Leica Showcase Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM

[Amin]

Just got this lens and love the rendering, especially stopped down a stop or two. One from just now:

L1001649 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr

 

[BrianS]

I'm glad that you like the lens, and that it will get some good use. Too nice to sit unused!

 

[Amin]

I think this was at f/2 as well:

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L1001654 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr

If you look at the full res version, it's pretty remarkable how much detail this lens is delivering. I always thought the older lenses were less sharp this close to wide open.

 

[serhan]

New photographers in training Very good shots, esp f2 full size is impressive!

Mine lately wasn't used much with m43 af lenses, but it looked very nice on e-p's This one is on e-p2 wide open:

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[Amin]

I love this lens. Such a great value. Focus on Maximos Helios:

L1002025 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr

 

[BrianS]

It looks good! And glad it is getting good use. This is a really good one.

 

[serhan]

Excellent shot. It looks like Canon/Nikon ltm's start to be popular with Leica MM users also as Steve Huff published a review today... I first saw Reid's reviews at LL as he was recommending the low contrast lenses for B&W shooting. His review on RD1:

Fast Lenses for the Epson R-D1

 

[Vidar]

Yeah this lens looks good, nice bokeh... I don´t need another 50mm... But CAN you really have too many 50mm´s?

 

[xdayv]

The bokeh character is pleasing to me, looks good Amin!

 

[Amin]

Wide open in low light:

L1002122 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr

 

[serhan]

Canon 50mm 1.4 ltm review and lots of samples with MM, M9 & film:
The Japanese Summilux: Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM

 

[BrianS]

I ended up buying another Canon 50/1.4 in Leica Thread Mount, this time a fairly early V1. This lens was introduced to the world in 1957, same year I was born. I've picked up a number of 1957 lenses this year.

This one is optically perfect, cosmetically almost perfect. You could never tell it was 60 years old. can;t say the same about me!

wide-Open,

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

[BrianS]

Wide-Open,

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

At F4,

At F4 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Wide-Open,

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

At F4,

At F4 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

[BrianS]

Wide-Open,

Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

This is a classic Planar 1-2-2-1 6-element in 4-group lens, the formulation made possible with a high-index of refraction/ low-dispersion glass pioneered by Canon. Unfortunately - that type of glass often reacts badly to oil outgassing onto the surface behind the aperture blades. This one is perfect, some were lucky. Be sure to have inspection and return privilege for this lens when buying.

The Canon 50/1.4 uses 48mm filters, like many Canon cameras and lenses of the 1950s through to the early 1980s. Not a common size, but not too hard to find on Ebay.

 

[Leica43]

Some recents shots from an available light portrait session with Leica Akademie Sydney. Made with my Canon f1.4/50mm Type II LTM on my Leica M9M.

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[BrianS]

I took the Canon 50/1.4 to the Marine Museum along with the Canon 50/1.2.

Similar shots with the 1957 Canon 50/1.2 are here, pairs of shots at F1.2 then F1.4.

https://cameraderie.org/threads/canon-50-1-2-in-leica-thread-mount.37767/#post-369261

These are with the 50/1.4. I believe that both of these lenses were made in 1957, both have perfect glass. Pulling up the shots in Lightroom and pixel peeping: both look very close to me, the 50/1.4 is slightly sharper than the 50/1.2 used at F1.4.

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