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Canon 50mm f0.95 lens versus Leica 50mm vs Angenieux 50mm f0.95 lens

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For a comparison between the top three 50mm f0.95 lens, please see the article below. Not everyone can have the three top 50mm lens all together for a comparison. This is an excellent article. Please read.. https://www.streetsilhouettes.com/home/2018/8/13/three-50mm-f095-lens-leica-canon-and-angenieux Extracted photos from the source above showing shots taken by Leica, Canon 50mm f0.95 and Angenieux M lenses.

Canon 50mm f0.95. TV lens versus normal lens - A simple comparison

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The canon 50mm f0.95 lens was made back in 1960s and 1970s for the canon 7/7s rangefinder and it held the crown for the fastest production lens in the world at the time. the lens was designed by lens master mukai jirou. it is a gauss type lens, 7 elements in 5 groups. about 19,000 of these lenses were made during the early 60’s to the early 70’s. and "tv" verision is apparently about 7000pcs produced only.  The standard version is rangefinder coupled and was made specifically for the Canon 7/7s film rangefinders. These cameras have a special mount to take the 50mm f/0.95 and one cannot use the lens on other film rangefinders, Sony, Leica etc.  The Canon TV Lens” version. From what I have gathered, broadly speaking, there are two versions of the 50mm f0.95 lens and the differences are as follows.  Firstly, there is a colour difference between the normal lens (amber colour) versus TV lens (purple).  Secondly, for TV lens, the markings on the lens will have the wordings...

Big lens versus small lenses

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The Dallmeyer 3” f4.5 Popular enlarging Anastigmat lens is a small lens while the Canon 50mm f0.95 is a huge lens. Please See the extreme lenses below..

Canon 50mm f0.95 lens 夢幻之眼

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Canon launched the unique large-aperture header Canon 50mm/f0.95 in August 1961.  The lens were produced back in 1960s and 1970s for the canon 7/7s rangefinder and it held the crown for the fastest production lens in the world at the time.  This lens attracted the attention of camera fans all over the world as soon as it appeared on the market. Because the light flux of this lens is 1:0.95, its light flux exceeds four times that of the human eye.  It is interesting to note that the famous German lens manufacturer Leica's Noctilux-M 50mm/f1.0, only appeared on the market 15 years after it. At that time, Canon really created the world's attention. From this perspective, it can be said that Japanese Canon has the strength to compete with Leica. The lens was designed by lens master mukai jirou. It is a gauss type lens, 7 elements in 5 groups. There are two types of Canon 50mm f0.95 lens namely the made for TV lens and normal lens. There is about 19,000 of these lenses were ma...

Canon 50mm f0.95 TV lens 夢幻之眼

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I have heard about the Canon lens and I have been searching for a Canon TV lens back in 2018 and have not been able to get one. Recently, I have decided to pick up my hobby of photography again and I have started my search again. I have finally found one Canon 50mm lens at very reasonable price of HK$16888 at a vintage camera shop near Jordan. I have made appointment to buy it coming Monday. Unfortunately, in the Saturday afternoon, I received a WhatsApp message from the shop saying that the lens have been sold. As a result, I will need to restart my search again.  I was a bit disappointed but I have decided to look for one TV lens instead. There is another camera dealer who has two lovely Canon lens, one TV and one normal selling at US$5000 (HK$38820) and US$4300 (Hk$33,391) respectively, which are beyond my budgets. Then, I remembered my friend Micheal has been playing with various camera lens and I have decided to WhatsApp him to see if he has any lens to let go. Interesting, my...

Dallmeyer lens 3” f4.5 Popular enlarging Anastigmat lens

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Owing to my work, I have stopped my hobby of photography for awhile. I have decided to restart my photography hobby again with the ordering of a new vintage lens. This is an old vintage Dallmeyer 3” f4.5 Popular enlarging Anastigmat lens that need to be modified in order to be able to use it in modern camera. The magic of vintage lens cannot be explained by words. Please see photos below 

Angénieux & Co

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  Monday, 13 August 2018 N°025: Chrome brass 58mm F/1.9 Meyer Gorlitz Primoplan (exakta) Modification to Leica M mount, alloy barrel machined like 35 summaron/summicron v1 design. An innovative rangefinder system has been hand-made from brass with fine tune options for digital use. (Model shown with a rare "M2 S/T Button" dechromed, recoated in polyurethane 2K and sanded to "used" finish)