Canon 50mm f/1.2 Lens - Tested on the Leica M6 TTL & M10-P
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ส.ค. 2021
- A quick test of the Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM lens on the M6 TTL with Kodak Tri-X 400 and the Leica M10-P.
Super happy with the Results from a lens that was launch in 1956 ! - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Canon LTM rangefinders are so underrated. Love to see the Canon 7S review.
Issues with some Canon LTM lenses and especially the 50mm f1.2 is the internal haze. Finding a clean copy will be costly.
My Friend has looked after this system and the lens is very clean for its age. I have seen some one eBay that do not look so good.
It’s incredibly easy to clean even for a noob when I first got mine I thought it was gonna need a professional clean however it was easy to do it myself.
I bought one on ebay this year for about $320 shipped, and it's a very clean example. So not too bad.
I was waiting for this video! The results look so good.
Looking forward to testing the lens on a nice sunny day ... should have some good lens flare 😉
Thank you for having sample images. So many people just talk and talk and talk.
Thanks Steven
Good to see you again!
Nice!
It is interesting how some older lenses keep their status despite newer and better ones from other brands is technically better but where the old ones still attract people!
Hi Sina, the old lenses still have a place today. To many lenses today are over sharp and have no character, plus with mirrorless cameras you adapter almost any old lens to them.
Definately would like to hear your thoughts of the canon body too. With that lens and maybe some super fine grain film.
Canon LTM lenses are criminally underrated. The 50/1.4 dubbed the Japanese Summilux (no doubt named by Leica center-of-the-wordlists) actually predates the Summilux. It’s too bad Canon didn’t name their lenses but for now let’s call the Summilux the German Canon 50/1.4. I currently use the 50/1.4 and the 35/1.8 on my Canon 7s and M4-2. So good.
PS. They’re perfect on my xPro3 with a LM adapter.
PS. Mark II, Hard to keep hearing about the infinity lock. It was created to make it easier to screw/unscrew the lens (as well as taking stress off the focusing helicoid when attaching/removing) since it’s a screw mount. And if you have 5 seconds to spare it’s easily removed with one screw.
Great to see you back, Darryl
Thank you for this very interesting video. Your photos look great. I have one of these lenses and really enjoy the images I get from it as well as the feel and build quality. As a general rule, I like some vignetting and the sharpness is sufficient for me.
I have and use the Canon 7S and 35mm f/1.5, and have since the 1970s, at times in active, even combat, photojournalism, not lab conditions. It would be interesting to hear your feelings about them.
I have a friend who has a Canon 7S, will see if I can loan the camera and do a review on it
Look forward to the xpan used to use one a bit back in the day, worth a mint now
I recently picked up a Canon P with 100m 3.5, 50mm 2.8 and a 35 3.5 still cleaning. the lenses as they were a bit mouldy, has all original leather cases, a couple of filters, no wrinkles in the shutter, I cant wait to try it.
Let me know how you go with Canon P, will try and get the XPan video on TH-cam this week.
Can’t wait to see the video on the Hasselblad! Have you upgraded to am m1 Mac and if you have what are your thoughts? Or are you waiting for the next generation in the m series macs?
Thanks for the review. I always enjoy seeing your video. What are your favourite M mount 50mm lenses that you can buy for sub-$1000?
The Voigtlander 500mm f2 APO is a beautiful lens and very sharp and has a nice punch to the images. But that is a little over $1000. I would go for the Zeiss 50mm f/1.5, which is one of the best 50mm’s for Leica M mount for the price.
5:18 That's a really good shot. Thanks for the vid, that looks like a pretty cool lens.
Thanks James
Great video - thanks. I got an exceptional one and sent it to Kanto Camera here in Tokyo (actually Kawasaki, but close enough) for a CLA. It came back essentially new and is simply astonishing it its abilities for a lens of this age. Similar results to yours it seems, especially with the rather wild bokeh on digital. At the same time I got a mint 50mm F1.4 LTM and had that CLA's as well - that lens is possibly even better!
I purchased f1.2 on eBay and the description said "no haze", but it had that haze that is quite typical to f1.2 lenses I learned later. I paid quite a lot of money for that lens and was disappointed. I am also considering sending it to Kanto Camera to get it fixed. They have a replacement part. BTW, check out this nice f1.4 video if you have not already, it looks like f1.4 lens is a true gem and perhaps not fully appreciated at the moment! th-cam.com/video/c91fScmuP5Y/w-d-xo.html
If anyone else is having similar haze problem with their f1.2 lens, here's what Kanto Camera says about the haze: "Most of the Canon 50/1.2 LTM lens has an issue of haze of an inner element. It's the aging deterioration of glass itself, and it cannot be solved by cleaning or repolishing. We have reproduce this element to provide service in the past, but we had to stop offering the service since we had run out of the parts. We finally reproduced the replacement elements once again with cooperate from an optical manufacture in Japan. If you have a Canon 50/1.2 LTM lens with haze, we can repair it."
@@1111undici1111 that is the service I used and they replaced the element. I now have a very, very good lens that I am super happy with. It did take 3 months, but the outcome was worth it.
I love the character of the Canon 50/1.2 LTM, mine is a bit hazy, and I have to add +40 dehaze to my scans, but the images I get from that lens, are glorious
Hi John, need to get out and shoot on a bright sunny day and test the lens for haze.
