Heliar Classic 50/2 and Nokton 50/1.5

Heliar Classic 50/2 and Nokton 50/1.5

  • Just keep the Heliar Classic 50/2

    Votes: 65 33.0%
  • Just keep the Nokton 50/1.5

    Votes: 87 44.2%
  • Both of them are necessary

    Votes: 45 22.8%

  • Total voters
    197
: Originally Posted by mdspace
Other disadvantage for me is the 39 filter size that is uncommon now making difficult to find easily any new filters of this size.

Huh? are you sure about this?
What? 39mm filters are readily available. Heck most of all the old Leica lenses are 39mm. Along with Nikon's 52 mm, they are standards.
 
Helen, you have a talent that turns just about any lens into a great one. Love your photographs and am jealous all at the same time. I hope that makes sense to you.
 
I checked it out: what is a necrothread?

Negatively: an old, decaying thread that refuses to die.

Positively: a threaded conversation that had retained its usefulness so long that new comments are still being added years later.

Let's start a poll on it; which is your definition of "necrothread" here?

Do it Raid,

I vote #2. I love it that threads keep going, and hope that the OP sees it again and can comment on what they eventually chose.
 
It's fine if the thread continues, but the poll bumps the thread even if there are no posts made. So your thread fits perfectly the description of option 1.

I never said kill the thread, I simply said kill the poll so it won't be bumped with no new post to view.
 
I choose em both, and just subscribed to this thread so I can keep tabs on future posts. maybe even add my own comparisons after some actual photo taking....
 
Helen, you have a talent that turns just about any lens into a great one. Love your photographs and am jealous all at the same time. I hope that makes sense to you.

Hehehe, Love Ya for that Pioneer , Thank You !!

Do know that 'feeling' when You see a Great photo... You love it and dang,
Wish 'You' had taken it ( as in Your restaurant Photo... Fellow with the Big hat, Great photo ;) )

Cheers & Best Wishes- H
 
Recent trip to the Negev Desert with Heliar 50/2

24876714291_dc2075e54e_z.jpg
 
It's fine if the thread continues, but the poll bumps the thread even if there are no posts made. So your thread fits perfectly the description of option 1.

I never said kill the thread, I simply said kill the poll so it won't be bumped with no new post to view.

Isn't there an option to have the poll close after a certain time when creating it? Maybe it needs to default to a year?
 
Raid,
Since you have both 50mm Heliars (f/2 and f/3.5), perhaps you can answer a question that I've had on my mind. Are the two lenses the same?
That is, if you set the f/2 version to f/3.5 and match apertures from then on, do you get the same result?

I had the collapsible f/3.5 version, but I sold it as it is rather fiddly. Now I have the LTM f/2 version, which I love. From f/2 to f/2.8 you have aperture adjustable "glow". The old LTM Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 and f/2 had a similar behavior. Anyhow, as the f/3.5 has now appeared in a rigid conical "Mountain Elmar" type mount, I am curious.
 
Hi Robert,
I don't know. I would be surprised if the two lenses "are the same" when used at identical aperture.
 
Voigtlander 50mm f2 Heliar Classic VM lens, Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - April 2018

DSC02484.JPG


DSC02409.JPG


DSC02330.JPG


Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Heliar LTM lens, Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - April 2018

DSC02524.JPG


DSC02538.JPG


DSC02536.JPG


Mike
 
Beautiful photos Mike!

Years ago I bought the Heliar 50mm F2 10th Anniversary Edition which I use both on my Bessa R or M7 (with LTM/M adapter of course).
The lens seems collapsible but doesn't.

Just curious does anyone know if from optical point of view it is the same as the Collapsible mentioned in this thread?

Thanks in advance, robert

PS: below a photo taken with this lens on the M7

U3692I1275503294.SEQ.0.jpg
 
Back
Top Bottom