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Dream... 50mm, size and focus throw like the 50mm Summarit 2.4, but 1.4.
What is your Leica M dream lens?
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pepeguitarra
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My dream lens is not a Leica!
My dream lens is not a Leica!
I really do not dream of a f1.4 or f1.1 Leica. I love the Summicrons: 35, 40, 50mm, and I have them already. I would really like to have the Pentax made for Leica LTM 43mm f1.9., just because it would be the marriage of my two favorite brands.
smc PENTAX-L 43mm f1.9 Special [Silver] by Takafumi Katsuta, on Flickr
My dream lens is not a Leica!
I really do not dream of a f1.4 or f1.1 Leica. I love the Summicrons: 35, 40, 50mm, and I have them already. I would really like to have the Pentax made for Leica LTM 43mm f1.9., just because it would be the marriage of my two favorite brands.
smc PENTAX-L 43mm f1.9 Special [Silver] by Takafumi Katsuta, on FlickrDaryl J.
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Current production 50 'Lux with a proper 3-4 stop ND filter to keep it in the open half with FP4.
There's just no way at this point. So I run a 50 f1,5 Nokton ASPH and a 50 f1,5 Summarit for the time being.
There's just no way at this point. So I run a 50 f1,5 Nokton ASPH and a 50 f1,5 Summarit for the time being.
raid
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I think that lenses are close to perfection already.
I dream of a film camera that can be switched (as needed) to a digital camera.
I dream of a film camera that can be switched (as needed) to a digital camera.
Just acquired the 35/1.4 FLE Zeiss Distagon...and it's a dream.
ReeRay
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nickthetasmaniac
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Yep, although I reckon if Pentax did an M-mount version of the 31mm Ltd that might be even better 🙂
Seriously though, I think I just bought my dream M lens - a v2 50mm Summilux should be in the post shortly...
leicapixie
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My dream lens is my 50mm Collapsible Summicron !
I love it's softness at max aperture,
the collapse feature, allowing easy carrying under a jacket.
A nice feature in Canada's Fun season of Winter.
Newer lenses may be sharper, better flare control,
but all getting Fatter and Bigger, Why?
I love it's softness at max aperture,
the collapse feature, allowing easy carrying under a jacket.
A nice feature in Canada's Fun season of Winter.
Newer lenses may be sharper, better flare control,
but all getting Fatter and Bigger, Why?
Larry Cloetta
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People getting fatter and bigger too, so like they say dogs look like their owners, maybe it's like that.
michaelwj
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It is the wish of the pixel peeper, rather than the everyday user, and the trend is not new (or welcomed by all).
I would have thought that modern moulded aspherical elements would have helped reduce size, but apparently we just get more sharpness. Meh.
pepeguitarra
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Mute-on
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One I can afford ...
Daryl J.
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50 Lux ASPH
I'm pretty boring that way.
Unless somebody made a 43mm M mount lens with significant vignetting. And an 85/90 that does the same. Those would be interesting art lenses.
I'm pretty boring that way.
Unless somebody made a 43mm M mount lens with significant vignetting. And an 85/90 that does the same. Those would be interesting art lenses.
fer_fdi
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I'm thinking about this for some time now.
It needs a sensor on the curtain and a way to compensate that minute flange distance difference.
But I'd be fine with a film camera that can shot reference/guide digital images so you can have a preview sometimes. For instance a shot just after the exposed film frame and in addition the possibility of shooting digital at any time so you can preview focus and DOF (I know, that's coward from a rangefinderer POV : )
gilgsn
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I used to own a Summilux Pre-Asph. I was dumb enough to sell it. That would be the first one I buy back. Performance below f2 was dismal, to say the least, but when the light was just right, that lens could be magical.
Gil.
Gil.
asiafish
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35 LUX FLE in chrome, just the lens attached to my M-E right now.
Brushless
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It is better keep dreaming
Perfect glass elcan 50mm f2.0 for me, found nothing really special once got it
Perfect glass elcan 50mm f2.0 for me, found nothing really special once got it
brennanphotoguy
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I'm a simple guy, I love the 50mm Summilux ASPH. I want that lens so bad. If I had the cash I'd *really* like an LHSA Black Paint 50mm Summilux ASPH. I love the older lens bodies with the new internals. I absolutely love my DR Summicron but I just love the way the Summilux looks.
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maddoc
... likes film again.
Summilux 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical.
Roger Hicks
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Just the one? I already HAVE three:
35 Summilux, last pre-aspheric
75 Apo-Summicron
90 Thambar
I wouldn't mind a Noctilux but if I'm honest I didn't use it all that much when a friend loaned me one for a year. I think I'd quite like a 21 Summilux (I had one for a magazine review) but again I don't use 21mm much.
Basically, I do not feel limited by any of the lenses I own, so I don't feel much need of new ones. Still less do I waste time dreaming about stuff I can't afford anyway.
Cheers,
R.
35 Summilux, last pre-aspheric
75 Apo-Summicron
90 Thambar
I wouldn't mind a Noctilux but if I'm honest I didn't use it all that much when a friend loaned me one for a year. I think I'd quite like a 21 Summilux (I had one for a magazine review) but again I don't use 21mm much.
Basically, I do not feel limited by any of the lenses I own, so I don't feel much need of new ones. Still less do I waste time dreaming about stuff I can't afford anyway.
Cheers,
R.
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