Canon LTM Recomend a nice lens 4 canon 7?

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Hi,
I just bought a canon 7 and am trying to decide what lens to buy first for it. Likely a 50 mm to start. Am not interested in the Canon 50 .95. Budget would be under $500. Would appreciate any or all suggestions.
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The Canon 50mm f/1.4 is one of the best. I use it more than my 50mm Summicron and in my opinion, it's almost as good (the lenses are similar vintage). For a wide, the Canon 35mm f/2 or f/2.8 are my favorites. Any of the Cosina Voigtlander lenses are great buys and also very high quality as well.

Phil Forrest
 
The Canon 50/1.4 really stands out of the 50mm line-up. Sharp and beautiful bokeh.

For wide, my favorites are the 35/1.5 (at mid f-stops, the sharpest Canon 35) and the 28/2.8.

35/1.5 and 50/1.4 are also easier to filter (48mm) than the 40mm of most other Canon RF lenses.

That being said, nothing wrong with putting a CV, Nikkor or Summicron on your Canon :)

Cheers,

Roland.
 
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Budget??? 50/1.8 and Canon 35/2.8... both are excellent and relative bargains.

Undoubtedly the 50/1.4 is top notch. The 35/2 is also highly regarded, but not my cup of tea, much to contrasty for me.
 
A Nikkor 5cm LTM lens in f2 or f1.4 would do very nicely, but it will be over the 500 dollar limit mark for the body and lens combo these days.
 
The Canon 50/1.4 is a good lens for the Canon 7. As with any 50 year old lens, condition is everything, so be able to inspect it and return if there are problems.
 
I have several 50mm LTM lenses, but I think the Jupiter-8 is definitely the "best buy." I got mine for $40 on the *bay from a U.S. seller. I only bought it because I couldn't justify the $300-400 for a black Summicron, and I wanted a black lens to go with my black M6. I use the J-8 quite a bit, due to its size and performance. Only 2 complaints-- no click-stops or detents, or whatever you call them, and the front element rotates when focusing. But it was a bargain.
 
crawdiddy said:
I have several 50mm LTM lenses, but I think the Jupiter-8 is definitely the "best buy." I got mine for $40 on the *bay from a U.S. seller. Only 2 complaints-- no click-stops or detents, or whatever you call them, and the front element rotates when focusing. But it was a bargain.
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+1 - but what about a semi wide 35mm f2.8mm Jupiter-12 in addition? My 7+12 here Think that's completed with a heavystar 40.5mm vented hood
 
I was very happy with a Canon 50/1.8 on my 7. I should have kept that pair - I got really good results with it. I can also recommend a good Jupiter 12 - the newer black ones fit though it pays to be vigilant about the RF cam... ;) Again, I got good results with mine on a Canon 7.

William
 
The Canon 7 is a large-ish rf camera, so the 50/1.4 will balance well on it, in addition to being a superb lens optically. For 35, the Ultron 35/1.7 is perfect on a 7.
 
Thanks for all the quick replies. I had forgotten how cool and helpful everyone here is. Are there any leica summicrons i can pick up for under 5 bills?
 
But the collapsible Summicron is a much higher-risk purchase than any of the Canon 50mm lenses, especially sight unseen. The coating is very soft on the collapsible Summicron, prone to haze (hard to clear without removing the coating) and scratches on the external elements.

The Canon 50/1.8 and 50/1.4 are much lower risk purchases, hard coating, not prone to needing service. The Canon 50/1.2 is somewhat risky.
 
I see the pull to Summicron in your subsequent post , but ...

See Dante Stella on the Canon 50/1.8, as well as other Canons, as well as antiquecamers.net on the Canons -- not to mention cameraquest in its classic camera profiles piece on lenses.

Don't know what you like to shoot, but for 5 bills and Canon --
you can buy:
35/2 or 2.8 and 50/1.8
or 35 option above and 100/3.5 (tho the 100 can have some haze. Check)
or the 50/1.8 and 100/3.5

Just a thought.
 
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