Soon to arrive the Japanese Summilux

[lxmike]

Next week l pick up, from a friend who owns a camera clinic and store, a Canon 50mm 1.4, 'Japanese Summilux', in lovely condition, l plan to use it on my Leica M2, which also lands next week🙂 Anyone else use or used this combo, or just used the lens😀

 

[Mackinaw]

The Canon LTM 50/1.4 is probably my favorite non-Leica 50mm lens. Here’s a pic taken with the lens on a Leica M240. Wide-open.

Jim B.

 

[lxmike]

The Canon LTM 50/1.4 is probably my favorite non-Leica 50mm lens. Here’s a pic taken with the lens on a Leica M240. Wide-open.

Jim B.

very nice thanks for sharing

 

[Keith]

I had one but sold it. Nice lens but with a very long focus throw.

 

[Jacques M.]

I had one, on a M2. But I sold it: it was a bit too protruding in the viewfinder.
On a M240, it's different.

 

[FujiLove]

I had one, on a M2. But I sold it: it was a bit too protruding in the viewfinder.
On a M240, it's different.

I've just got one for my M3 and I can barely see it at all...I guess that's the beauty of having a finder designed for 50mm lenses?

 

[ray*j*gun]

I just cleaned my 1,8 which I find to be one of the nicest lens' for my film M. I have never owned the 1,4 but would like to try one out at some point.

 

[helen.HH]

Enjoy it !
It's a Lovely lens... beautifully classic 'look', a delcate sharpness with creamy oof
it's only drawback ... slightly big but Not overbearing by any means

silly me sold mine but in reality i should have kept it for it's sheer low light capability and inexpensive cost for a 1.4



marsh-mellow by Helen Hill, on Flickr

 

[traveler_101]

I've just got one for my M3 and I can barely see it at all...I guess that's the beauty of having a finder designed for 50mm lenses?

Touché! That's telling 'em.

 

[lxmike]

Enjoy it !
It's a Lovely lens... beautifully classic 'look', a delcate sharpness with creamy oof
it's only drawback ... slightly big but Not overbearing by any means

silly me sold mine but in reality i should have kept it for it's sheer low light capability and inexpensive cost for a 1.4



marsh-mellow by Helen Hill, on Flickr

very nice Helen, lovely image

 

[lxmike]

thanks for all the replies ladies and gentleman, l will let you know how l get on with the lens when it arrives or rather when l pick it up this week

 

[filmtwit]

My first fifty for a rangefinder was the Canon 50mm f1.4, I liked it quite a bit, but found the 1 meter minimum focus kind of hampering and ended up replacing it with the Nikkor-sc 50mm f1.4, which was one of the best 50's I've ever owned and with some modification would focus down to 0.7 meters to boot.

I had one but sold it. Nice lens but with a very long focus throw.