Stealth3kpl Posted February 25, 2013 Share #21  Posted February 25, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I want that lens  I need a whisky.    DONT tell the wife. Just say "this old lens honey I have had this for a long time" A long time can ge a day a week or a month....!  No, you must say, "Darling, I've decided to sell my favourite 50mm and settle for this old thing. This way I can release some equity to buy you that dress you like".  Back of the net!  Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Hi Stealth3kpl, Take a look here Puts weighs in on the 50 APO Summicron Parts #1 & #2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
marknorton Posted February 25, 2013 Share #22 Â Posted February 25, 2013 It certainly doesn't betray its value. Few would believe that something which looks so inconsequential could cost so much. No wonder Leica put it in a huge box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted February 25, 2013 Share #23 Â Posted February 25, 2013 I want that lens[/i] Â Yes, it's interesting how rarely need comes into the equation for our lens choices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted February 26, 2013 Share #24 Â Posted February 26, 2013 For him to call the APO-Summicron-Asph is quite meaningful. And having used it for the past month, to my less sagacious eye, I tend to agree. Â Sorry, missed the omission last night when posted. For him to call the APO "flawless"... Well, I don't recall him calling anything flawless before. "The performance of the lens is flawless." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duane Pandorf Posted February 26, 2013 Share #25 Â Posted February 26, 2013 If you buy the lens, the wife problem will take care of itself . Â I about choked on my "whiskey"! Mine still doesn't know about the 90 Elmarit yet. Soon a 28 Elmarit is going to show up. I could not hide that new 50 though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsv Posted February 26, 2013 Share #26 Â Posted February 26, 2013 Isn't it "uisge" in gaelic? To the best of my knowledge meaning "water". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted February 26, 2013 Share #27  Posted February 26, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Isn't it "uisge" in gaelic? To the best of my knowledge meaning "water".  Uisce beatha means 'Water of Life' and this is where the word 'whiskey' comes from. It is an anglicised version of the word 'uisce' to whiskey.  Here is a link that explains it better than I could:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uisce_beatha  And I would be delighted to extol the virtues of whiskey over whisky with a glass or two or three... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted February 26, 2013 Share #28  Posted February 26, 2013 I want that lens ... I must flagellum (not sure if it works in English)  It truly sings on the MM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted February 26, 2013 Share #29 Â Posted February 26, 2013 It truly sings on the M Monochrom. It truly sings on any camera you can attach it to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarnman Posted March 7, 2013 Share #30  Posted March 7, 2013 I have taken M 240 pictures with this lens, on loan from my dealer, and compared it to the other Leica 50mm lenses and the Zeiss 50mm/2. The APO lens wins !  What did you notice was better about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarnman Posted March 7, 2013 Share #31 Â Posted March 7, 2013 Does this mean it will also improve the quality on Color and B&W film like for example a M6 or M7? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share #32 Â Posted April 4, 2013 And here is part two. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Cambern Posted April 4, 2013 Share #33 Â Posted April 4, 2013 Still dislike his acronym for the lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share #34  Posted April 5, 2013 Apo-Summicron-M 2/50 mm ASPH, part 2 | The TAO of Leica  Read up one post from yours.  Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted April 6, 2013 Share #35 Â Posted April 6, 2013 If the history of film's spectral sensitivity is anything to go by surely he is wrong in his penultimate paragraph by claiming film is "relatively insensitive to blue light". Early (19th century) films were only sensitive to blue light. Dying the silver halide crystals extended the spectral sensitivity to yellow (orthocrhromatic) and eventually to red (panchromatic), but the silver halides always retained their sensitivity to blue light. This sensitivity is the reason very dark red filters were used for monochrome infra-red photography, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonki-M Posted April 6, 2013 Share #36  Posted April 6, 2013 Yes, it's interesting how rarely need comes into the equation for our lens choices  need has been out of the equation for Leica lens since the year 2000, to modestly put it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted April 7, 2013 Share #37 Â Posted April 7, 2013 Does anyone have an idea what Zeiss lens Puts is talking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted April 7, 2013 Share #38 Â Posted April 7, 2013 Distagon 1.4/55mm with Eos or Nikon-mount. Â The prototypes seem to perform extremely well, now the supplier has to manufacture it according to it's specification (which is apparantly easier due to it's size and number of elements) - their own production is swamped with Cine-lens orders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarnman Posted April 11, 2013 Share #39 Â Posted April 11, 2013 What I read is the Zeiss 1.4/55 lens is a better performer than the new Leica 50 2.0 lens; by a lot. I didn't know that. It's just that the Zeiss 1.4/55 is a monster compared to the new Leica 50 20. Â I wonder how much difference there is in the weight between the two? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonki-M Posted April 11, 2013 Share #40 Â Posted April 11, 2013 I wonder how much difference there is in the weight between the two? Â can't find the weight of the Distagon (probably not published yet?), but it will probably weight more than a M9 with APO-cron 50 + 2 other lens set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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