Bill W Posted January 9, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) If anyone is still searching for one of these, there is one available at Precision Camera in Austin, TX. according to their website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Hi Bill W, Take a look here 50 APO Summicron Available. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
algrove Posted January 10, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 10, 2015 I see an unused one on eBay in the US too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted January 11, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 11, 2015 Either Leica is making more of them or the novelty has faded. If people cannot discern the difference unless pixel-peeping, then why? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted January 11, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 11, 2015 the novelty has faded. If people cannot discern the difference unless pixel-peeping, then why? From your comment I would guess that you do not have one of your own...otherwise you would not have to ask. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaPassion Posted January 11, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 11, 2015 From your comment I would guess that you do not have one of your own...otherwise you would not have to ask. Precisely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted January 11, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 11, 2015 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... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted January 11, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 11, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) There's no master on this earth that can become better just because there is more resolution. .. 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. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted January 11, 2015 Share #8 Posted January 11, 2015 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaPassion Posted January 11, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 11, 2015 A week ago, a US dealer mentioned that he has three 50 APOs in stock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted January 11, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 11, 2015 Share #11 Posted January 11, 2015 The 50/2 apo is easier to find in France as well. Given its current price there (€7K) i suspect the latest samples will take some time to sell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted January 11, 2015 Share #12 Posted January 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted January 11, 2015 Share #13 Posted January 11, 2015 That's not what I said. I said that the tool enables one to execute what one envisions. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaPassion Posted January 11, 2015 Share #14 Posted January 11, 2015 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted January 11, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 11, 2015 That's not what I said. I said that the tool enables one to execute what one envisions. Basically, the 50 apo is a thing of lust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithlaban.co.uk Posted January 11, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) 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? Edited January 11, 2015 by KeithL Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
horosu Posted January 11, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 11, 2015 Basically, the 50 apo is a thing of lust. As is the 35 ASPHERICAL btw, imho (not taking into account its collector value) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted January 11, 2015 Share #18 Posted January 11, 2015 As is the 35 ASPHERICAL btw, imho (not taking into account its collector value) Oh yes!! I had terrible lust for that one. Again, some irrational live or die thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
horosu Posted January 11, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaPassion Posted January 11, 2015 Share #20 Posted January 11, 2015 Basically, the 50 apo is a thing of lust. Please list the lenses that are "things of lust." Please define your criteria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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