Smallest 50

[Leif Shuttyr]

I don't think the collapsible I-22 (and maybe the I-50) will fit on an M series without modification. The infinity lock is obstructed by the lens release button.


cheers

Gavin

industar i-22 or i-50, possibly easier to find and with harder coatings.

 

[ampguy]

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thanks for the clarification. they fit and work well on the CL, but get very close to the innards when collapsed.

I don't think the collapsible I-22 (and maybe the I-50) will fit on an M series without modification. The infinity lock is obstructed by the lens release button.


cheers

Gavin

 

[triplefinger]

I know this is about 50mm lenses. I can say the J-8 is pretty compact, the I22/50 collapsible are excellent. I had to have a LTM-M adapter machined to make it work well on my M*.

there are all good choices mentioned here... that said, the 40mm summicron-c is really small as is the summaron 35/3.5 if you fee like going wider, i know the M3 doesn't support those framelines but a very tight adherance to the 50mm framlines would be fine.

 

[Jason Sprenger]

As others have said, a 50/3.5 Elmar would probably be the smallest and most compact.

Stephen Gandy's Cameraquest site has some pictures of an Elmar 50/3.5 on an M6.

http://www.cameraquest.com/mcom.htm

The current Elmar 50/2.8 is pretty compact though, is threaded for filters, and has click stops for the aperture settings. To me, it is a friendlier lens to use.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

One element you haven't mentioned is speed. Are you looking for smallest with speed (1.4 to 2.0)? Or with modest speed (2.8) ? Or just plain smallest (above 2.8)?

Smallest fast 50mm, I'd recommend the Canon 50/1.5 ... length at about 33mm. It is tiny compared to all other 1.4/1.5 lenses and is still considerably smaller than most 50mm crons of any version.

Smallest fast 40mm, I'd recommend 40 summicron-c or 40 rokkor-m. Then the CV 40/1.4, which is a tad larger in profile than the above.

No 1.4/1.5 50mm is smaller than the Canon 50/1.5 ltm. The old summilux and new summilux-asph are giants compared to it.

 

[rich815]

I don't think the collapsible I-22 (and maybe the I-50) will fit on an M series without modification. The infinity lock is obstructed by the lens release button.


cheers

Gavin

Fits and works on my MP just fine.

 

[troym]

Smallest fast 50mm, I'd recommend the Canon 50/1.5 ... length at about 33mm. It is tiny compared to all other 1.4/1.5 lenses and is still considerably smaller than most 50mm crons of any version.

I'm close to picking one of those up. It does seem small for the speed.

 

[ampguy]

If you require full sharpness, and contrast without "correction" qt wide open you'll want to go with a Konica 35 / Nikkor W design.

 

[VinceC]

Nikkor 1.4 and f/2 are both quite small.