50mm Lens comparison - Which one do you like?

[Magus]

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[Madrigal]

I now know that should the occasion ever arise, I am definitely a 'lux lens lover, and could make that choice without hesitation.

Of course no. 2's the ASPH (in the dog photographs). I think those that say otherwise are forgetting one very important point which I shall not reveal now (and no, it's neither contrast-related nor back wall-related...).

Cheers!

Okay, I am ready to be enlightened (leitz rookie here)... (Drum roll please!)

 

[Magus]

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[Honus]

This really upsets me. I'm not upset at being wrong (I have lots of experience at that), but I am upset because I really like the look of the lens#2 pics. This may be the most expensive thread I have ever clicked on :bang:

Magus - thanks for the pat on the back, mate.

Robert

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

Great to know that I'm in the minority in liking the first shot and the DR. It will save me some $2000 ;-)

 

[rover]

Great to know that I'm in the minority in liking the first shot and the DR. It will save me some $2000 ;-)

I have to laugh even though I am holding the other end of the the stick.

Maybe I should sell you my DR?

 

[Marko]

Hm, very hard but i take shot number 2

 

[raid]

Where is the key to this puzzle? If people cannot tell apart a DR from an Asph Lux, then maybe the DR will get a boost in selling price from now on.

 

[johnkuo]

I have mixed feeling about this. The fear of bokeh in #1 was that's holding me back on pulling the trigger on the 50 asph. Now I have no excuse. This is one expensive reading indeed!

 

[Magus]

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[Magus]

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[harmsr]

K.P.

I really wanted to negate all the claims which I read about the 50 1.4 Lux ASPH, being harsh and clinical or having weird bokeh.

Hopefully this opened up everyone elses eyes to how good a lens it really is.

Best,

Ray

 

[telenous]

That was a fun test Ray, thanks for posting the photos.

It seems many people here prefer the Lux photos over the DR. I said so myself. But let me add, the choice was a hard one. I was looking for differences because there had to be some, right? And, granted the differences can be corroborated by hard evidence. But it is still very, very difficult to tell the two lenses apart.

If there were no differences then we would have to invent some.

 

[NIKON KIU]

You all need to compare your 1.4 ASP to the new Nikon 50mm supplied with the millenium S3.
Kiu

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I like both shots. It depends on what you're aiming for at the moment.

That said, I think I like my pre-ASPH 50 'lux over the ASPH 'lux, and the DR 'cron over my tabbed 'cron (4th version?), yet I like the unique soft light quality I can get with my tabbed 'cron.

 

[erikhaugsby]

I really think that the bokeh with the first one (the cron?) is pretty ugly...It really doesn't flow from piece to piece, it kind of looks like miniature, dim, light flares...

 

[celluloidprop]

They both look fine to me. The Summilux would, of course, be the winner on speed alone.

 

[Simon Larbalestier]

You all need to compare your 1.4 ASP to the new Nikon 50mm supplied with the millenium S3.
Kiu

Kiu
that would be an interesting test for sure.

Leica Magus
i was curious about your postings and now i realised where i've seen your words before on the Leica Forum! as K.P.

Colour tests are hard for me to judge as i shoot only B/W it would be good to see a test of the Nikkor 50 S3 millenium, the Pre ASPH and the lastest ASPH in B/W at 1.4, 2, 2.8 and 4.


Simon

 

[Magus]

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[Simon Larbalestier]

Indeed we have K.P.!

Simon