Nifty Fifty: Please share some 50 mm pictures!

[Alberti]

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M240 & the Nikkor-H 50mm

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1930's 50 Hektor 2.5 on IIIg with Portra 160

 

Happiness ! by JM__, on Flickr

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50 Kern Macro-Switar 1.8 on M9M

 

Alex by JM__, on Flickr

 

50 Kern Macro-Switar 1.8 on M3 & Acros 100

 

Passage des Panoramas by JM__, on Flickr

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no Estado do Rio de Janeiro by JM__, on Flickr

 

50 Summilux e46 pre asph BP on M3 & Tri-X

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Rooftops by JM__, on Flickr

 

 

14th St at Avenue B by JM__, on Flickr

 

5cm Rigid 1958 on M9M

Edited May 14, 2017 by JMF

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IIIg & 5cm Hektor by JM__, on Flickr

 

5cm Nikkor 1.1 on SL

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Nikkor 5cm 1.1 by JM__, on Flickr

 

5cm Nikkor 1.1 internal mount on M9M

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Dans Paris by JM__, on Flickr

 

50 Apo Kinoptik on a7s

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IIIg & 5cm Hektor by JM__, on Flickr

 

5cm Nikkor 1.1 on SL

I have been offered a iiig with an elmar 50. I have not even felt one in the hand but I know it will be in good condition because I know the owner. I was going to swap it with a nikkor 200mm micro af ed lens. The thing I would really like to know is how easy is it to use coming from the easygoing M9 rangefinder experience and easier SL well certainly with fast lenses even though I have never really noticed a problem in focusing on the M9 with any lens

 

 

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I have been offered a iiig with an elmar 50. I have not even felt one in the hand but I know it will be in good condition because I know the owner. I was going to swap it with a nikkor 200mm micro af ed lens. The thing I would really like to know is how easy is it to use coming from the easygoing M9 rangefinder experience and easier SL well certainly with fast lenses even though I have never really noticed a problem in focusing on the M9 with any lens

 

 

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I had mine recently in very good condition and like it a lot, it is a lot of fun to use !

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at the workplace by JM__, on Flickr

 

50 Millenium Nikkor S 1.4 on M9

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pescador pensativo by JM__, on Flickr

 

50 Elmar 3.5 on M8

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Summicron V 

 

1959 Summarit 1.5 

 

 

 

[YellowBelly]

The 111G is of course the last of the screw thread Leicas and was still in production when the M3 was introduced. The 111G has the 50mm and 90mm framelines that are parallax corrected so it's a bit easier to use than one of the earlier "Barnack" Leicas because you don't have to mentally correct for the field of view changing as you focus. The Rangefinder is in my opinion BETTER than the later M cameras as it gives a bigger and more magnified view that I personally find really good to focus with and moving your eye between the rangefinder window and viewfinder is a bit odd at first but soon becomes second nature.

 

The camera is like a mechanical jewel and made to an uncompromisingly high standard where no corners were cut and is an absolute joy to use. Loading is a bit difficult but again a bit of practice and it's not a problem - I don't bother with the Ablon film template to cut the film, I just use a pair of scissors and it seems to work OK as long as you make sure that the film is actually advancing by watching the rewind knob rotate.

 

The 50mm Elmar is a little gem of a lens and is every bit as good in "real terms" as more modern Summicrons etc. I use mine on a 111F and 111G plus a MK1 Monochrom, where it also performs very well and gives a lovely "classic" look to the modern digital files!

Thank you for the insight. I think I will have to do the swop when he's back from holiday. Looking forward to trying out this as a rangefinder and also if it's going to good at f8-11 that should be quite a refreshing change to my recent obsession of faster faster faster!

 

 

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50 Summarit 1.5 LTM + TriX on Hexar RF

 

To com sede ! by JM__, on Flickr

 

Having a laugh ! by JM__, on Flickr

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@paulmac suggested I post these two pictures from the weekend to how versatile the nifty fifty is. Both are shot with a v5 Summicron. The first was wide open at f2 the other stopped down slightly. Paul pointed out that you don't need a long lens to blow the background or make a portrait. 

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Taken last week in the beautiful Somerset countryside. 50mm Summilux ASPH on a M(240).

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50mm Summilux on M10

 

 

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Here are a few from this week at a local park using my SL with Nikon 58mm f/1.2 Noct, all wide open (converted to B&W in photoshop)

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