50mm F1.0

[Big Mike]

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[usayit]

Very nice! .... especially if you are looking at it as a collector or something to have.

It is pretty well known that the 50mm f1.4 beats that lens in all categories except max aperature ( and price ). With the new 50mm f1.2L out, it will be a hard sell.

 

[Big Mike]

Ya, I've heard that as well...but woudn't it be fun to have a $5000 50mm lens?

 

[Alex_B]

Ya, I've heard that as well...but woudn't it be fun to have a $5000 50mm lens?

oh, it would be! but why should i send it to you then?

 

[burtharrris]

What's the point? Is one extra stop worth $4650? I guess this one is for collectors only.

 

[Alex_B]

What's the point? Is one extra stop worth $4650? I guess this one is for collectors only.

often you get more than the extra stop, but also a higher quality optical performance stopped down one or two stops than lenses which start at 1.2 or 1.4

if you really need shallow DOF, then such a lens is the way to go.

and for some artsy images ultra-shallow DOF is great

 

[burtharrris]

Oh I didnt think that max aperture affected other apertures.

Actually now that i think about it I should have figured that out. Lenses get sharper as you stop them down, so f/1.4 on the 1.0 lens is better than f/1.4 on the 1.4 lens, right?

 

[Alex_B]

so f/1.4 on the 1.0 lens is better than f/1.4 on the 1.4 lens, right?

i do not know the specific lens we talk about here .. but generally speaking this is often the case!

 

[Don Simon]

If I could comfortably afford that, why settle for something as slow as f1.0? Give me an f0.75... and a Sherpa to carry it

 

[burtharrris]

Haha, you'd need those huge 127mm filters for that thing!

 

[Big Mike]

From what I've read...this is basically a collectors item. The 50mm F1.4 is much better...as is, I'm sure...the new 50mm F1.2 L.

 

[Alex_B]

From what I've read...this is basically a collectors item. The 50mm F1.4 is much better...as is, I'm sure...the new 50mm F1.2 L.

errm, ok, i never usede that lens. but good to know.

as for the 1.2 ... well if i would not have better uses for that money.. I'd get it *drool*

 

[Iron Flatline]

Sooooo..... you're interested in fast lenses, eh?

There's only one in production right now, and guess who makes it:

50mm f/1.0

LL Review

And it is so sharp you actually still end up with a usable depth of field. But then again, so are all of their lenses.... makes you wonder what all the fuss about L lenses is about....

 

[Big Mike]

Sooooo..... you're interested in fast lenses, eh?

There's only one in production right now, and guess who makes it:

50mm f/1.0

LL Review

And it is so sharp you actually still end up with a usable depth of field. But then again, so are all of their lenses.... makes you wonder what all the fuss about L lenses is about....

The Noctilux transmits light more effectively than even the human eye, and as the world's first production f/1.0 lens for 35 mm photography, it represents a landmark in the history of photography.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Or, as they describe it:

Probably more than any other Leica lens, and possibly more than any lens period, the Noctilux is an object of fascination, dare I say cult worship among a segment of the Leica community, that borders on fetishism.