Tell me about the 50mm planar...

Compared to Hexanon or v3 or v4 Summicron, the ZM Planar is not cheap. And performs very similarly. Some Planars start to wobble after a while, some are not light tight. The Summicron is the smallest of the 3, the Hexanon the best built. And Tim's portraits would be good with any lens :)

I recommend to decide based on handling (size, hood, filter size, etc), and luck in price when looking for a good used copy. For example, a couple of weeks ago, we had a Hexanon for US 300 in the classifieds. What's not to like about that ?

Your Canon 50/1.8 is not a bad lens, BTW. Not too far off the 3 lenses above.
 
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I had a ZM Planar on an M3 SS. All my shots were out of focus a bit on that camera. I sold the lens, is it the lens camera combo? My other lens were always in focus. Let me know
 
ferider said:
Not here, Jon. Living in Japan is real cheap it seams :)
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This definitely isn't true. Well, the used stores for lens, yes, that is somewhat cheap.

But actually living here....no. I came from the land of 50 cent sodas, decent priced gas, and cheap homes. Here, its all twice the price.
 
Luna said:
This definitely isn't true. Well, the used stores for lens, yes, that is somewhat cheap.

But actually living here....no. I came from the land of 50 cent sodas, decent priced gas, and cheap homes. Here, its all twice the price.
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Or 4 or 5 times the price. Japan is expensive.
 
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