Do you have duplicate lenses in same focal lenght? Why? Why not?

[madNbad]

For me, it is curiosity before anything else. How does a Summicron render images, and how does a Biogon perform for me? Why do some people love the Pentax 43/1.9L or the Rolleiflex 40/2.8ltm? I want(ed) to know.

During your search did you find the "if I could only have one" lens?

 

[JOCO34]

Well I have a bunch of 50mm's and another on the way. Oldest M mount is a 50mm Summicron f/2 DR which I have had since the 1960's. It's used for it's great film like images on my M240. Then I have a Sonnar 50mm f/1.5 M mount thats for low light use and it's great contrast and vivid colors and finaly a new to me Chrome Summicron 50mm f/2 version 5 which will be an everday default lens for the M240. Then there is the Screw mount 50mm summicron f/2 collapsable for my IIIF and another screwmount Voightlander 50mm for the same camera. My M2 just has to share!! They all shoot a bit differently and have different strengths and weaknesses.

 

[raid]

No. I am satisfied with the lenses that I own, but each lens differs slightly from the rest of the lenses. The Rollei 40/2.8 is super smooth but other lenses are faster and sharper, say.
I enjoy the act of creating images more than owning lenses. I enjoy picking out two lenses for use each weekend. I rotate around my favorites.

 

[marcr1230]

I have a bunch of 50's usually because they come with bodies I've acquired. Other times, I just like the look of one, or heard a good thing about another
here's a breakdown by mount:

Olympus OM:
Zuiko 50/1.4

Nikon F
Zeiss ZF.2 Planar 50/1.4
Nikon 50/1.4

Nikon S:
MS Optical 50/1.3
Zeiss S-Mount Sonnar-C 50/1.5
Nikon S 50/1.4 (re-issue)

Classic Contax
Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5
Zeiss Sonnar 50/2.0

Leica:
Summicron 50/2.0

 

[KM-25]

The only duplicates I have in some 40 lenses across 3 formats are:

2 x 35mm's for Leica, 35mm Summicron V4 and 35mm 1.4 FLE.
2 x 50mm's for Nikon, 50mm 1.8AIS and 50mm 2.0 Zeiss Milvus.

Other than those two sets, no dupes.

 

[benmacphoto]

Is it for different looks, systems, speed, ...?

Just because they're your most used doesn't mean you need multiples.

I'm genuinely curious btw.

It's for the different renderings and image quality of a lens.
For Leica I have a 35mm f1.4 pre ASPH Summilux and love it's rendering, but also have a 3.5cm f3.5 Elmar for how it renders.
And 50mm f1.5 Summarit for its image quality as well as a 50mm f2.0 Summicron version V for how it renders.

As well as different systems.
For my Nikon system I have a 50mm f1.2 AI, 50mm f1.8 Series E and 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor.
I like the image quality of the 50mm f1.2, but it has distortion so I use the 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor.
And the 50mm f1.8 Series E for how compact it is.

 

[shimokita]

I guess it was a question that implied "duplicates in the same [RF] mount"... in any case with the exception of LTM / M-mount the reason for multiples is different mounts. Edit: non RF lenses not shown

28 - Canon (S) LTM: 28 f/2.8
28 - Leica M-mount: 28 f/2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH

50 - Canon (S) LTM: 50 f/1.8
50 - Leica M-mount: 50 f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Casey

 

[raid]

I meant only rangefinder lenses.

 

[maxmadco]

I do have multiples of the same focal length but only in LTM not in M.
Many came with a camera body and some bodies were bought just for the lens.
Unfortunately I have more camera equipment than I have time to use right now and hope that will change soon.
Being a machinist I love the way the old lenses were made and also appreciate the Barnacks more than the M's I have.

 

[wjlapier]

Four 35's for my M6.

Leica 35 Summaron LTM
CV 35/2.5 LTM
Nikkor S 35/2.5 ( sharpest 35 I have )
Nikon 35/2.8 M from a 35Ti

All these lenses are pretty sharp and render color differently, but that Nikkor S is special.

No other rangefinder lenses in my kit.

 

[anerjee]

I recently got a 50mm m-Hexanon as a second 50, after my c-sonnar which I have been using for the last 4 years.

The c-sonnar is absolutely brilliant on film, but I felt that a more regular 50 would be a better choice on my M-P.

The digital sensor is brutal on focusing errors. What looks charming on film looks sloppy on digital.

Am I among the small minority here at RFF for having multiple lenses for same or similar focal lengths as RF lenses?

I keep such duplicates because I like using them whenever it pleases me to do so. I don't actually need to have any duplicates.

What about you? Have you reduced your lens counts to reach a minimal set?

I am OK with what I am doing. I enjoy a lot to inspect and use high quality craftsmanship and superb optics.

 

[narsuitus]

Do you have duplicate lenses in same focal lenght? Why? Why not?

Yes, I have 3 or more duplicate 105, 50, and 28mm Nikon F-mount lenses for my SLRs.

No, I do not have duplicate lenses for my rangefinders.

 

[YYV_146]

Only for 50mm. I've been a longtime user of the Noctilux ASPH which is simply too heavy for day-to-day use. I've recently added the APO-summicron which is superb and lighter than any of my other M lenses.

Used to have duplicates for 35 and 50 in E-mount but didn't use them enough to keep them around.

 

[Trius]

Cuz I can.

 

[xenohip]

Hello World! Xenohip here. AKA Strange is cool. AKA the fool on all of your screens. John Simpson

In 1998 I was admitted to the Yale Psychiatric Institute (has since been closed down, and described as a "hell-hole" by my shrink.

I am quite certain that a brain implant was inserted during my stay there. I could feel something like a small bolt of lightning going into my brain. There was a bump on my head near the location where I thought this thing came from. This evil did something like an electric shock when I communicated with people, leading to an considerably lonely life in a garage shop/studio making violins.

 

[xenohip]

In 2012 I used some violin making tools to stab this bump on my head. I've been told that subsequently showering and rubbing with ointment, a very fine wire worked it's way out.

After that, life improved greatly! My partner has been very much a saint and a savior to me, if I could just figure who was the real one! They keep rotating them (clones?) in and out of my house and life for no fathomable reason.

 

[xenohip]

This can't go on!!!

Bring them all here at once and we'll see if we can work out what's really going on.

Or send me to a deserted island to make violins on my own improvising my own compositions on them (I can be quite self-sufficient).

Or kill me quickly and painlessly.

 

[raid]

How is this related to having multiple lenses of same focal length?

 

[xenohip]

Protestors welcome at 50 Hill Top Dr, East Greenwich, RI

Please help!

 

[xenohip]

How is this related to having multiple lenses of same focal length?

Sorry to disrupt your thread. I can't access a major news media outlet easily.

Please spread the word.