Heliar 50/2 Lens

[kshapero]

Any experiences with the Heliar 50/2 Lens? I bought an R3M body only. Now I am considering the Heliar 50/2 Lens.

 

[anabasis]

Nice lens. There are several threads with discussions and sample images in this forum.

JCA

 

[Peter]

Just took my Heliar 50mm/2.0 for a spin last weekend. Love its construction and operation! Really smooth focusing ring and from what I see from the scans it is not as sharp as my Nokton but has a character that reminds me of Elmar M 50mm/2.8

 

[KEH]

I have a few in my gallery, shot with an R-D1. Check out Still life #1 and #2, Bar/reflections, Tomate and 'A Washington institution'. Very nice lens.

Cheers,
Kirk

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Jeff Smith has a write-up on this lens at http://400tx.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps.

Ben Marks

 

[Silva Lining]

I really like this lens - it is sharp, not too contrasty with good colour rendition. A sample picture

 

[B_Algood]

May not be as sharp as the 40 f/1.4 Nocton, but is plenty sharp, very smooth and compact...taken the last week of the season at Jacob's Field Cleveland..Ilford FP4+..

 

[B_Algood]

This is a much better example, Ilford 100 Delta Pro, at f/2..1/60sec. R3M..

 

[kshapero]

This is a much better example, Ilford 100 Delta Pro, at f/2..1/60sec. R3M..

nice shot is the man

 

[Tom Diaz]

Any experiences with the Heliar 50/2 Lens? I bought an R3M body only. Now I am considering the Heliar 50/2 Lens.

I have one, and also have a 50mm f/2 Summicron. The Heliar is not that much smaller than the Summicron when it's in shooting position. I have not seen it side by side with the 50mm f/2.8 Elmar, but the Elmar I remember as quite a bit smaller.

It seems to me that the Summicron is much sharper, especially wide open; you would expect that from the Heliar's simpler design. I like the Summicron's images, so I would not want to have the Heliar as my only 50mm. I do like having both of them. (Especially right at the moment, because my Summicron needs some repair!) I guess I could see bolting the Heliar on if I knew I was going to be shooting a lot of available light portraits and wanted to flatter the subject a bit.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

The Heliar is not that much smaller than the Summicron when it's in shooting position.

Tom,

In its collapsed position, how does it compare with the summicron, much smaller or just marginally so?

thanks