Canon LTM Just got a Canon 50/1.5 yesterday.

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It is a pristine example and I know I paid too much for it. I think it takes a 40mm screw in filter or hood, anyone know for sure? TIA.
 
Congrats! It's a great lens. It does take 40mm filters. And the screw in hood is larger than the ones for 50mm f/1.8 (these seems to vignette).

I don't really understand why is it so hard to find this lens. According to Peter's new RF Lens book, there's almost 20,000 units made. Much more than some of the 85mm lenses. Yet it hardly shows up. Strange.

Cheers,
 
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Tony -- Congrats! I'm sure you will love this lens (looks great on an M2 too!). As Randy says, it takes a 40mm filter, and these are hard to find and expensive. Here's what I did for my 50/1.5: I got a 40-43mm step-up ring from B&H, got some 43mm filters, and a generic 43mm hood. Works great. Enjoy, and post some pix soon!
 
bennyng said:
Congrats! It's a great lens. It does take 40mm filters. And the screw in hood is larger than the ones for 50mm f/1.8 (these seems to vignette).

I don't really understand why is it so hard to find this lens. According to Peter's new RF Lens book, there's almost 20,000 units made. Much more than some of the 85mm lenses. Yet it hardly shows up. Strange.

Cheers,
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HI Benny,

That is only a hypothetical # as the chart mentions and the # under that # is what was shown in an official Canon document made up for Peter Dechert, which is #14376. If one removes the initial 5cm, f/1.5 lenses from that hypo # (they were used on X-Ray cameras and even that # is a wildly out of whack) then you would end up with the number 13992. This is close to the factory #14376. A couple of weeks after I went to print I won on eBay a "Canon Lens Data" book, used by Canon Inc as a reference by counter staff and as a trainee book. In this, it gives the production figures for all Canon Lens from 1945 up to the FD lenses of 1981. In it they mention a production # for the 50mm f/1.5 as #13020. It is numbers like this that make research interesting but I would go for the later # .Peter
 
Thanks for all the great responses, I've been looking for a Sonnar for sometime and thanks to the wonderful thread from Naruto and the great responses and pictures to that thread. I decided on the Canon version and I am so glad I did. Working on a roll of 36 Velvia 50 and hoping I get half as good results as what I saw in the above mentioned thread. I am really pumped with this lens.
 
I am first getting additional Sonnar lenses. Then I will look for the Sonnar clone (50/1.5).
 
leica M2 fan said:
Thanks for all the great responses, I've been looking for a Sonnar for sometime and thanks to the wonderful thread from Naruto and the great responses and pictures to that thread. I decided on the Canon version and I am so glad I did. Working on a roll of 36 Velvia 50 and hoping I get half as good results as what I saw in the above mentioned thread. I am really pumped with this lens.
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hey congrats on getting this little beauty.

I am completely in love with this lens. I recently ran through a roll shooting it at f/8 (I know sacrilege!!!), and am very pleased with the results.
 
The "correct" hood is round, uses a 40mm to Series VII adapter. Somewhat hard to find. But, either of the hoods for the 50/1.8 work perfectly in my experience, either the round one, or the vented rectangular one. Both of these use Series VI adpaters and filters. Now, that's the vented rectangular hood for the 50/1.8, not the smaller one for the 50/1.9.

There may be a theoretical risk of vignetting with the smaller Series VI hoods, but I've seen no sign. Or perhaps there's a small speed loss at f/1.5? But who shoots at f/1.5 in the sun?
 
test it for focus accuracy as soon as possible if there is a return policy... they are fantastic lenses when they work properly, but there are quite a few of them out there that front focus when used wide open and at close focus distances...

enjoy!
 
..and make sure that it is in focus at middle distance and infinity too, except you want to use is solely close focus! I'm not sure if this is a lens design issue more than a alignment and mounting issue..
 
Thanks for all the great advice and info. Checked out the lens at minimum distance wide open, medium and long distances and happy to report the lens focus very well at all distances, At very close distance I don't notice any focus shift but I'll have to check more carefully later this afternoon. Will have to try a very close up of my wife at 1.5. The color on it is sensational just what I was after!! Thanks again to all for your input. Happy camper here! Sonnars are the ultimate.
 
i have the old zeiss version as well as the nikkor version (sonnar copy) but not the canon version and zeiss ZM version. Till i have more funds, i need to pick up this lens too.
 
Love all my Canon 50mm. Just for comparison.
Canon50mmf1.5@f1.5
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Canon50mmf1.2@f1.2
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Canon50mmf0.95@f0.95
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The three comparison images are cool. Thanks. Each of these three lenses is first class.
 
raid said:
The three comparison images are cool. Thanks. Each of these three lenses is first class.
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Thanks, raid.
I took one with the Fujinon50mmf2.0. Do you know anything about this lens? You seem very knowledgeable:) Sorry for off-topic:eek:
Fujinon50mmf2.0@f2.0
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