How many 50mm ltm lenses do you own?

Five: Tokyo 50/1.4 Nikkor S.C,
Canon 50/1.5,
J-3,
wartime CJZ 50/1.5 Sonnar,
and a hybrid pre-war CJZ 50/1.5 Sonnar in a J-3 mount (thanks Brian).
 
In LTM only:

Canon:
50/1.2 great
50/1.4 great
50/1.8 great

Leica:
Elmar 5cm/3.5 classic and sharp
Elmar 5cm/2.8 sharp
Summar 5cm/2 great lens with flare
Summitar 5cm/2 hardly used by me
Summarit 5cm/1.5 this is a "creative" lens somehow; dreamy images for special occasions
Summicron 50/2 collapsible

Zeiss Jena LTM:
Sonnar 5cm/2.0 both lenses are great for photography [two lenses; one is put together by Brian and one has been modified very early on]
Sonnar 5cm/1.5 uncoated, pre-war, pristine [put together by Brian] Brian has never encountered before such a clean Sonnar ZJ.

FSU:
50/2 [J8]
50/3.5
50/2.8 [Industrar 61L]
53/1.8 [Helios]

Roeschlein-Kreuznach:
50/2 Luxon "created" and adjusted by Brian

I try to use all lenses above as often as possible. I used to have a J-3 or two in LTM, but one was sold and one was modified into Contax mount. Now I have three J-3 in Contax mount [all adjusted by Brian].
.....You really need to get out a bit more! 🙄
 
Only two. (right now)
1.5 Summarit and 2.0 summitar.

They do breed, so I am careful to keep mine well separated. The best method I've found is to keep one lens on the camera at all times, and the rest in individual cases in a bag or on the shelf... Come to think of it, they still manage to multiply that way too.
 
Two:
Summar f2.0
Summarit f1.5

Both are used regularly. The Summar is in excellent shape, the Summarit is not the cleanest copy available...maybe I'll upgrade it.
 
John, where's a Summar in there? 😉
Sold it to John C. The lens was too inexpensive to merit a CLA, and it needed one. And I was in the process of discovering my inner Sonnar.

Other 50mm lenses sold in LTM:
Canon 50/1.2 to Roland,
Collapsible Summicron to Bob McC,
Japan Nikkor S.C to Nguyen A (all I need is the Tokyo),
and a nice LTM Summarit to... MikeL!

Mike, what LTM 50's are you shooting these days?
 
Only 2 in RFs 50/2.8 Elmar and 50/2.0 Heliar, but I usually prefer my 40/2.0 Cron-C though. Also have 4 more in SLR mounts.
 
Sold it to John C. The lens was too inexpensive to merit a CLA, and it needed one. And I was in the process of discovering my inner Sonnar.

Other 50mm lenses sold in LTM:
Canon 50/1.2 to Roland,
Collapsible Summicron to Bob McC,
Japan Nikkor S.C to Nguyen A (all I need is the Tokyo),
and a nice LTM Summarit to... MikeL!

Mike, what LTM 50's are you shooting these days?


John,
Sonnar is spoken here!
I am [one day and not now] going to get either a Nikkor 50/2 or a 50/1.4. I regret having sold my 50/2.
 
Mike, what LTM 50's are you shooting these days?

Still using a Summar during the day and your Summarit in low light. I finally figured out how to crack open the Summarit (need a pin) and had a go at some of the haze. Much better now. Still waiting for a Nikkor f2 collapsible to fall in my lap.....
 
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