Elmar-M? Very nice and cheap.
I'd love to use one of these lenses, but what framelines do you use?
ferider
Veteran
The Hexanon used to be much cheaper than the Summicron - not so anymore. A Summicron v3 is in your price range, KEH has a BGN one for 569, currently. A great lens.
My personal 50/2 pick is the DR Summicron, same optics as the chrome rigid in post #20. Best built and bokeh of all Leica lenses, period. Very high center resolution, lower contrast. For the M8 you probably want to pick the rigid variant.
For around US 400 you can also get a Nikkor 50/1.4. Very nice, classic Sonnar signature. Check Naruto's M8 pictures with the Nikkor.
Other than that, all lenses mentioned above are good, just make sure you get a clean one, and possibly factor in a CLA, to clean out haze, for instance.
My personal 50/2 pick is the DR Summicron, same optics as the chrome rigid in post #20. Best built and bokeh of all Leica lenses, period. Very high center resolution, lower contrast. For the M8 you probably want to pick the rigid variant.
For around US 400 you can also get a Nikkor 50/1.4. Very nice, classic Sonnar signature. Check Naruto's M8 pictures with the Nikkor.
Other than that, all lenses mentioned above are good, just make sure you get a clean one, and possibly factor in a CLA, to clean out haze, for instance.
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ferider
Veteran
Thought again about this, and I don't think we are helping .... A picture says more than thousand words, this is my personal and completely subjective assessment of the 50mm lenses that I tried (except the Planar, that from all I've seen, behaves like the Hexanon that I used). Say, all at f2:
There are other criteria, of course, like flare, close-up vs. infinity performance, built quality, filter size, price, etc., that the picture says nothing about ....
Not sure about Heliar 50/2, and Color Skopar 50/2.5, so I'm leaving them off the list. Canon 50/1.8 and Nikkor 50/2 behave similarly to Canon 50/1.4, and Nikkor 50/1.4, respectively, they are just slower and cost less in my mind.
Cheers,
Roland.
There are other criteria, of course, like flare, close-up vs. infinity performance, built quality, filter size, price, etc., that the picture says nothing about ....
Not sure about Heliar 50/2, and Color Skopar 50/2.5, so I'm leaving them off the list. Canon 50/1.8 and Nikkor 50/2 behave similarly to Canon 50/1.4, and Nikkor 50/1.4, respectively, they are just slower and cost less in my mind.
Cheers,Roland.
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ROOOO
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I have the Summicron-C already. I want something with a longer throw that will be accurate with the 50mm frame lines. The 40mm brings up the 50mm framelines. However, you can file it slightly to make it bring up the 35mm lines. I've found that those are fairly accurate on the M8 with the 40mm lens.
