Poll: What 50mm lens for BW for Leica M?

[januaryman]

Okay, nice.

Here's a Canon 35/2.0





I'd never think of selling that one, either...

 

[john battaglia]

summicron rigid <3

 

[sc_rufctr]

M3 + DR Summicron.

 

[myM8yogi]

Some lovely shots in this thread by many.
For a related thread, check out the "favourite 50mm" in the FSU sub-forum. That is where the real bargains are.

CR, lovely shot of the tree - what Fstop? Your processing has given a bitingly sharp and contrasty image that nicely conveys the cold crispness of the wood.

I have J3. I like the sonnar design for a 50mm. There is simply nothing this fast that is so small at 50mm. I take it everywhere. Regarding the discussion on similar lens signatures, I shoot the J3 1.5 sonnar alongside a CV 35/1.2 and often find it quite hard to work out which lens I used for a particular shot. I love both dearly, other than the weight of the 35 Nokton, which is why it gets left at home in preferance to the sonnar for a single lens option.

 

[tricky]

rigid

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I have J3. I like the sonnar design for a 50mm. There is simply nothing this fast that is so small at 50mm. I take it everywhere. Regarding the discussion on similar lens signatures, I shoot the J3 1.5 sonnar alongside a CV 35/1.2 and often find it quite hard to work out which lens I used for a particular shot.

Of course, I am a big fan of the J-3 and have several of them. The Canon 50/1.5 Sonnar formula lens is smaller than the J-3. Heavier, but smaller.

Come to think of it- I made a working lens using the front half of the Canon and rear module of a J-3. So they are close.

 

[filmfan]

Summilux pre-asph EASILY

 

[paulfish4570]

Industar-61.

 

[coelacanth]

Elmar-M is still my favorite, by far.


That time of the day. by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

 

[raid]

Many lenses work well with B&W film, but I like using the rigid Summicron 50mm/2 with B&W film.

 

[semilog]

It is a popularity contest based on ownership, as it has been pointed out above.

Nope. Not in my case, at least.

I shoot the G4 (tabbed) Summicron, and my dad shot the DR. I've printed enough negatives from both to know which one I like better, and it's not the one I have. It's not enough of a difference to make me switch, but the difference is there, it's real, and the DR wins.

I do prefer the ergos of the G4, and it's a better match to the contrast of the 35 Biogon-C which is my favorite 35, hands down. But I like the rendering of the DR/rigid better. Nothing else looks like it. It doesn't even really look like other contempraneous Leica lenses. Like the f/1 Noctilux, it stands by itself.

 

[helen.HH]

after bouncing about with sooo many 50's these last two Years
I have settled back on the 50 pre asph lux / V2

 

[porktaco]

the correct answer is "all of them"

 

[errorlogin]

...except the Zeiss and the Konica....

 

[sanmich]

...except the Zeiss and the Konica....

why would that be??