Jeffry Abt Posted August 19, 2014 Share #141 Posted August 19, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) ?... the 50 APO I don't think I'd ever get to use its full potential. I have a 50mm APO on order and have been impatiently waiting for one. Oh, how I wish some of its potential was being waisted on me! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rapids41 Posted February 25, 2015 Share #142 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) F2 or F2.8 with the M240. Full resolution: http://www.lichtbildhaus.de/tmp/50apo/L1005003-2.jpg Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited February 25, 2015 by rapids41 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2770617'>More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 25, 2015 Share #143 Posted February 25, 2015 F2 or F2.8 with the M240. Lovely light. Did you add any vignetting or is that natural? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapids41 Posted February 25, 2015 Share #144 Posted February 25, 2015 No vignetting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted February 26, 2015 Share #145 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) The Boco Rock Wind Farm and black cattle. I have had the pleasure of owning an APO 50 for 20 months and a true joy it is to use. In all that time I have never paired it with anything other than the MM. Looking through this thread I find I it quite disorientating to come across colour images taken with this lens.....my mind strongly insists that it will only produce black and white images. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited February 26, 2015 by platypus correct typo. 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2770837'>More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted February 26, 2015 Share #146 Posted February 26, 2015 (I might have become spoiled in recent times by the inherent sharpness of the Monochrom CCD sensor)? I do not (currently) have an MM but will seriously look to get one just so that i can use it with my Cron APO and be even more pleased than i am now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted February 26, 2015 Share #147 Posted February 26, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Festival des Violettes, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Côte d'Azur M240, APO-Summicron 50mm Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! for a higher resolution version 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! for a higher resolution version ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2771187'>More sharing options...
michael_b Posted February 26, 2015 Share #148 Posted February 26, 2015 Looking at all the pictures, I don't find a reason, why to buy the APO 50 lens. All of these pictures could have been taken with the standard Summicron 50 and nobody would see a real difference. Without any doubt, the lens has better optical properties, but I don't think that for general use it is worth to pay the extra charge. But I know it is Leica and we sometimes spend more money than necessary to have something special. I spent my money for an APO 75 which in my opinion has a nicer out of focus rendering than the 50. But this are personal preferences. I wish you a lot of pleasure with your lenses. Best regards Michael 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted February 26, 2015 Share #149 Posted February 26, 2015 M240, APO-Summicron 50mm Larger versions at Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! & 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! & ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2771209'>More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted February 26, 2015 Share #150 Posted February 26, 2015 Looking at all the pictures, I don't find a reason, why to buy the APO 50 lens. All of these pictures could have been taken with the standard Summicron 50 and nobody would see a real difference. Without any doubt, the lens has better optical properties, but I don't think that for general use it is worth to pay the extra charge. But I know it is Leica and we sometimes spend more money than necessary to have something special. I spent my money for an APO 75 which in my opinion has a nicer out of focus rendering than the 50. But this are personal preferences. I wish you a lot of pleasure with your lenses. Best regards Michael Michael, i say this in simple non technical speak, and as someone who has the APO75, APO50 and 50lux, to me, the images from the 50APO just appear to be 'cleaner and crisper'. All three lenses are fabulous in different ways. There certainly are some images on this forum (not mine ) that i saw, along with those on Ming Thiens site, that pulled me over the edge into getting this particular lens. And, i know size is not everything, but it is such a dinky little lens in comparison to the other two. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted February 27, 2015 Share #151 Posted February 27, 2015 Looking at all the pictures, I don't find a reason, why to buy the APO 50 lens. All of these pictures could have been taken with the standard Summicron 50 and nobody would see a real difference. Without any doubt, the lens has better optical properties, but I don't think that for general use it is worth to pay the extra charge. But I know it is Leica and we sometimes spend more money than necessary to have something special. I spent my money for an APO 75 which in my opinion has a nicer out of focus rendering than the 50. But this are personal preferences. I wish you a lot of pleasure with your lenses. Best regards Michael I am a fairly non-technical woman and as such I go with my 'feelings' a lot.....anyway I agree completely with the "cleaner and crisper" and "dinky size" comments from jedi996sps, but (for me anyway) there's more to the APO 50 than that, all I can say is that this lens has a mesmeric quality.....there is just an indefinable something about it that my other Leica lenses, great as they are, just do not have. ....in b&w of course! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffry Abt Posted February 27, 2015 Share #152 Posted February 27, 2015 M(type240) Silver Goblets and Dried Flowers Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2771794'>More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted February 27, 2015 Share #153 Posted February 27, 2015 Catkins in speckled morning sunlight f2 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/229033-apo-50-images/?do=findComment&comment=2771802'>More sharing options...
Jeffry Abt Posted February 27, 2015 Share #154 Posted February 27, 2015 Good image! What tree? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted February 27, 2015 Share #155 Posted February 27, 2015 Good image! What tree? Thank you. A young Hazlenut tree i believe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted February 28, 2015 Share #156 Posted February 28, 2015 Here is a downloadable .gif animation using the 50mm APO at f2, f4 and f5.6. Gives an indication of background blur. The chrome edges have no nasty purple edges, because the lens is corrected into the blue spectrum. There is some vignetting. Hand held. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndReini Posted February 28, 2015 Share #157 Posted February 28, 2015 The 50Apo has a surprising amount of vignetting at f2. I find vignetting pleasing, but it seems to have been a design compromise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornnb Posted March 1, 2015 Share #158 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) The 50Apo has a surprising amount of vignetting at f2. I find vignetting pleasing, but it seems to have been a design compromise. Vignetting is the best compromise to make in the digital age, because it's so easy to fix in software with very few negative consequences. And can even be fixed in camera in the jpeg system. It makes sense for a design to compromise in vignetting, as sharpness, contrast, colour, bokeh etc take priority in designs made for digital bodies. Digital bodies offer more resolution than film, and you get better results if you start with good colours in the raw file. Edited March 1, 2015 by Mornnb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don daniel Posted March 2, 2015 Share #159 Posted March 2, 2015 Looking at all the pictures, I don't find a reason, why to buy the APO 50 lens. All of these pictures could have been taken with the standard Summicron 50 and nobody would see a real difference. Without any doubt, the lens has better optical properties, but I don't think that for general use it is worth to pay the extra charge. Try to do this with a standard Summicron 50: 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglou Posted March 2, 2015 Share #160 Posted March 2, 2015 I can confirm this lens is special, very, very good (and i have the summicron v to compare and lots of oustanding other lenses) Now i must admit i have a " miss " rate above normal and don't know yet the reason, my eyes, my monochrom or my lens itself. The distance setting would be better if more demultiplicated, i think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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