Just picked up a Canon 50mm f1.5 Leica LTM
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lxmike
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Of course it gives me an excuse to try and pick up a Canon P to pair with it😀
raid
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Such a lens used to go for $400, so you got a good buy here.
Mackinaw
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I picked up one, cheap, last year ($125.00 USD). The price was so low because the lens had interior cleaning marks. I bought it thinking I could clean it. Turns out I couldn’t remove the cleaning marks, they’re there for good. No matter, cleaning marks or not, the lens delivers a nice image with that classic sonnar-look. It is heavy though, being chrome-on-brass and with all of that glass, but for the price, I’m not complaining.
Jim B.
Jim B.
lxmike
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lxmike
M2 fan.
These are easy to take apart if you want to clean it yourself
Peter Jennings
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analoged
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The most well behaved Sonnar...
sevres_babylone
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The lens is a personal favourite. You were lucky to get one. Enjoy!
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I bought one a few years ago at a local shop and got a deal as it was hazy. Five minutes work and it was clean as a whistle.
These peaked at about $700 a few years ago. They are the fast Sonnar bargain now!
These peaked at about $700 a few years ago. They are the fast Sonnar bargain now!
helen.HH
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any real difference between the Canon f1.4 and f1.5 being more rare...
they are Both sonnars, right ?
they are Both sonnars, right ?
The 1.4 is a double-gauss if I’m not mistaken
Ko.Fe.
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I also skipped P for 50 1.8. P does the same as R do. Lensing up.
My IId looks the same, but I removed this useless flash rail.
davhill
Canon P
Indeed.
1.2 and 0.95 are both 7/5 ???
1.4 and 1.8: double-gauss (Planar)
1.5: Sonnar
2.2: 5 element Gaussian
2.8 and 3.5: Tessar
goamules
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I like the 1.5 also. It's colors are a little colder than some of the other 50mm sonars.
I can't believe how cheap these, and other previous "cult" lenses have become. I'm glad I didn't hoard, and usually sold any extras I didn't use. But still have about ten 50 mm classics! These great 1.5 lenses are selling as cheap as the 1.8 now. It's funny, I just looked at the Soviet J-3 F1.5, in the cheap aluminum mount. Those are averaging higher than either! It used to be the J-3 was about $100, the Canon 1.8 about $150, and the 1.5 about $400. Now it's almost reversed. The Canon 1.2 used to be $900, I don't want to look, I have two. Looks like the Canon 1.4 is at the top of the price heap now.
I can't believe how cheap these, and other previous "cult" lenses have become. I'm glad I didn't hoard, and usually sold any extras I didn't use. But still have about ten 50 mm classics! These great 1.5 lenses are selling as cheap as the 1.8 now. It's funny, I just looked at the Soviet J-3 F1.5, in the cheap aluminum mount. Those are averaging higher than either! It used to be the J-3 was about $100, the Canon 1.8 about $150, and the 1.5 about $400. Now it's almost reversed. The Canon 1.2 used to be $900, I don't want to look, I have two. Looks like the Canon 1.4 is at the top of the price heap now.
steveyork
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Bokeh monster ... One of the lenses I regret selling, but as I recall an odd filter size.
Bowl of Bokeh (Canon, 1950's) by Steve, on Flickr
Bowl of Bokeh (Canon, 1950's) by Steve, on Flickr
looks good in black too. 🙂
Ko.Fe.
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J-3, J-8 are not having hazing issues as Canon LTM 50mm lenses. My first 50 1.8 has haze between glued elements.
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