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The other day on another thread, you said you wouldn't photograph your grandma with a 50 Summilux but would use a latest version 50 Elmarit collapsible instead. Based on that and without any other clues, I'm going to guess it's that lens.

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Enrico,

 

I assume the lens is wide opened (ISO and speed can also help) but without crops at 100% to see the DOF and the OOF area, it's very difficult to guess is such small image.

 

My first guess should be a 50 mm lens (Summicron or Elmarit) ;)

 

Regards

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None of you is right, my friends. Given that I will not be able to be on line in the next few days will give you the solution:

 

Summicron-C 40mm f2. No Asph, no crop, just converted to B&W.

 

Surprising little lens, isn't it.

C'mon with the next one.

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None of you is right, my friends. Given that I will not be able to be on line in the next few days will give you the solution:

 

Summicron-C 40mm f2. No Asph, no crop, just converted to B&W.

 

Surprising little lens, isn't it.

C'mon with the next one.

 

Enrico, caro, I was wrong just by 10mm! :eek:

 

My first guess was the Summicron 50 or, maybe, an Elmar 50/2.8. As I said previously, considering the DOF (even if you didn't post a cropped area of the image at 100%, for instance the face of the lady, to help us... naughty boy...), this picture had been taken at least at f/2.

 

Who's next?

 

Regards,

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With crop details for focused area and bokeh. Wide-open.

 

For extra credit: Should I buy this lens for $600US?

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Can you ID the lens used for the image below? Top half is the full frame, bottom half is a crop.

 

Hint: Leica M camera

 

Answer must be as complete as possible, including brand, name, focal length, max. aperture (e.g. Leitz Noctilux 50mm f/1.2, Cosina-Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/2.5, Canon Serenar 85 f/1.9, Leica Summicron-M-ASPH 75 f/2, etc.)

 

Ready, set, go!

 

It is a Noctilux 50mm f0.95...

 

In my view the focal length is about 50mm, and the photo has a huge depth of field. The high degree of contrast suggests an aspheric modern lens.

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Frank, even if you add another zero to the figure Andy quoted, I would not deliberate for even a second about buying an 0.95 Nocti at that price.

 

I believe Andy is talking about the CV Nokton 50 f1.5. Indeed, if that's the lens that produced those images, I should probably also by the one I saw today for about the same price.

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Hello World!

 

It's time to reveal the secret. Some of you have been very close to but nobody really hit it.

 

It's an aspherical lens, it's a 50mm lens at 1:1.5... it's a CV Nokton 50/1.5 ASPH.

 

I thought you will find it out because I've claimed here many times (even in the last few days) the Nokton 50/1.5 is my favorite lens for portraits on the M8.

 

I bought this lens in 2007 following Sean Reid advice. I haven't regret it a single second. As I don't use much 50mm focal on the M8, I have only a Summicron-M 50 and the Nokton. The Summilux-M 50 ASPH is a great lens but for a portrait taken with a M8... I still prefer the Nokton. ;)

 

Next...

 

:D

 

I'm late in the game, but I suspected this lens and aperture, but mostly because I know you own one of these.

 

These experiments demonstrate the fine virtues of the gentile lenses (non-Leica lenses).

 

Cheers

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With crop details for focused area and bokeh. Wide-open.

 

For extra credit: Should I buy this lens for $600US?

 

Whatever the brand, I don't think you can go wrong with this lens unless you can get a better deal on a used one through E-bay ;-). I'd rather pay $600.00 and not $10,0000.00, but that's just me :-).

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None of you is right, my friends. Given that I will not be able to be on line in the next few days will give you the solution:

 

Summicron-C 40mm f2. No Asph, no crop, just converted to B&W.

 

Surprising little lens, isn't it.

C'mon with the next one.

 

Very nice little lens!

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