Your favourite 50mm?

[iha]

Hello,
Yesterday I got three (!!!) cheap 50mm lens. M42 Auto Chinon 55/1.4, Zebra CZ ausJena Pancolar 50/1.8, and C/Y CZ Planar T* 50/1.7 (wowla!!!). I own some traditional (but not legendary ) 50mm-s: Takumar, Chinon, Porst, Mamiya/Seckor, Fujinon...
My favourite until now is SMC Takumar 50/1.4. And in your store which lens may be your favourite?
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[hacksawbob]

[LucisPictor]

Wow! Congratulations!

A Chinon 1.4/55 and a Planar 1.7/50 - that's not bad! What did you pay?

Here is my ranking: (Updated on 29 Sep 2007)

1.) Nikkor-S.C 1.2/55
2.) Asahi Pentax SMC 1.7/50
3.) Nikkor-H 2.0/50
3.) Auto Revuenon 1.4/55 (Tomioka)
3.) Canon EF 1.8/50 II (AF-lens, plastic but good glass)
3.) Yashica ML 1.7/50
7.) Auto Rikenon 1.7/50
7.) Mamiya Auto Sekor 1.8/55
9.) Yashica Auto Yashinon 2.0/50
10.) Pentacon auto 1.8/50
10.) Industar-50-2 3.5/50
10.) Helios-44M-6 2/58 MC
10.) Helios-44-2 2/58
14.) Petri Auto C.C. 1.7/50 (poorly built, but surprisingly nice pictures / sold)
15.) Auto Reflecta 1.7/55 (quite good at f8, though / sold)


For my Exa I have:
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8/50 (pretty good)
- Meyer Optik Domiplan 2.8/50 1Q (OK, not bad, really)

[TDN]

Pentax-A 50mm f1.7, incredibly sharp lens

[Orio]

I'm very curious about a comparison of Pancolar 1.8 and Planar 1.7

[peterqd]

[Ballu]

[Attila]

I vote for Pancolar in Pancolar vs Planar competition.

[iha]

[Jigt]

For sharpness the Asahi Pentax SMC 1.7/50


For colour rendering the Meyer Oreston 50/1.8

And the helios 44, I'm looking for a M39/M42 adapter so far I use with a revers adapter with fantastic results.


Guido

[Attila]

Almost every 50mm lenses are good one, so many great lenses are available. My favorite almost always the last purchase, currently Olympus OM 50mm f/1.4.

[iha]

A Chinon 50/1.4 shots are very sharp!!!



And Pancolar performs superb colors. You are right, Attila.


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[LucisPictor]

[sqwall]

Mine is SMC Taku 50mm 1.4.
I love this lens its sharp even at F2 and becomes super sharp at F4 and after.

Here are some samples:

[Attila]

SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 looks one of the best. Look at these two samples and others made by Iha.

[LucisPictor]

Excellent shots sqwall!!!

I bought a mint (M42) Rikenon 1.7/50 for little money today. Since I used shoot with Ricoh equipment, I know that Rikenon lenses are generally underrated.
So I am looking forward to get the lens and play around a little...

I might even be that it is a similar design (only in M42) to my Pentax SMC 1.7/50 which is a fantastic lens!

[TDN]

Here's some of the reasons I love my Pentax-A 50mm f1.7:

Sherry pouring man at Megavino, a wine-expo indoors in Brussels





St. Baafs cathedral, Ghent.




Both wide open

Tom

[Cobalt60]

Obviously 55mm does qualify, too, so:

Yashinon DS-M 55mm 1:1.2

[LucisPictor]

Hi, Cobalt!

Do you think, you could give a list of your lenses and tell us about your experiences, like a "lens roster"?

[Cobalt60]

Hi Lucis,

well, my roster almost exclusively consists out of
Yashica lenses with original Y-Mount, M42, C/Y and
Y/AF.
On top of that some hand-picked M42 stuff like
e.g. Porst 35mm 1:1.8, a very good Tokina 135mm
and 24mm ...
(plus some ... YUCK! ... AF lenses *g*).

EDIT: Oh, forgot a bunch of K6 CZJ lenses ...

Cheers!

[Paul]

Since I had many different SLR-systems but mostly Pentax gear here is my list:

1. Pentax K 1.2/50 (sharpest lens!)
2. Pentax K 1.4
3. Pentax F 1.7
4. Pentax A 1.7
5. Pentax FA 1.4
6. Pentax M 1.7
7. Pentax M 1.4
8. Pentax K 1.8/55
9. Pentax A 2.0

I made lots of comparison shots in those days: Tripod, inside and outside.

For C/Y I preferred the 1.4 for it's nicer bokeh.
Same for Canon....

[LucisPictor]

Updated...

[Attila]

Olympus OM Macro 50mm f3.5 & Nikon Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS & Pancolar 50mm f1.8 & more, more , more others

[Jesito]

Hi colleagues...

I just own a single CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7 and I love it. (I see no reasons to get another 50mm whilst I'm still missing the Jupiter-9, the Volna, ... )

Best regards,
Jes.

[Attila]

Everybody started with one lens from a focal length and ... I believe you will have more soon. Every lens has different personality one lens not cover all areas.