In my opinion the newer MS-Optics lenses are generally more reliable / better in terms of build than the older ones. I've never had any issues with my Apollon and Sonnetar 50/1.3 up to now and they feel solid to me. They have no screws visible on the outside etc. that could easily become lose etc. They are just very lightweight / made of thin metal materials, so that could make them feel fragile, but I don't think they break easily in normal use and mine are still working as well as new after a couple of years of irregular use.
Overall, I've had more reliability concerns with the older MS-Optics lenses, such as Super Triplet Perars. I've had 18 different MS-Optics lenses up to now, currently keeping 15 of them in my set.
I've never had the 50/1.1 so I can't comment on how that compares with 50/1.3 based on personal experience, but 50/1.1 seems to be more eccentric / old style lens modeled after Zunow 50mm f1.1 and I would expect 50/1.3 perform "better" (sharper and with less aberrations) at shared apertures, except for distortion. I'd expect the build of 50/1.1 to be more "industrial" and possibly with more potential to break (e.g. some internal parts becoming loose) than the 50/1.3.
I've been a bit interested in buying 50/1.1 but the 2nd hand prices (usually >200K) have kept me from going for it so far... Feels a bit risky at that price level as there's usually no way to tell how good the copy is when buying e.g. from Yahoo Japan Auctions.
In my opinion the newer MS-Optics lenses are generally more reliable / better in terms of build than the older ones. I've never had any issues with my Apollon and Sonnetar 50/1.3 up to now and they feel solid to me. They have no screws visible on the outside etc. that could easily become lose etc. They are just very lightweight / made of thin metal materials, so that could make them feel fragile, but I don't think they break easily in normal use and mine are still working as well as new after a couple of years of irregular use.
Overall, I've had more reliability concerns with the older MS-Optics lenses, such as Super Triplet Perars. I've had 18 different MS-Optics lenses up to now, currently keeping 15 of them in my set.
I've never had the 50/1.1 so I can't comment on how that compares with 50/1.3 based on personal experience, but 50/1.1 seems to be more eccentric / old style lens modeled after Zunow 50mm f1.1 and I would expect 50/1.3 perform "better" (sharper and with less aberrations) at shared apertures, except for distortion.
I've been a bit interested in buying 50/1.1 but the 2nd hand prices (usually >200K) have kept me from going for it so far... Feels a bit risky at that price level as there's usually no way to tell how good the copy is when buying e.g. from Yahoo Japan Auctions.
In my opinion the newer MS-Optics lenses are generally more reliable / better in terms of build than the older ones. I've never had any issues with my Apollon and Sonnetar 50/1.3 up to now and they feel solid to me. They have no screws visible on the outside etc. that could easily become lose etc. They are just very lightweight / made of thin metal materials, so that could make them feel fragile, but I don't think they break easily in normal use and mine are still working as well as new after a couple of years of irregular use.
Overall, I've had more reliability concerns with the older MS-Optics lenses, such as Super Triplet Perars. I've had 18 different MS-Optics lenses up to now, currently keeping 15 of them in my set.
I've never had the 50/1.1 so I can't comment on how that compares with 50/1.3 based on personal experience, but 50/1.1 seems to be more eccentric / old style lens modeled after Zunow 50mm f1.1 and I would expect 50/1.3 perform "better" (sharper and with less aberrations) at shared apertures, except for distortion.
In my opinion the newer MS-Optics lenses are generally more reliable / better in terms of build than the older ones. I've never had any issues with my Apollon and Sonnetar 50/1.3 up to now and they feel solid to me. They have no screws visible on the outside etc. that could easily become lose etc. They are just very lightweight / made of thin metal materials, so that could make them feel fragile, but I don't think they break easily in normal use and mine are still working as well as new after a couple of years of irregular use.
Overall, I've had more reliability concerns with the older MS-Optics lenses, such as Super Triplet Perars. I've had 18 different MS-Optics lenses up to now, currently keeping 15 of them in my set.
Oct 29, 2024 at 05:46 AM
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