Canon 45mm 1.9 compared to 50mm 1.8

[Ted Town]

New member here, mostly SLR user, but occasionally a rangefinder makes its way to me.

So I was given this cool old Canon with the film advance trigger on the bottom. It has both shutter priority and full manual modes, although the selenium cells don't seem to be metering accurately. I'm not used to having shutter and aperture rings on the lens itself, which slows me done some, so I've been keeping an eye open for a Canon P.

Does anybody here have first-hand experience with how this lens compares with the 50mm f1.9 LTM? I'm not concerned with ultimate resolution in a 16 X 20 blowup, and maybe this more of a "horses for courses" situation, but were these built more for a hobbyist market than for someone who wanted interchangeable lenses?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mackinaw]

I can't tell you much about the 45/1.9, other than it had five elements in four groups. This is from the Canon Museum website.

Jim B.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The Canon 50/2.2 is also a five element design in four groups, a simplified double-Gauss.

CANON 50mm f/2.2 - Canon Camera Museum

Here, you can find out about Canon's S Lenses > 50-85mm > CANON 50mm f/2.2.

global.canon

I have this lens, is a fine performer. It is an uncommon lens, ~3,000 made.