Forget the dehaze in post and just clean the lens (if not too far gone of course). Reasonably easy to diy or worth the CLA on a beautiful and legendary lens.
@@everard104 WAAAAAY far too gone, hence why I need to add it in post. But thank you for taking the time to read my comment.
I have this lens , with NEW element , no separation , no balsam issues. I love it. I have to say , the infinity lock , helps with mounting the unit on an L39 camera.
Hold onto that X-Pan so I can play with it if I get to go to NZ next year!
Or if you come over to Aus😏
A Canon 7S review would be fun. I agree, they are so underrated, really great users.
Hi great video! Which adapter should one use for mounting canon 50 1.2 LTM on a Leica M-body? 50/75, the 35/135, or the 28/90. Or does anyone goes?
It was just a cheap adapter from
Amazon
I’ve shot this lens against the Leica 50mm 1.4 summilux asph and it held its own very very well, the summilux’s bokeh is slightly smoother, also though the summilux is sharper it has more purple fringing wide open .
so many of the leica bayonet to ltm adapters are slight difference in thickness and the lens goes a little past top dead center... have to shim them ( a bit if typing paper thickness) and they pop into focus at correct distance.
Hi Stuart, I think I was lucky with my adapter. I should buy a few different adapters and test them all to see which is the best
@@DarrylCarey the give-away is if the little focus line of the lens is exactly top dead center on the camera the focus will be ok. some of the adapters won't let the lens screw in far enough to do that .. others let the lens screw in too far and go past T D C
Hi can you share a link for the adapter ?
Hi did you get any focus issues using the adapter on film Leica?
2:55 did you ever have a chance to make the video test of this lens? I would be very interested to see your results!
Got the same lens, and use it with my A7R3 a lot… Not supersharp, but I LOOOOVE it’s character!
What adapter you use at sony a7r3?
Don’t buy the cheap adapters. There’re all sorts of problems with these. Only one out of four I tried doesn’t didn’t some sort of problem. Voigtlander makes some too and they work great.
Better option with very similar character is the Canon 50/1.4 LTM lens, also named Japanese Summilux. Swirly bokeh wide open but better in contrast and sharpness than the 50/1.2. More reasonable price wise, too. Good copies of the 50/1.4 exist whereas the 50/1.2 has a culprit in lens built which easier lets humidity and dust in.
It appears to me f1.4 is highly underrated at the moment at least what comes to price of that lens. It is cheaper than f1.2 on eBay for example, but seems to be a really high quality lens and many seem to consider it better than f1.2. Here's a nice review of the f1.4 lens I just found th-cam.com/video/c91fScmuP5Y/w-d-xo.html
Will have to get my hands on the f/1.4 model and do a side by side video
You should do a video with Canon 7 is a great camera.
After shooting the video I had a play with the Canon 7s, really nice camera. Will get a review on the 7s soon
@@DarrylCarey looking forward, your videos are great!
LOVE my Canon LTM lenses. Too many purists shun them away from Leica bodies, but they are just as sharp as the most expensive glass.
I suddenly regret selling off my copy
I do it all the time, sell a lens and about a week later regret it. Which camera body did you use it on?
@@DarrylCarey I had it on my M3, as well as a Canon 7. If I'll get another copy it would probably be with an M3 again. The combo is amazing in my opinion
Darryl you okay? 👀 1 month passed and no hassy video
How long did it take you to put this Video together?
2 half days shooting, couple of hours developing the film , 2 hours to shoot the video and another 2hrs editing.
It was work camera? Someone treat it with caution.
Agreed 100% this lens is difficult to shot at wide open 1.2 . Not a lens for street photography by contrast it’s brother canon 50mm 1.4 and 1.8 are lots easier to used .
I have a new video coming soon on a 50mm f0.95 which was so hard to keep focus
Hi I’m thinking of buying a 50mm 0.95 Dream Lens, do you know if it’s radioactive? Thanks
Love that lens. More so on digital cameras, great character. @f1.2 its one stop from the Canon Dream lens at a fraction of the cost. Great shots and vid!
@@ark8tct Agreed. And to add the $$ gap between the two lenses is insane.
@@ark8tct Hi Ark, part of the reason I did not use the Canon as I’m unsure if its 100% working plus it nice to know you can use a great lens like this on a Leica body. Have you seen Army of the Dead? The movie was shot on the Canon 50mm 0.95 lens, Zack Snyder was going to use the Leica 50mm Noctilux but change to the canon 0.95 because of the unique look you can get Canon 0.95. Should check out the BTS video on the movie on TH-cam.
@@DarrylCarey Yeah might need to get that looked at. If it's safe to assume your other M lenses are spot on, then it isn't the camera. My copy's RF coupling is spot on, on my M4-2 so regardless of what aperture, its tac sharp. For these large aperture lenses and the .72x viewfinder do you use a magnifier? Personally I use the 1.4x magnifier, and got to say my success rate is usually 99% accurate, and I wear glasses too.
@@ark8tct the 0.95 isn’t as limited as it’s reported to be it’s very very useable wide open so is the 1.2 they’re completely different lenses with their unique strengths and weaknesses ✌🏾😊
Thanks for the great video. So, it looks like it's almost as good as a Leica lens (I bet it would be hard to tell in 100 random photos) and basically all the camera body is a holder of film and a place to use the lens why wouldn't a Canon P be just as good as a Leica M6.........................
waffled on and on.....👎
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