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Confused about a Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it's a type II.
The aperture ring doesn't have the marks above the aperture numbers that the type 1 does.
The DOF scale looks like the type II not the type 1.
So a late type 1 with type II parts, or a type II with some type 1 parts, or a batch of type II with only meter markings... I'm inclined to think its the last two possibilities since the serial number seems to be for a type II, though the only way to know for sure is to open it up to see the elements.


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

scsambrook wrote:
Calvin83 writes The lens diagram above is for the Fujinon 5cm f1.2.

Thanks for the info Calvin83 ! Could you point me towards the source of your info so I can broaden my education still further, please?

https://books.google.com/books?id=WV4zAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=Fujinon%2050mm&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many thanks, Calvin83 Very Happy


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In today's dollars the Fuji was 2600 new! And that's about what one would cost today if you found a reasonable deal.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite pricy for sure, I settled for an f2 LTM Fuji. Nice lens, very well made, like most RF lenses.
I just realized I've hardly used it, must get out and shoot.... Sad


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lightshow wrote:
Quite pricy for sure, I settled for an f2 LTM Fuji. Nice lens, very well made, like most RF lenses.
I just realized I've hardly used it, must get out and shoot.... Sad


I think very very few were made of the superspeed, but I'd love to see some shots from your f/2 Smile


PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reviving an old thread.
Did anyone ever find a schematic for the Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM that showed the 6 elements in four groups?
As everyone above has mentioned, the schematic that appears in this discussion thus far is of course incorrect
Tom


PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter Kitchingman shows it as a classic 6 element/ 4 group double-Gauss. And I have taken several part and can verify that it is.

I seem to remember Neblette, "Photographic lenses", 1965 putting it in with the classic Planar 6/4 group.

https://www.canonrangefinder.org/Canon_50mm.htm

Shows as 6/4.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fiftyonepointsix wrote:
Peter Kitchingman shows it as a classic 6 element/ 4 group double-Gauss. And I have taken several part and can verify that it is.

I seem to remember Neblette, "Photographic lenses", 1965 putting it in with the classic Planar 6/4 group.

https://www.canonrangefinder.org/Canon_50mm.htm

Shows as 6/4.


Many thanks
Tom