Canon 50mm f/2.2

[Bingley]

A couple more from last Sunday. I'm really impressed with this lens...

Closed due to coronavirus by bingley0522, on Flickr

Closed due to coronavirus by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Swift1]

A couple more from last Sunday. I'm really impressed with this lens...

It's great to see this lens getting a bit more recognition. 🙂
Nice work!

 

[james.liam]

Fascinating thread about a rarely spoken about lens. Still trying to see how this lens would size up against my 50/1.8 LTM.

Anyone own both and care to comment?

 

[Swift1]

Fascinating thread about a rarely spoken about lens. Still trying to see how this lens would size up against my 50/1.8 LTM.

Anyone own both and care to comment?

I've very briefly used both. The 2.2 is smaller, and is every bit as good or better I think.

Here's one of mine from last year, on expired TRI-X.

Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Canon 7 rangefinder
Canon LTM 50/2.2
Expired Kodak TRI-X 400
Epson V750​

 

[f.hayek]

Thanks for all the images and link to Hamish’s review.
I’ve been taken with the Canon 1.8 and it’s signature unique enough that I bought one in addition to the 1.4. Not sure the F/2.2 makes the cut. I use the LTMs I own exclusively on an M9M; colors of these Cold War veterans always seems ‘off’.

 

[newst]

😎

Fascinating thread about a rarely spoken about lens. Still trying to see how this lens would size up against my 50/1.8 LTM.

Anyone own both and care to comment?

I own both and now that I have used the 2.2 for a while I will be putting my Canon 1.8/50 and 1.9/50 and an Elmar 3.5/50 up for sale. For fifties I will keep the 1.4/50, 1.5/50, and 2.2/50 from Canon, a Jupiter-8 2.0/50, a Topcon 2.8/50, and some assorted Soviet lenses.

 

[james.liam]

😎

I own both and now that I have used the 2.2 for a while I will be putting my Canon 1.8/50 and 1.9/50 and an Elmar 3.5/50 up for sale. For fifties I will keep the 1.4/50, 1.5/50, and 2.2/50 from Canon, a Jupiter-8 2.0/50, a Topcon 2.8/50, and some assorted Soviet lenses.

Out of curiosity, why are you putting the 1.8 on sale as opposed to the 2.2?

 

[newst]

Out of curiosity, why are you putting the 1.8 on sale as opposed to the 2.2?

While both lenses are fine performers I like the image quality of the 2.2 slightly better than the 1.8. The 2.2 is also smaller and lighter than the 1.8 (mine is a Serenar style chromed brass body).

 

[james.liam]

While both lenses are fine performers I like the image quality of the 2.2 slightly better than the 1.8. The 2.2 is also smaller and lighter than the 1.8 (mine is a Serenar style chromed brass body).

I think (though not certain) that the later 1.8 with the black focusing ring is of a newer design and of higher resolution.

 

[newst]

I think (though not certain) that the later 1.8 with the black focusing ring is of a newer design and of higher resolution.

Peter Kitchingman does not mention any change in the optics between the first production and last production 1.8/50 lenses. Other sources I have seen state it more specifically. If there is any optical difference between them I suspect it to be due to better coatings on later glass. I don't see where an anti-glare coating could produce higher resolution images however.

https://web.archive.org/web/2011022...ex.php?page=lenses&type=standard_lenses&id=14

 

[45govt]

Hello
I just received a 2.2 and was wondering what the filter thread size was, can't seem to find it

Thanks
Don

 

[dourbalistar]

Hello
I just received a 2.2 and was wondering what the filter thread size was, can't seem to find it

Thanks
Don

I believe it's 40mm. Someone with Peter Kitchingman's book might help to confirm.

 

[Bingley]

Yes, the filter thread is 40mm. Although I have a couple of old Canon 40mm filters, they’re hard to find and may not be in as good condition as modern filters. My solution has been to use a 40-43mm step ring on each of my Canon lenses, and then use new 43mm filters. I also use generic 43mm hoods.

 

[Bingley]

I think (though not certain) that the later 1.8 with the black focusing ring is of a newer design and of higher resolution.

Not sure this is correct. The 50/2.2 was produced during a 6-mo period in 1961, mainly for the Japanese market, which means that its production coincided with production of the later series of the 50/1.8 (the chrome and black version). Kitchingman found no evidence that the optical formula of the 50/1.8 changed over its long run. As far as I know, the 50/1.8 is not a “newer design,” at least optically speaking.

My sample of the Canon 50mm f1.8 was made during the 1960s, probably later in the decade to judge from the serial number.

My sample of the Canon 50mm f2.2 was made between January and July 1961.

Both lenses are really excellent, very sharp with smooth bokeh. I recently acquired the 50mm f2.2 and have been shooting a lot with it recently. Very impressed with the results so far.

 

[Bingley]

Some more Canon 50/2.2 photos from about 10 days ago. Taken with a Bessa R2A on Portra 400. The first gives a sense of the bokeh of the lens.

Ordinary things by bingley0522, on Flickr

Ordinary things by bingley0522, on Flickr

Ordinary things by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Voigtlander Bessa R2a, Canon 50/2.2, TMax 400 at box speed in Perceptol stock:

Escape from quarantine by bingley0522, on Flickr

Grove by bingley0522, on Flickr

Ordinary things by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[newst]

Gee, am I ever glad that I never heard that the 2.2/50 wasn't good at distance shots.

2020-01-04 Stage Bessa-R Canon 50-22 Tmax 400 000430930017 by newst54, on Flickr

2020-01-04 Stage Bessa-R Canon 50-22 Tmax 400 000430930026 by newst54, on Flickr

2020-01-04 Stage Bessa-R Canon 50-22 Tmax 400 000430930024 by newst54, on Flickr

2020-01-04 Stage Bessa-R Canon 50-22 Tmax 400 000430930005 by newst54, on Flickr

Bessa-r, Canon 2.2/50 with TMax 400 shot at and pushed to 1600.

 

[Swift1]

Gee, am I ever glad that I never heard that the 2.2/50 wasn't good at distance shots.


Bessa-r, Canon 2.2/50 with TMax 400 shot at and pushed to 1600.

Excellent detail in those images!
Nice work.

 

[Swift1]

One of mine from 2018 using the 50/2.2 and some expired Ferrania Solaris 200 film.

Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Canon 7 rangefinder
Canon 50/2.2 LTM
Expired Ferrania Solaris 200
Epson V750​

 

[newst]

Excellent detail in those images!
Nice work.

Thank you very much. This is why I will not sell this lens.