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50 APO Summicron Available


Bill W

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Take out Lust from the equation and effectively, why is the question.

 

It's all about lust. There's no master on this earth that can become better just because there is more resolution.

 

I'm lucky for not having been bit by lust on this one. I just don't see why I should own it. If it was 1.4 at least...

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There's no master on this earth that can become better just because there is more resolution.

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That's nonsense, I'm afraid. The question is whether anyone - master or not - can produce works with a given tool which are closer to what he envisions than without that particular tool. Brush, film, lens, bycicle; you name it.

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Either Leica is making more of them or the novelty has faded. If people cannot discern the difference unless pixel-peeping, then why?

 

I think both. I see this lens quite often now in stock and for sale (there is a nicely priced one in the forum buy and sell that doesn't seem to have sold for a while). The 50 APO does still interest me but my motivation, if I'm honest, is probably GAS of some kind – the desire to own and use a beautifully made manufactured object, the "best in class", that kind of thing. If 50 was more my focal length with my landscapes, I might find it easier to buy because I'd appreciate the edge to edge clarity and resolution but I'd rather have (and pay for) that predictable quality with a 28 or 35.

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That's nonsense, I'm afraid. The question is whether anyone - master or not - can produce works with a given tool which are closer to what he envisions than without that particular tool. Brush, film, lens, bycicle; you name it.

 

Oh yeah? And what can an artist envision with a 50 apo that he can't envision with a cron v4 and 50 lux asph?

My answer to this silly question is: absolutely nothing.

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An artist does not need a lens, brush or chisel to envision a work. But the right lenses, the right brushes and paints and the right chisels and marble are needed to execute the vision.

 

Sometimes a vintage lens may be right. Sometimes the 50 APO or another piece of newer glass may be right. Since they render differently, they offer options to achieve one's vision.

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I really like mine and it has become my main lens on the M.

String color and saturation, sharp but not clinical, and I also like the bokeh.

Another thing is handling- great hood, quite small size and weight.

 

Interesting.

 

One look at the MTF charts shows this lens to be one of the sharpest, if not the sharpest lens ever made to cover full frame. I find it difficult to imagine it would be anything other than clinical, in a positive sense.

 

Could you or other folk who use this lens comment further?

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Oh yes!!

 

I had terrible lust for that one. Again, some irrational live or die thing.

 

Had it, and decided it was too expensive for me (I'm no collector). Replaced it with the FLE and am perfectly happy.

 

I might do the same with the APO Summicron (replacing it with a - shock, horror- Zeiss Planar, that I also have), but for now I enjoy it. The build quality is fantastic and the images are superb on the M240.

 

Lenses are meant to be used.

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