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In case any of you are yearning for an expensive old film camera: Never Used!! Konica HEXAR RF Limited Edition M-HEXANON 50mm f/1.1 | eBay
What an interesting lens! May seem expensive but what's the corresponding Leica Summicron 28mm then? Eventually I want to own a lens for every frameline my camera has, some sort of a 28mm would be cool.that's what draws me towards the MS Optics Apoqualia-G 28mm f/2.
In case any of you are yearning for an expensive old film camera: Never Used!! Konica HEXAR RF Limited Edition M-HEXANON 50mm f/1.1 | eBay
I hear you. Every winter, every December/January it's like this for me too. Sitting around the house, fantasizing about gear, thinking that the right piece of gear made me go out and shootWhat I need is to get out shooting but the weather's crappy and very heavily overcast here in Vancouver and I hate my joints slowly seizing up when the cold and damp works through the clothes. Instead I'm agonizing over toys.
Voigtländer did a great job with the 50mm f/1.2, but it's got its foibles wide open - it can flare hugely, and the bokeh can be everything from super-smooth to quite funky, it's a bit unpredictable. For nighttime shooting, coma correction (or lack thereof) is an issue. But all in all, I do love that lens for what it is and wouldn't want to let it go.I thought it was pretty tame in comparison?
Sounds close to what you'd get with a Ricoh GXR and Leica M module...A genie appeared, I'd wish for a 10-16-megapixel M4/3 mount camera, made by LEICA. Take an Olympus PEN-F as the basis, feature-wise, but the firmware should be pure Leica. No funky menus, no funky button jungle.
Then again, knowing Leica CL it might not be what I actually want.
Works for motorcycles as well. It makes the Leicas seem cheaper.I hear you. Every winter, every December/January it's like this for me too. Sitting around the house, fantasizing about gear, thinking that the right piece of gear made me go out and shoot
I have entertained thoughts of a Leica Monochrome with 50mm lens. Or a GFXr. But for now, they remain curiosities.
Voigtländer did a great job with the 50mm f/1.2, but it's got its foibles wide open - it can flare hugely,
I'm on the road right now, but I'll dig out the file in question and post it. It only happened once so far, but it was truely spectacular (the flare, I mean). So, of course, yes, the 35mm f/1.4 Nokton Classic (even the M.C. I have) is much, much worse.I've found flare on the 50 f/1.2 to be minimal or 'not bad' at worst.
The original Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 had horrible, ugly, intrusive flare. Compared to that, I've been very happy with the 50 f/1.2.
it was truely spectacular (the flare, I mean).
I have tried to get to that point twice now. Right now is the closest I have gotten with 1 body and 4 lenses. I could maybe get it down to 3 lenses. But what I shoot is still diversified enough that I would have to quit shooting something to go any lower.My true wish as 2019 draws to a close is to not want more or different gear. It is so easy to idly thumb through gear threads, and get "ideas". I was watching a Hallmark movie with my wife (shame on me!), and the lead male character was an amateur photographer, and was always shown with one camera and lens. I'd very much love to be able to pick one camera and one lens, and stay with it indefinitely. Trouble is, there are so many good combinations.
70-200 2.8 S Nikkor, if it does in fact come out. May end up selling my entire Nikon F system after that.