This is one great great lens. Made in Switzerland in a very limited series, for the prestige brand ALPA we here have a lens that optically and mechanically is among the very best ever made.
This copy is in very good condition. I have seen a couple of these, owned two of them, and this copy is the best one one of them all.
The outside is looking very good. Have a look at the images and you'll notice the scratch-free barrel and the clear print.
The inside is equally nice. There is virtually no dust inside and the aperture blades are dry and clean.
The lens elements are fine. The front and the rear element are both free from scratches or damages. There may be a very faint cleaning mark on the rear element. I have checked it carefully (reading glasses on) in bright light and wiped it of taking some care. Hard to say, I don't think it really is a cleaning mark but I won't clean it more than done. That's a lot of words but I want to describe the lens properly.
The aperture blades close down, and open up, as expected, the aperture rings works OK with clear click stops, the focusing ring goes smoothly from one end to the other.
The Kern Switar special Visifocus depth of field indicator works properly.
All in all, finding a better copy won't be easy.
The lens will be shipped safely packed and the parcel will contain:
The lens itself of course,
An original ALPA 50/1.9 hood
Two ALPA skylight filters
The green lens hard case
Front and rear lens caps
A Metabone ALPA -> µ4/3 adapter
