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50mm Summilux 1. version ( 1958):

 

 

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Brian, these 8.5 cm f2 Sonnar lenses are soooo underrated! I am still wondering why one doesn't see more people using them.

Their character is just so pretty.

On one occasion I almost bought one, incidentally I had my 8.5/1.5 Nikkor LTM with me that day and could make a quick and dirty comparison between the two in the shop at apertures f2 - f4 and here is the crazy thing: there was hardly ANY difference between the two at these apertures in how sharp they were in focus, how beautiful the background was and how beautiful the sharp areas transitioned into background blur.

 

The very affordable 8.5/2 Nikkor PC LTM is every bit as great as it's much, much more expensive big sister the rare 8.5/1.5 and hence it's such a no brainer to have one of these.

I also found, it really is the next best (and in some regards even better) thing to a real 8.5/2 CZJ lens. Every Sonnar lover should have one of these Nikkors.

 

Here is one with my favorite 35/1.4, the pre FLE ASPH on the Mono stopped down a bit I remember:

 

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20064748995_3d1be6cb09_o.jpgGulfarium, Ft Walton, FL by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

19878069989_9b3a2f46af_o.jpgGulfarium, Ft Walton, FL by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

19442090224_eb4e648d38_o.jpgGulfarium, Ft Walton, FL by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Nikkor-PC 8.5cm F2, at F5.6 on the Leica M9. I find it easier to follow the action with a Rangefinder camera, seeing out of the frame is an advantage. Not all the shots of fast-moving/jumping dolphins were in focus, but most were.

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Churchyard gate.  MP, 1967 Summaron 35mm f2, Acros 100, Rodinal 1:50.

 

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A digital one, this time.  M240, Elmarit-M 90mm (Y2K).

 

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A colour shot from a 5cm f2 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar in Contax mount Leica M240 to contrast with Dirk's wonderful picture above.

 

Mother Duck getting all her ducklings in a row.  Kyoto, Japan, 2015.

 

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One more colour shot from a 5cm f2 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar in Contax mount Leica M240 to contrast with Dirk's wonderful picture above.

 

Kyoto, Japan, 2015.

 

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