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Legacy fast prime - or alternative ?

Started Nov 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
leggeron Senior Member • Posts: 1,077
Re: Legacy fast prime - or alternative ?

You can take a look at my flickr account as i shoot almost only legacy lenses nowadays and the voigtlander 25mm.
Im not sure what focal lengths you need (the new panasonic 25 1.7 seems like nice lens at a great price) but be aware that almost all fast legacy lenses (faster than f2.4) are 50-ish or 85-ish milimeters so you end up with teles.
I was not particularly fond of my om 50 1.4 and think that the 50 1.8 was generally better. Almost any fast legacy lens you find will need a click or two stop down for really acceptable technical (not art) performance.
There's a myriad of fast legacy lenses in the 50 to 85 range. Most are good enough, few are special and some are useless. Some are very very expensive some are dirt cheap, some are collectibles are some have flooded the world. There also many mounts available to choose from.
As a start id point you towards the lens database over at pentaxforums. Its probably the largest and most comprehensive database in one place available.
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