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Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 -- it's THAT good.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 4:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
you should that lens properly with its own canon p or 7 ... Cool


PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
fish4570 wrote:
you should that lens properly with its own canon p or 7 ... Cool


Paul, I plan on scraping the funds together one of these days to buy a nice clean P. I owned one years ago and have always thought it was just about the best M39 camera I've ever used. But until then my old IIIa will just have to make do.



PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
cooltouch wrote:
uhoh7 wrote:
And here's their cheapest:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-RF-50-1-8-Rigid-158978-/390148552546?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item5ad6aa7762

thank god it's a little heavy..
just checked my new industar 61 L/D 129g whew...


That one looks essentially the same as mine, but mine just says "Serenar" where his says "Canon lens."

And you're right, it is heavy. That one little lens weighs as much as my lightweight entry-level EOS DSLR. Maybe even more. In fact, when mounted to my IIIa Canon rangefinder, the camera and lens weigh just as much as your average old mechanical SLR like a Nikkormat or an FTb. A solid chunk, it is.


Well I did just find one of these and in the process I learned that like many canon RF lenses, the weight varies wildly between versions, even while optics remain the same.

for the 50 1.8

All chrome: 270 grams
v2 black focus ring 246 grams
v3 " 188 grams !!!

I managed to find a seemingly OK v3 this morning for market price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=310294140842&si=qMtTkjvR3CbHigxahGnFrGYGh%252BY%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

you can v3 from v2 by the black nose, in v3 it has a little step down.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
look at this one go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140508367380&ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT


Of course you never know, some auctions are hot.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This seems like a good deal if someone wants to grab it. I just bought from this seller and lens was good.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-Rangefinder-50mm-f-1-8-Black-lens-Leica-M39-LTM-/200575234535?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item2eb33731e7


PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
uhoh7 wrote:
look at this one go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140508367380&ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT


Of course you never know, some auctions are hot.


Like this one was. Guess the 35/1.8s are rare.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
cooltouch wrote:
uhoh7 wrote:
look at this one go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140508367380&ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT


Of course you never know, some auctions are hot.


Like this one was. Guess the 35/1.8s are rare.


421, unbelievable. It must be the version somebody or 2 really want. The case is nice too, but I'd love to hear the back story on that bidding war.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bidding wars can get really interesting. When I first got started with eBay, I wound up in a few, and learned my lesson pretty quickly. Several years ago I sold off a basket-case 1975 Norton Commando Interstate motorcycle on eBay. Its left side cover, which is unique to the Interstate, and the one that gets lost, was the object of a bidding war between a guy in Corpus Christi, Texas and another guy in Hanover, Germany. By the time the dust had settled, the Hanover guy had won it for $500. For a side cover! Amazing.

As the seller, I was afraid the German would have buyer's remorse, but nope, he was glad to get it. And I sure didn't mind.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ha ha, great story

bit of smut:



PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
uhoh7 wrote:
ha ha, great story

bit of smut:



Smut indeed! Sorry, I just had to quote that photo because it looked so nice.

Now, I ask you, doesn't the NEX look as if it were made for that 1.8 Canon? What a match!


PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
had it out today



100



PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just received mine,
Full of fungus and a bit hazy but for $60 i can live with it.
pulled down cleaned out most of the goobs and a quick dash outside in the diminishing light
grabbed a quick shot i thought was wide but when i looked after was F2.
Still this at ISO 1000.


#1


Bring on tomorrow!!


PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks pretty good.
Well done on the clean and lube job too.
OH


PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
edited

Last edited by bernhardas on Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:46 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice. Good sharpness at point of focus. It appears that the fungus has had little, if any effect.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had this lens too and it works pretty well on film. Sold mine for $70 after I get a copy of 50/1.4 and 50/1.5.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So you discovered Canon RF lenses, shhh do not tell anybody Wink

I have the Black 50 1.8 with fine mills, the 50 1.9 Serenar collapsible, the 50 1.5 (Sonnar) and the Black 50 1.4 (Japanese Summilux) and I also have the 35mm 1.8 mentioned in this thread which is a Planar type.

Your lens is made in spring/summer in 1952 and is a Type 2 lens (approx. 22000 copies made). The Type 1 came in 1951. The Type 3 was the first lens without the Serenar name and it came just before christmas in 1952 and have IR-marking (yours do not). The black and satin chrome on alloy 50mm 1.8 came in 1956 and was produced until 1975 (Type 5 to Type 8 ). There was also an optional black lens with black aperture ring and distance scale which was supplied with the black Canon Cameras. They have all the same optical scheme (6:4) and they all have Amber coating.

Anyway, congratz with a nice lens!


PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My copy is a later version, produced after Canon dropped the Serenar labeling. It is a great all around 50mm. I just had it cleaned (fungus) and even though there is some permanent damage to the coatings you can't tell it in the final images.

I set myself a project this year, to shoot almost exclusively rangefinder lenses with my A7. I already owned several and purchased a few more last December/January. Primarily Canon lenses as the prices are generally lower and the quality is very high. My current Canon LTM kit consists of:

Canon 28mm f2.8
Canon 35mm f1.8
Canon 35mm f2.8
Canon 50mm f1.2
Canon 50mm f1.4
Canon 50mm f1.5
Canon 50mm f1.8
Canon Serenar 50mm f1.9
Canon 85mm f1.8
Canon 100mm f3.5
Canon 135mm f3.5


PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One another Canon Serenar 50mm 1:1.8 lens review
Nice lens, no issues, cool RF look


PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
tf wrote:
One another Canon Serenar 50mm 1:1.8 lens review
Nice lens, no issues, cool RF look


Impressive tests of the lenses! I can imagine how much time you spend on this. I just want to fill in that the adapted camera also makes a big difference in some cases.
http://forum.mflenses.com/torture-test-russar-20mm-a7-ii-vs-a7r-iii-t78794.html


PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
I just want to fill in that the adapted camera also makes a big difference in some cases.

Thank you for good words, and for so important information! Really. I didn't know that A7 III defeated colorshift with adapted wide angle RF lenses. Nice news
Of course you are absolutely right about camera, when I just started to publish reviews, I've tried to research an affect of adapters or color-issues for some lenses, but drop this idea, because in anyway - it's too complicated to make the tests absolutely universal and with unambiguous results. List of impacting factors is long, adaptation of camera are in this list too, and all my tests can be described something like: "This current lens works like on this test results ONLY with this camera, this adapter, this weather, this scene, this sun, this tripod, this season, this my mood etc " Smile
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