One lense line-up

[TKH]

Whats your meaning for a single lens line-up for an R-D1:

Lets say in these classes:

1. Bargain (used), up to 100 $ or €: One for landscape, one for portrait.

2. Midclass, up to 500 $ or €: One for landscape, one for portrait.

3. High-end, around 1.000 $ or €, or more: One for landscape, one for portrait.

Best,
Rainer

 

[RML]

Sounds more like a 6 lens line-up. 🙂

 

[TKH]

OK, its a two lens line-up. 😀

For me as a beginner in the interest in RF its good to hear what kind of lens is the best in the class of bargain. 😱

But also good to knew what to look for in eBay in the midclass area. :angel:


Rainer

 

[bluepenguin]

Two lens... like Tri Elmar 16-18-21mm and 28-35-50mm?

 

[DwF]

i suggest a 35mm f2 (or 40mm Nockton 1.4), because wide open or at f2 it is more than adequate for portraits and these stopped down are perfect for landscape.
David

 

[sleepyhead]

Bargain: Jupiter-3 for sure
Midclass: 40mm Nokton or 50mm Summicron
High end: one of the Summilux ASPHs (35 or 50), or the pre-ASPHs

 

[ampguy]

I'd consider these:

I'd consider these:

for 50 really cheap, J8s or I-22s with M adapters, (you might have to go through a couple to get a good one)

40: Rokkor 40/2

50: Hexanon M 50/2

wide and cheap is tough. I got the Zeiss Biogon 28/2.8 but would probably be pleased with a Hexanon 28/2.8 or Rokkor 2.8 if I had found one reasonably. The 28/1.9 CV is OK, and inexpensive. I might try one again, it's a large lens.

Whats your meaning for a single lens line-up for an R-D1:

Lets say in these classes:

1. Bargain (used), up to 100 $ or €: One for landscape, one for portrait.

2. Midclass, up to 500 $ or €: One for landscape, one for portrait.

3. High-end, around 1.000 $ or €, or more: One for landscape, one for portrait.

Best,
Rainer

 

[pvdhaar]

For a camera with a 1.5x crop factor, I'd say anything in the 25-50 range would be fine for landscape and portrait. Never fall into the trap of thinking that you need a tele for portrait, nor that you need a wide for landscape. The reverse works equally well, just differently.. if I had an RD-1, I'd get a Voigtlander 35/1.7..

 

[xtian]

Been using the Nokton 40/1.4 for a few weeks now and it does both. I miss the wide more than the tele side, so i'm gonna be picking up a 15mm Heliar soon, I use wide's to make triptych shots of the places I hang around in with people/location in them to use as a cheap and cool way of a wide-landscape replacement. With a 15mm (23 equivalent) I should be able to cover about 150 degrees using it in portrait format.

 

[JonasYip]

I almost always just carry one lens with my RD1 these days, and it's either a 35 'lux ASPH (your high-end) or a Nokton 40/1.4 MC (your midclass).

j

 

[LCT]

Assuming that current high-end Leica's are too expensive and you want to use the R-D1's framelines:
Landcape (medium): Leica Elmarit-M 28/2.8 #11801 or 11804
Landcape (high): Leica Elmarit-M 28/2.8 #11809 or 11606
Portrait (medium): Leica Summicron-M 50/2 #11817 or 11819
Portrait (high): Leica Summilux-M 50/1.4 #11868
Edit: for a table of Leica lenses see http://www.imx.nl/photo/lenstest/list_of_m_lenses.html
This table is a bit outdated though: the current 28/2.8 code number is #11606, not #11809 (1992-2006).

 

[maddoc]

My first RF was the Epson RD-1s and my two lens line up was the CV 35/2 PII and the Nokton 50/1.5. Not that expensive but very versatile 🙂

 

[anglophone1]

I usually shoot with 2 Rd1 bodies and have 12,15,21,28, 35 and 50mm.
That.said for 80% of the time its a 28 f1.9 ultron on one and a 21mm 2.8 Avenon on the other.
Other 15% time, 15mm CV , 5% 12mm CV and 50mm 1.5 CV.
Works for me!
Clive

 

[foto_fool]

I've posted before that the lens that is on my R-D1 about 90% of the time is the 35/2 UC Hexanon. To my eye there is something special about how this lens renders color on the R-D1, and I really appreciate how compact the package is. At $800-$900 it is mid/high priced.

 

[TKH]

Thats a very interesting point. Can you please tell me about "how" the IQ of the lenses you told is? I mean the following:

In my actual Pentax world you have two kinds of primes. On the one hand there are the older FA primes (31mm 1.8, 43mm 1.9 and 77mm 2.4) and on the other hand the more modern DA primes (21mm 3.2, 40mm 2.8 and 70mm 2.4). The older FAs have a very creamy bokeh and are praised for the 3D touch of the images. The modern DAs are sharper all over, but a little more flat.

Is there any rule you can teach me for lenses you tell??

Best,
Rainer

 

[tah]

The CV 28/1.9 Ultron is always on my RD-1.