> Workshops/ Photowalks Mailing List – Receive info on future events specific to your city/ country/ interest. Thanks for your MrLeica purchase! Menu Toggle.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Leica Film Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica SL Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica Q Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica M Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica CL TL Cameras.I thought i would share my results of my summicron v5 and my summicron rigid, i shot these with a M9, i shot on angle so as not to have focus problems.I have found in my previous lens comparison tests my results varied due to my focus error, and lens focus shift error.By the way i have found almost all lenses have a certain amount of focus shift, so focusing with rangefinder for comparison tests will not give accurate results on flat planes.I have found testing my 50mm lenses (more than 12), that they are all center sharp and really only differ on the edges, even the poorest FED lenses are center sharp.Once again i have found that the only reason any on my photos do not appear sharp is 100% due to focusing and not the lenses, unless they are completely hazy or scratched excessively.Mild haze or cleaning marks only seem to lower contrast and not sharpness ive found.Another observation i have had is the biggest difference between all the lenses ranging from my oldest 50mm lens the Leica Xenon (uncoated) to my Summicron v5 or my new 50 Planar zm is contrast, due to the coating used.As to the images i have here, the v5 seems slightly sharper, and the other tester also noted the rigid/dr is slightly warmer. Earlier lenses are Made in Canada, later Made in Germany. Nice lightweight lens at only 195 grams 6 elements, recomputed. I am a fan of both the focusing lever and the larger attachable hood. In my opinion this is a better choice in terms of handling than the built in hood version which followed it. Nevertheless, the DR is very sought after by shooters.įifth version 1980-95 Black lens with "50" on barrel, reintroduced focusing lever, without built in hood. With a flat platform for the "eyes" on the top of it's focusing barrel, the DR is not as pleasing aesthetically as the rigid. Most "experts" say the optical formula is the same as the rigid, but many experienced DR users claim they get different results and so believe they must be different formulas. It has the closest RF coupled focusing of any M lens. The 50/2 Duel Range Summicron had the highest tested resolution of any lens ever tested by the great and sadly departed American photography magazine, Modern Photography. This is a special close focusing version of # 2 above. Third version 1956-1968 Dual Range Summicron, chrome. I'm basically quoted from Cameraquest Guide.
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