getting closer with 50mm

[paulfish4570]

anything to scratch that itchy feeling of GAS ...
a bessa r2m would cost less than a sound M2 ...

 

[jbielikowski]

Paul, its like "lets buy something!"

 

[Particular]

Thank you gentlemen for suggestions, chrome skopar look pretty neat. however slrs fit the bill better and cheaper, damn.

edit: Brian, thats very important piece of information, thanks, cant find it on the web. now I need second M, very good, very good.

Modifying your M3 is fairly simple job. Mine follows just shy of 0,7m (about 0.75m). With my tabbed black Summicron it is a perfect combo. Getting an M2 to use with a 50mm while you have an M3 doesn't really make a lot of sense to me.

 

[jbielikowski]

Yeas and no, 50mm frames are best on M3, but I really like 90mm frames, cause I can see whats around them.

 

[squinza]

Zeiss 50/2 -> 0,7m really a great lens but maybe too sharp for portraits...

If you're into serious portraiture you could evaluate the 75mm summilux: 0,7m MFD (II version only) and is a great lens for close-ups, details and portraits. Costly, though...

 

[ferider]

150 bucks and an OM1 + late 50/1.4, or 400 bucks and OM1 + 50/2 and you'll run circles around RF + 0.7m 50/2. And have money left.

That being said, I love my DR, and modified my LTM Nikkor 50/1.4 for coupled close focus. But I didn't specifically buy them for that.

At short focus wide open, many things get easier with an SLR (worse with an RF). For example focus out of center, frame correctness, etc.

Now if you have some extra budget, the highest magnification you will get from a Leica 75 (Summilux or Summicron) at 0.7m min. focus.

Just saying,

Roland.

 

[jbielikowski]

Roland, one day I'm gonna buy 75 lux, maybe this year, maybe next life. As for SLRs I'm considering to wake up my Contax 139Q with a Planar 50/1.4, or maybe 50/1.7, they say its sharper wide open...

 

[freax]

Did you considered the Elmar-M 50 2.8 (version 2) ? I had the same problem as you with a Heliar 2.0 that only focused to 1 meter.
If you don't already know this lens you can have more details in kenrockwell and photo examples in flickrhivemind. []'s

EDIT: and for half the price of a Summicron !