rolubich wrote: rafaelcasd wrote:
There were production 5cm 2.0 S and H F mount lenses, but no 1.4 F mount in cm (I think)
Nice pictures Rafael, you make me curious about RF Nikon lenses, sadly they are more expensive than F mount ones.
The 5cm f/2 F mount was only the S version, H was already in mm.
The 5cm f/2 S is a different optic than all other f/2 and f/1.8 50mm, 7 lenses instead of 6; at least for my copy sharpness at larger apertures is a little lower, but it has zero distortion.
Roberto, I ended up with two LTM 5cm 2.0 and three 5cm 1.4 S mount rangefinder lenses.
I do not really like any of them, they are good wide open and closer, as long as the edges don't matter, rendition is nice. For general use their edges are too soft at any aperture. This does not include the Millenium which is entirely different.
I do not have any RF exotics (except the Millennium and the R-Nikkor 5cm which is 1 of 2 in the world )
My personal opinion about the lenses that I own:
The 10.5cm 2.5 is Excellent
The 8.5cm 2.0 is very good.
The R-Nikkor 5cm 3.5 is superlative, as long as it is shaded
The 50mm 1.4 Millennium is superlative period
The 5cm 1.4 S.C are good for some uses but just passable as an all use lens. Indoor portraits all day, landscapes never
The 5cm 2.0 S.C ditto
The 3.5cm 3.5 is a good lens but close it down
The 3.5cm 2.5 is an excellent lens - near perfect at 1:8 and great center from wide open
The 2.8cm 3.5 is a good lens, the corners suffer.
No formal tests, just an opinion. In general the F mount lenses are better than the equivalent RF lens, and cheaper too.
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