Do you like the Canon 50/1.2 ltm?

[pepeguitarra]

Samples at f1.2

Samples at f1.2

Canon 50mm f1.2 ltm @f1.2 by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr


Canon 50mm f1.2 LTM by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr



Canon 50/1.2 ltm @ f1.2 by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr

 

[johannielscom]

Cleaning the 50mm 1.2 yourself is easy:

http://www.johanniels.com/index.php...anon-diy-cleaning-a-1-2-50mm-rangefinder-lens

 

[leicapixie]

Did the market drop out?
It's a $350-$500 lens last I noticed.
I still feel it's a viable lens and easily worth the price (and cleaning routine).
My current one is the parts of two lenses that had different flaws.
One with unrepairable rear elenents. One with scratched front element.
It's the best copy I've owned out of 3 tries now. (In yhe end the most expensive as well).

I owned a 50mm f1.2 Canon lens.
It was heavy but gave great results.
A friend borrowed it, returning with deep scratches in front element.
I sold it to a guy at camera swap, as he had a damaged helicoid,
maybe rust and not so great back element.
It was in South Africa.
Maybe same lens?

 

[leicapixie]

C'mon everybody post something!
I merely gave history of one lens..
It gave great images.
Soft at 1.2 but sharp stopped down.
I preferred the low contrast to a prototype Noctilux f1.2.
Leica allowed me to use it for a short time.
The Canon f1.2 was adjusted on a collimator, M-adapter fitted with screw.
I used it to photograph my new born daughter, many years ago.

 

[Fixcinater]

There is a thread in the Canon RF subforum with a good number of images.

 

[xayraa33]

I hate the size and weight of that Canon lens and in the past I always read in photo magazines that it was not a very good lens.

But I personally like the photo results that this hefty lens produces.

 

[Mackinaw]

C'mon everybody post something!......

I took this pic of my grandson many years ago. Perhaps my most popular picture. Canon 50/1.2, taken at F1.4 or so, as I recall.

Jim B.

 

[leicapixie]

I took this pic of my grandson many years ago. Perhaps my most popular picture. Canon 50/1.2, taken at F1.4 or so, as I recall.

Jim B.

Great photo. Love the look.
Looking at this, miss that lens.

 

[lundrog]

Horrid lens. Joking.. Love this lens. Fuji X-E2/X-E2s

Canon 50mm 1.2 LTM

 

[Spavinaw]

I have two Canon 50mm f1.2 lenses (one with problems). Neither has ever developed haze. Do you think there is something wrong with them????? It's my 50mm f1.5 that regularly develops haze and occasionally my Serenar 35mm f3.5.

 

[Fixcinater]

I doubt there is anything wrong. I have had three of them, one is still in my possession and after cleaning the typical haze out a couple of years ago, it has not accumulated any more haze in that time. One of the others did not clean up 100% when I was removing the haze, but the other did and looked basically as new on the internal surfaces.

What are the problems the one has?

 

[Spavinaw]

Concerning my lens with problems: I have looked long and hard and as far as I can tell it has no aperture blades. Second, the front part of the lens is cross threaded into the back part of the body. That is, the aperture ring sits at an angle to the focusing ring. Try as I might, I have not been able to take the lens apart. I've had this lens so long I cannot remember where or how I got it--on a body maybe?

 

[Fixcinater]

Inside the rear screw mount is the brass RF ring, then a slotted retaining ring, and then inside that is the rear element. If you can pick up an inexpensive lens spanner and confirm the tips fit those slots in the retaining ring, you can easily remove the entirety of the body with the glass in it, leaving just the focus mech and mount assembly. It's possible that it was somewhat cock-eyed upon installation last time and with some care you should be able to re-install it lined up correctly.

It's possible the blades have gotten soaked with oil and therefore do not stop down with the aperture ring. I've had multiple lenses do this, a Minolta 58/1.2 was especially impressive once I got some Ronsonol into the assembly and it broke down the oil enough to let the blades come out into view and stopped down to f/16 or 22 almost immediately.