IWC Doppel Posted January 2, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted January 2, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone lived with a late pre asph 50mm Lux and compared to a 50mm Cron. Looking at the MTF curves I can see the marginally sharper centre on the cron and notably softer edges of the lux. Â I am thinking of using mostly for people/portrait (it will be used on an M8, so circa 69mm for the cron and slightly less I think for the Lux) Â Seems the price difference is not huge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Hi IWC Doppel, Take a look here Leica pre asph 50mm Summilux or Summicron. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bocaburger Posted January 2, 2012 Share #2  Posted January 2, 2012 Anyone lived with a late pre asph 50mm Lux and compared to a 50mm Cron. Looking at the MTF curves I can see the marginally sharper centre on the cron and notably softer edges of the lux. I am thinking of using mostly for people/portrait (it will be used on an M8, so circa 69mm for the cron and slightly less I think for the Lux)  Seems the price difference is not huge  I have the 2nd version Summilux (mine's the 43mm-filter type, but all they did was redesign the mount and the helix so it focuses to .7 instead of 1m, but the optics are identical according to the authorities) and 11819 Summicron (also optically identical to the current lens) and have used them on film, M8 and M9. I have never done controlled tests with resolution charts or other planar target sources, which may account for why I have not seen any appreciable difference between these lenses. Whatever there is is mainly in the corners and therefore much diminished by the crop factor of the M8. Having f/1.4 has been quite advantageous in low-light situations. I hold onto the Summicron for my travel outfit because it is smaller and lighter weight and carries a Leica-standard 39mm filter size. Otherwise I tend to use the Summilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 2, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted January 2, 2012 The Summilux is my favorite lens for portrait if you refer to the last version with built-in hood (11856, 11868 or 11869 from 1994-2004). I use the Summicron v4 with tab as well but the Summilux is slightly sharper in the center at f/2 and in par with the latter above. Edges and corners are softer though but it is never a problem with portrait unless you like shooting extreme out of center subjects. Also the Summilux is nearly flare free which is most useful for contrajour. Chromatic aberration is said to be a problem with this lens but it has never bothered me so far. I've only used it with film and crop digicams though (M8.2, R-D1). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.