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This article is from the Yashica SLR FAQ, by cg@evrl.xs4all.nl (Cees de Groot) with numerous contributions by others.

4.5. Normal

Desc          L-G     Amin     Dmin     Filt     Size        Wght     Q     Cmt
50/1.9DSB     6/4       16      0.5       52     62x40        215
50/2.0ML      6/4       16      0.5       52     61x32        140     3     1
50/1.9ML      6/5       16      0.5       52     61x32        145           4
50/1.7ML      6/5       16      0.5       52     61.5x40      240     4     2
50/1.4ML      7/6       16      0.5       52     61.5x42      295     ?     3
55/2.0DSB     6/4       16      0.5       52     63x39.5      200
55/1.2ML      7/6       16      0.5       55     66.5x50      410

1. I have one to go with my FX-3, which makes up for a very nice and
lightweight system. I use it near swimming pools, on the beach, and
other places where I don't want to lug around (and put at risk) my
``real'' gear.

2. I had to take it apart in order to clean the aperture blades (the
blades stuck because some grease had gotten onto them). This
inside look left me with a good impression of the lens innards - I
couldn't discover any significant parts in plastic, everything was
metal and looked well-built. I can't complain about its sharpness,
I think it is a very fine lens.

3. Some say tests shown much worse performance than the Zeiss 50/1.4,
others say it was almost as good. In any case, this is quite an
expensive piece of glass, almost as expensive as the Zeiss version
- I'd opt for the latter if I was going to spend a lot of money on
a 50mm...

4. Still available.

 

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