Fast normal with sonnar design ?

std · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 1826 Location: Bulgaria

Hi All,

Please suggest a fast normal (around 50 mm) lens with a sonnar design
Something like 50 1.4

The smaller the better. If possible not too overpriced.
It will go for he NEX so mount is not really important.

BR,
Stefan

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Cheap (relatively), Jupiter-3 1.5/50, Contax/Kiev or Leica TM mount:

A bit more expensive, Zeiss Sonnar 1.5/50, Contax/Kiev mount :

Much more expensive and new, C-Sonnar 1.5/50 ZM, Leica M bayonet:

RioRico · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:02 am Post subject:

Try a KMZ Jupiter-3 50/1.5 but I don't know if it's small enough for you. From the chart on this page that looks like your most affordable option. Good luck!

std · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 1826 Location: Bulgaria

J-3 it will be i guess. Smile

I was wondering if there is something for SLR's made in Japan after the war?

50 mm Nikkor with sonnar scheme?

Sevo · Expire: 2012-12-03

Nikon built their own 50/1.5 Sonnar derived lens after WWII, when the Zeiss patents were public domained. But within a year or two they upgraded to the famous 50/1.4 that was double Gauss derived - thanks to its relative rarity, the 50/1.5 is a collectors item and more expensive than the 50/1.4, even though the latter is optically superior (and generally considered the best lens in its time).

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Sevo · Expire: 2012-12-03

std · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 1826 Location: Bulgaria

I've came across this link :

http://img12.abload.de/img/lens_scheme_tri_v5ev1i.png

At the bottom you can find:
Sonnar (7 elements)
Nikkor-S 50/1.4

This is RF lens or SLR one?

BR,
Stefan

Sevo · Expire: 2012-12-03

RF - their Sonnars were from the early fifties. They had already made the transition to Gauss type normals before they released the F.