50mm lens test
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Could be the glass condition of my lens too... shot them without filter / hood...
This comparison has been on the net since I started shooting with RF in January 2007:
ImageRe: Digital Works - 50/1.4 SHOOTOUT
The Millennium Nikkor-S 50/1.4 is indeed a killer lens, and vastly outperforms its older sibling (the Nikkor-S 5cm f/1.4) if judging by the common yardsticks like sharpness, contrast etc. But as your great comparison shows, it all comes down to personal taste in the end
Thanks for the link Jon! Like you said, it all comes down to personal taste! :thumbsup:
Ed..the test going to be incomplete from now on after the sale of ur canon 50 f1.5..haha
I admire u for the willingness to let go the lenses...i think i need to learn to sell some away when i buy some as well... haha
Buying these lenses is easy..learning to let go is tough!
I admire u for the willingness to let go the lenses...i think i need to learn to sell some away when i buy some as well... haha
Buying these lenses is easy..learning to let go is tough!
Ed..the test going to be incomplete from now on after the sale of ur canon 50 f1.5..haha
I admire u for the willingness to let go the lenses...i think i need to learn to sell some away when i buy some as well... haha
Buying these lenses is easy..learning to let go is tough!
Thanks bro... and a very nice copy no less! That said, can i jump Q for the canon 50/2.2 please? haha!
great effort to put the whole shoot-out together. i swear that you swapped some of the shots just to screw us over... the nikkor, canon, zeiss and the summilux all look great with subtle margins among them... and these little differences make up the different characters of the respective lenses. this sort of a shootout / review brings out some of those differences for all to see.
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just to share with the rest, in case they are not familiar, the millennium edition was redesigned from the sonnar design of its older sibling.The Millennium Nikkor-S 50/1.4 is indeed a killer lens, and vastly outperforms its older sibling (the Nikkor-S 5cm f/1.4) if judging by the common yardsticks like sharpness, contrast etc. But as your great comparison shows, it all comes down to personal taste in the end
Expanding further on the earlier test, I rounded up some "slower" lenses ... from bottom clockwise;
Summicron 50mm f2 (IV) with built in hood; Chiyoko Super Rokkor 5cm f2 ltm; Tokyo Kogaku Topcor-S 5cm f2 ltm; Tanaka Kogaku Tanack 5cm f2 ltm; Summicron Rigid 5cm f2 (II) ... and a ZM Planar 50mm f2 (courtesy of Wonglp) not in picture
... from bottom clockwise;Summicron 50mm f2 (IV) with built in hood; Chiyoko Super Rokkor 5cm f2 ltm; Tokyo Kogaku Topcor-S 5cm f2 ltm; Tanaka Kogaku Tanack 5cm f2 ltm; Summicron Rigid 5cm f2 (II) ... and a ZM Planar 50mm f2 (courtesy of Wonglp) not in picture
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