Interesting the Hugo line has other potential M new lenses; including 18mm, 40mm, and 75mm Summiluxes, as well as a 135mm Summicron. https://www.leitz-cine.com/product/hugo
Interesting the Hugo line has other potential M new lenses; including 18mm, 40mm, and 75mm Summiluxes, as well as a 135mm Summicron. https://www.leitz-cine.com/product/hugo
Fred Miranda wrote:
The only other "65" reference I have is the Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO-Lanthar. It's also a 1:2 macro lens, so it's not very compact either. I'd bet it's sharper than the Elcan, but unfortunately Cosina never released an M-mount version of it. It would just be too big for the M system.
Now that I have acquired a Nikon Z30 and then ZR, the Cosina Voigtlander 65mm APO Lanthar, for Nikkor Z-mount, has refreshed itself, in my mental wish list. I was already considering this lens, as a potential gift for my wife, who was an early adopter of the Z6. It is always difficult to guess which lenses she will like, but, now that I have Z cameras. I could buy it for myself, so that she can see it, become envious, and simply take it away from me.
As I have said, before, my wife is the senior photographer, the mentor who guided my first steps into serious photography. She is much less susceptible to the Camera Body variant of G.A.S., but lenses, especially macro, can be a different story.
Fred Miranda wrote:
The question is: Would anyone actually want to use one as a daily lens? It's famous for a lot more than just its extreme rarity, but practically speaking... I just asked my M's framelines about a 66mm field of view, and they hate the idea.
Their marketing team went a little too far here..."Introducing the all-new, ultra-exclusive Nocto-Mummified Elan 66mm f/2. For decades, the photographic elite suffered with ordinary focal lengths like 50mm and 75mm, blind to the profound psychological revelation of the Sixty-Six. Why 66? Because 50mm is for tourists, and 75mm is for cowards."
I feel like lenses maybe are just about as good as they can be and now we're in the 'messing around' phase. A 66/2, sure. Why not? How much? The dart landed on $10k.
Fred Miranda wrote:
Their marketing team went a little too far here..."Introducing the all-new, ultra-exclusive Nocto-Mummified Elan 66mm f/2. For decades, the photographic elite suffered with ordinary focal lengths like 50mm and 75mm, blind to the profound psychological revelation of the Sixty-Six. Why 66? Because 50mm is for tourists, and 75mm is for cowards."
I feel like they missed an opportunity here to have marketed this as regular production in some sort of military-inspired kit like the old R3 Safari "suitcase" sets. They could have paired it with a special edition MP film body that had 66mm frame lines in a special stand-out color like yellow or red.
I feel like they missed an opportunity here to have marketed this as regular production in some sort of military-inspired kit like the old R3 Safari "suitcase" sets. They could have paired it with a special edition MP film body that had 66mm frame lines in a special stand-out color like yellow or red.
I'd love to see that, but they're laser-focused on moving M EV1 bodies at the moment since those aren't exactly flying off the shelves.
Fred Miranda wrote:
I'd love to see that, but they're laser-focused on moving M EV1 bodies at the moment since those aren't exactly flying off the shelves.
I know a lot of folks are critical of the EV1 because it doesn't have all the PDAF-enabled manual focus aids of other mirrorless cameras like the Zf, but I think where Leica really missed the mark on this camera was basing it off the M11 instead of the M11-P. The M11 screen is way too each to scratch (speaking from experience here) compared to the P version, plus the P version look is so much nicer.
highdesertmesa wrote:
I think if I wanted the 66mm look and money were no object, I'd get a PL mount Leitz Cine 66mm Hugo II for my SL3 and rock that all day long.
Skip the 1934 time-travel "11K fee" and just hunt down a used 75/2 APO. Real espionage demands extra 9mm FL and actual corner-to-corner sharpness. Or better yet, go with the tiny CV 75mm f/2.8 APO... it's so small you will completely blend into the shadows.
Fred Miranda wrote:
Skip the 1934 time-travel "11K fee" and just hunt down a used 75/2 APO. Real espionage demands extra 9mm FL and actual corner-to-corner sharpness. Or better yet, go with the tiny CV 75mm f/2.8 APO... it's so small you will completely blend into the shadows.
