The Canon 50mm f/0.95 "Dream Lens" - Fact, Fiction, or Fad?

They're rare and unusual, but is that enough? We put a Canon 50mm f/0.95 bokeh monster through its paces.



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Is this a TV lens?
If so, do they need a converter to attach to a Canon FD camera?

Grateful for your answers...

It is a lens for the Canon 7 rangefinder. It is not possible to convert it for Canon FD.

It would, however, fit a screw mount Leica, Fed, etc. (though it might not focus accurately without modifying either the camera mount or the lens).

The Canon 50/0.95 has not 39mm screw mount LTM. It has a proprietary bajonet and fits for Canon 7 and 7s only.

Not sure why I don't see anything that I like in these pictures.

I like the purple flower shot especially. The lens does make the world look a bit like it's underwater.

Sanug said:

The Canon 50/0.95 has not 39mm screw mount LTM. It has a proprietary bajonet and fits for Canon 7 and 7s only.

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Some techs have successfully converted this lens to LTM with rangefinder focusing.

Arthurwg said:

Not sure why I don't see anything that I like in these pictures.

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If you turn the lens over and look for a screw thread on the base, you won't find one. With a vary expensive base replacement and adaption, it has been fitted for the Leica M-mount. Only Leica owning surgeons can afford that. Back around 1983, my local camera shop sold me my 0.95 50mm with custom shade, attached to a 7Sz, both in mint condition. They knew I'd been looking for a 7Sz, to they bought this off an estate, then called me. The salesman was half appologizing for robbing me when he said they needed $525 for the lens, shade(with its case), camera body and case. I thought about asking how much they had paid for it, but decided not to rock the boat.

I was close to buying a 0.95 for my 7S but decided that the depth of field was just too narrow. The focusing on the 7 and 7s was pretty good not good as a Leica M but pretty good, still in low light getting the patch to aline perfectly I thought would be an issue, and very hit and miss with zone focusing. I don't recall off the top of my head what the asking price was.