50 mm Lens for 601

[4art]

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Greetings. Soon to be SL 601 owner. New to Leica. Fan of high IQ and quality build. Already own some premium Zeiss lenses: 15 ZF2, 25 f2 ZF2, 100 f2 ZF2 Makro & 85 Otus. Wanting the full Leica look I would like recommendations. Is the Leica look viable with digital given what you can do in post? I’ve dug pretty deep into R lenses and seems the 50 Summicron v2 made in Germany is a great lens and relatively cheap. Can’t afford the e60 Summilux. Not sure of M lenses. So many versions and huge price ranges. Any thoughts on M versions? I’m also ok with lenses with character in any focal length. 

Best!

Eric

[jaapv]

First tell us what the Leica Look is. Nobody has ever been able to produce a definition.  

 

[helged]

5 hours ago, 4art said:

Greetings. Soon to be SL 601 owner. New to Leica. Fan of high IQ and quality build. Already own some premium Zeiss lenses: 15 ZF2, 25 f2 ZF2, 100 f2 ZF2 Makro & 85 Otus. Wanting the full Leica look I would like recommendations. Is the Leica look viable with digital given what you can do in post? I’ve dug pretty deep into R lenses and seems the 50 Summicron v2 made in Germany is a great lens and relatively cheap. Can’t afford the e60 Summilux. Not sure of M lenses. So many versions and huge price ranges. Any thoughts on M versions? I’m also ok with lenses with character in any focal length. 

Best!

Eric

Leica 40 mm Summicron-C f2 and Pentax Super-Takomar 50 mm f1.4 are two - out of many - cheaper options. An example from the latter below:

 

[Leicaiste]

The Summicron R 50 V2 is an excellent choice. 

Keep in mind the price of an adapter.

The Leica R Adapter-L will be more expensive than that lens.

The Novoflex is much cheaper. 

[BernardC]

There is a lot of disagreement as to what constitutes the "Leica look," but if any lens is a contender, it's the Summicron 50.

The 50Rv2 and the post-1979 M are essentially the same optically, and there are plenty available on the secondary market (the M is available new as well).

[Donzo98]

7 hours ago, jaapv said:

First tell us what the Leica Look is. Nobody has ever been able to produce a definition.  

 

It's the look you have when your bank account is empty, because everything is so expensive

[michali]

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Welcome to the Forum.

I agree with Helge in post #3  I also have both these lenses which I've used on the SL. The Pentax Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 in particular produces wonderful images on the SL. They cost anything from about $100- to $200-.

 

 

[Chaemono]

vor 16 Stunden schrieb 4art:

Is the Leica look viable with digital given what you can do in post?

There’s a 17 page thread on this forum where we tried to get to the bottom of it (😁), in case you’re interested.  See here:

 

[SonomaBear]

50 Summicron-M IV from Canada — very cost effective!

Leica Look? A child’s eye listening to Grandmother’s instruction on sewing. Here’s from this morning with a 90Tele-Elmarit 1/200, f/2.8, SL(601): 

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