Since some have asked, there is an S-100 for sale at Leica Classic

[davidmknoble]

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I love this lens, and several have said they go fast and cannot find them. 

https://classic.leica-camera.com/en/Leica-Summicron-S-100mm-f-2-ASPH-11056/11056SH-4307501

This is information only, I don't receive anything for this and it is not my lens.

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[Tirpitz666]

Thank you, I know here is basically anathema to ask here, but how does it compare to the (much cheaper but nonetheless higly regarded as well) Hassy 110 F2?

Anyone has ever done a comparison of sort?

[Slender]

Ah! It was at 5K£ a few days ago....

[BernardC]

4 hours ago, Tirpitz666 said:

Thank you, I know here is basically anathema to ask here, but how does it compare to the (much cheaper but nonetheless higly regarded as well) Hassy 110 F2?

The look is completely different. The Hasselblad lens has the classic 1970s Planar look, along with the Contax/Rollei 1.4/85 and Zeiss Superspeeds for cine. It only gets sharp past f:5.6, and even then it's not as sharp as S lenses are wide-open.

Don't get me wrong, I love my 110 for portraits, but I had to rule it out for a recent project where it didn't mix well with S lenses. The Sonnar 2.8/150 for Hasselblad is significantly better, but even then it lacks the pixel-level crispness of the S lenses.

[Tirpitz666]

Ok thank you, very useful pointers, will do my research now 😉