Close focus distance - 1m and 0.7 m can turn a good portrait into a great one! The ZM Sonnar focuses to 1m only and it's the only complaint about this lens.Shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, UruguayР”В®xcludes: APO/FPO, PO Box, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Palau, American Samoa, Niue, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Guam, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Ghana, Djibouti, Cape Verde Islands, Mali, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Saint Helena, Seychelles, Gambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Libya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon Republic, Lesotho, Mayotte, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Guinea, CР“Т‘te d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Chad, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Senegal, Togo, Morocco, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Western Sahara, Malawi, Comoros, Angola, Algeria, Benin, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Somalia, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Tanzania, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Netherlands Antilles, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Haiti, Virgin Islands (U.S. The LEICA lens you see pictured here was bought used in 2009 for about 900 at this link to them at eBay, still in its original box, and has performance far. I can't count how many shots were missed with the 50mm 'lux ASPH and VM 50/1.5 because I couldn't focus fast enough (important if you use the lens for kids, pets etc) The ZM 50mm has a focus tab, a short and fluid throw - I can focus very quickly with the lens. hope this helps!Р”В®DIT: A few couple more points to add - when considering what lens to buy we tend to put 90% of the attention to sharpness, distortion, bokeh, etc, but how the lens handles obviously makes huge difference in actual photo taking: The LEICA 50mm f/2 SUMMICRON with Near-Focusing Range (1939-1953, 7.3 oz./206g, about 300), is a perfectly fine lens, and especially sharp in the center. With your budget I would spend a bit more time shopping around. Good deals often come up on eBay and there is really no hurry to jump on a lens. is it something that will trouble you in the future? Details about SUMMICRON 50mm F2 LEICA Summicron f5cm 1:2 Lens made by LEITZ Wetzlar in 1955. The Zeiss C Sonnar is a great lens and is one of my favorite. Learn more - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab. Will you want an F1.4 after buying an F2 lens? But a Summilux is faster and is similarly sized. The Summicron is of course a great lens, no argument about it. I ended up buying quite a few more 50mm lenses than needed because I often considered too few lenses at a time or tried to settle for a РІР‚СљlesserРІР‚Сњ lens for $$ reasons. Focus is a dream smooth and slippery even after 45 years in the case of this. Easy This lens is light, and easy to throw in a camera bag or pocket. The aperture flicks with a fingertip, and one finger does the focus. Top view, LEICA SUMMICRON 35mm f/2 (8-element). There are so many great 50mm M lenses out there that I think you should take a step back and consider a lot more options - especially you have a fairly large budget.Р”Р„sk yourself when you consider a lens: can it be the РІР‚Сљend gameРІР‚Сњ lens for you, or is it just a short term choice to fulfill a buying urge? How unique is the lens among all the 50mm lenses? Top view, LEICA M3 with LEICA SUMMICRON 35mm f/2 (8-element).

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