View Full Version : Just got a Leica iiif and Canon 50mm f1.8
Mustafa Umut Sarac
02-27-2010, 10:06 PM
Canon lens and Leica
It has a arabian quality.
As you know , at Saudi Arabia , young people buy a new rolls royce , go to a service , remove the engine and put a chevy engine instead of it. And they race at the desert with them with camels.
Find a 100 dollar and buy a Hektor and it is cheap and even a Leica S2 cant beat it.
Cheers ,
Umut
Shaggysk8
02-28-2010, 02:41 AM
But the canon is very sharp and has a very nice look.
Paul
IloveTLRs
03-02-2010, 03:34 AM
Canon screw mount lenses are EXCELLENT. I shot Kodak E100VS with a Canon 50/1.8 and they had a wonderful vintage quality to them, and were nicely saturated. The 50/1.8 (black barrel) is particularly susceptible to hazing - 7 out of 10 examples I've seen had it. They can be cleaned however, and aren't too expensive for the results you get. They can also easily be taken apart ;)
For discussions like "Which lens/camera goes with my jacket/pants/drapes?" head over to the rangefinder forum :rolleyes:
The Canon rfdr lenses were competitive with Nikon and Leitz at the time.
The black f/1.8 5cm is a medium contrast so really nice with B&W or a M8, the only problem is the filter size and thread pitch, but you can get filters and hoods, if you search.
Mine fogs, this pre-valence may be higher % than 70%... It makes the lens expensive, as you need it cleaned promptly.
The 35mm and 28mm Canons in LTM are also nice, and again comparable with the other two manufacturers contemporaries.
The availability of CV LTMs and value of Yen seems to have increased all the prices.
Lots of people cannot go to another site.
Noel