposed to be clean glass but alas it wasn't, pitted front element on arrival, I was a bit gutted and wasn't sure what to do with it but thought, hey why not....So took it out for a short walk earlier, accompanied by the D200 and a couple of Kenko Ext Tubes, 12 & 20mm.

 

[p.giannakis]

Nikon F4
AF Nikkor 50f/1.4

 

[caila77]

sons:
rokkor 58mm f1,4 MCII@f1,4 - fomapan 100@400 iso - no pp

 

[Leon C]

Couple more from yesterday.
Thought I'd mention some where @H.1.0 [3200]

 

[Godfrey]

Yeah, I get the appeal for some, but this is not a lens for me. ...

I can accept that.

I went for the Heliar Classic 50/1.5 VM because I was looking for a fast lens with something other than the super sharp rendering of my existing Summicron-M 50 and Color-Skopar 50 lenses pretty much across the FoV. Stopped down to more commonly used lens openings (f/5.6 to f/11), it is very sharp across the board, barely distinguishable from those other two. But used wide open down to f/4, it exhibits similar imaging characteristics to my wonderful old Summilux 35/1.4 version II ... just the right amount of softness wide open, adjustable by aperture.

I have no experience with the Voigtänder 35/1.2 and have no idea what its imaging signature looks like. 🙂

G