zhangyue wrote: charles.K wrote: leonasj wrote:
charles.k ,why you use 50cron r?light small sharp ? how it is sharp vs cron 50 m you had or nikon 58g?
Hi Leonas I have had the M 50 Nocti f/1.0 (Mandler), M 50 Cron IV ( Mandler), M 50 Lux Asph, M 50 Cron DR with respect to Leica 50mm M lenses. Always the lenses I come back to and love shooting are the Mandler lenses. All of the Mandler lenses are surprisingly sharp at the point of focus and having superb roll out of focus roll off. These lenses have a low micro contrast and in harsh lighting they extend your DR.
The reason for the 50 Cron R (Mandler) 1984 is the rendering is unique, sharp yet there is a glow in out of focus roll off. The 50 Cron R is very cost effective. Surprisingly too the performance of the 50 Cron R I feel is enhanced on the D850. This is unique as most adapted lenses perform less than optimum.
With respect to the 58G, this an excellent lens and so is the superb 50 Art. The 58G is a specialist lens and very unique in its style. I am 50mm shooter so I love having unique style of rendering in each of the 50's.
Now I am looking for my next R ( Mandler) lens
Agree with you about 50cron. Its Bokeh can be busy(but never ugly IMO) as JohnJ pointed early. the more I use it the more I like the lens. It has just right amount of SA to the image make the focus transition nice at f2.
BTW, you may tested it as well, in my last test, this 30 years old design is sharper than 58G and 50mm f1.8G cross frame after f2.8 on D810. It doesn't get much better than this.
Love these shots Michael I agree I actually really like the bokeh as it is unique, full of Mandler character and not harsh. As you mentioned this lens is sharp surprisingly when you need it.
As Steve mentioned that with the much longer registration distance with the 50 Cron R the optical performance is completely different than when I tried adapt M lenses to the Sony A7 series. It is possible that with D850 may augment and even enhance the performance of R lenses. This may open a door for an all new array of lenses well suited for the D850
Nov 17, 2017 at 06:20 PM
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I have had the M 50 Nocti f/1.0 (Mandler), M 50 Cron IV ( Mandler), M 50 Lux Asph, M 50 Cron DR with respect to Leica 50mm M lenses. Always the lenses I come back to and love shooting are the Mandler lenses. All of the Mandler lenses are surprisingly sharp at the point of focus and having superb roll out of focus roll off. These lenses have a low micro contrast and in harsh lighting they extend your DR. 