Is this the BEST Leica lens? 

I love how you walk us through your thoughts for the photos, shows us how much you care about the pictures you are taking. Solid stuff!

That lens is the DR, not rigid (same optics though, but even better built and can close focus to 0.5m with the goggles). If you like the optics but not the weight, the rigid weights less 150g or so. Great lens, one of my favorites too! Looking forward for more videos!

The Summicron 50DR may not be THE best optically if compared to the recent unaffordable APO ASPHs but, being a bit moody wide open, tack sharp at f4, f5.6 ... with two focus ranges, it’s certainly the most versatile. And it’s a great performer overall, a mechanical masterpiece and a lot of fun! Thanks very much for the lovely video; I love those costal places in the rain. :-)

I always carry a chamois leather in my bag to cover my camera in wet conditions. Nice shots. The Summicron 50 is one of the best Leica lenses ever made. Keep it!

Lovely colors in the photographs. Thank you

Beautiful compositions!

I have and use both the Rigid Summicron as well as the Summitar (made in 1951) and both are outstanding!

Great video! Savage shooting in the rain! Yes, the Summicron Rigid is the best. Your DR is second best, because it uses the same optical block as the Rigid. .... so the DR is basically the same lens as a Rigid, but the DR can focus closer.

"That's how life is sometimes... but we play with it." - Joel Hypponen, 2020

Love the shots, love the Leica, LOVE Seaside Heights! Location is well chosen. Well done!

Great shots, I love the last ones (lesser light and more "moody""). I just wanted to say to anyone reading this: be aware that older Leica lenses, like this DR, are prone to having some growth inside (fungus) which greatly alter contrast/sharpness and cannot always be CLA'd. My own experience: I bought that same lens you have there with the matching goggles (which enable the lens to focus down to 4.5cm. Without the goggles, the mini focus dist is 1m....) knowing there was a little fungus inside. I sent it off to two Leica shops (one is official and the other is reknown third party): they both said that the growth happened to be between two unseperable lens elements and therefore the lens became useless ....... If you do find one in good condition, it's probably a great lens but I personnaly will keep away from older lenses .....

The lens in your video is called the Dual Range DR, the Rigid does not have the capability for short focus. Both do have the same optical design...!

These are very beautiful shots. Thank you. Video was great too.

This is a Leica Dual Rangę, and not a Rigid. As I found out the hard way, Dual Range Summicrons are not compatible with Leica digital Ms. So if you have an M8 or newer and want a Summicron 50mm Type II, get a Rigid.

wow beautiful photos mate. Very inspiring.

It’s probably not the best Leica lens, but that’s not why we are here, right? (It’s still a very nice lens) Love the look of your pictures and the over exposure was spot on! Nicely done, glad to see you using film. Jersey shore has a lot to see and winter at the beach is always worth it! 📸

Nice one. That hay stuff does look great in your photos.

Too much fun out there man. Come back soon ✌🏼

Great video, I have the same lens here really love it even put it on those modern cameras it can still make you surprised 😀

So beautiful video 😍

Great work my friend, particularly love the last images into the night 😍

You should get the thing that you put ontop to focus until 0.49m, it really is awesome.

Awesome video. M6 is probably the best camera ever made. Making me want to get a 50mm.

Stunning pictures ! Whats the Leather strap you got on your m6?

Enjoyed your unbridled ENTHUSIASM.. KEEP IT UP.

Great shots and an amazing place. Definitely need to drop by that place next time I am in NY

Well that was extremely enjoyable, thanks Joel!

The photos look dope! That lens is a legend for a reason. I have the next version of the 50mm Summicron, which is pretty much identical to yours. I think it's my favourite lens ever made. Those pre-aspherical Summicrons have some magic to them, for sure.

I just stumbeld across your channel....now suscribed😅keep up the great work. Greetings from Germany

very nice video!! The rigid is a nice keeper works great on my M8 and M9P

Bro, come to Seattle. We’ll test it against the Summilux 🙌🏼

Really fun vid. Killing it

For me the summilux 50mm 1.4 is my favorite That I have since the chromatic aberration doesn’t exist on this lens it does

Very nice video! When it rains the colours get soft, good light to shoot. What you call ‘hay’ is marram gress in norwegian. Planted in dunes to keep the sand in place, having very long roots. We have lots of it here on the Dutch coast.

How do you feel about the no focus tab ? I'd love to read your thoughts about this. Also, any rangefinder blockage? If so are you considering external rangefinder?

nice vid, i love how excited you are in the rain ; )

Really enjoyed this!!

saving money for the summicron 50 at the moment. not sure if I would like to have a used old one or a new one for 2.2k euro.

how did you keep camera dry?

Beautiful images and presentation!!👍

I genuinely enjoyed this.

awesome shots dude. way to make use of an at first non-inviting weather! oh and pretty cool beats too. M.

Nice video and a very nice lens, but it’s not the so-called “rigid,” but the dual-range, usually called the DR.

What’s the music? Nice series of pics

Wow dude! great video, great photography. You have me subscribed :)

Would love to see this video shooting a Jupiter 8

Noctilux! But great video!

Btw its not rigid, it's the DR dual range, cause you have the bearing ball above the lens for the goggles correction of the M3.

Nice video, just ordered a Summicron 50mm F2 from 1961. What film canister is this that you are using to keep your 35mm films?

Actually I think the 28mm f1.4 is the best manual focus lens in the world, and the 28mm f1.7 autofocus lens with macro on the Q is the best autofocus lens in the world.

What did you use for audio? Sounds good.

Why all the photos are 6x7 ratio?

Are you shooting film only or even digital? And if, which brand?

Whey are the frames not actually 35mm format

Is your rigid version 1 or version 2 ?

Great review. One point of accuracy though- that’s a DR not a rigid.

Are these images cropped? They dont look like 3:2

Love my 50DR, works even better with a lens tab

Thank you for sharing this. I wanted to ask you metered at 400 asa and prossed for 800 asa?

Great video

is the rigid better than the dual ?

I got a friend of mine who want to sale his LEICA M6 NONE TTL black body for £500.00 to Me and is not been used for a long time and to buy one of these LEICA 50MM F 2 Lens you need over £1.500 to as much as £2.000 or so to buy it

Nice video. I just picked up an M3 with both the rigid and collapsible. What film did you use here? Did you push/pull or shoot it as rated?

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If you meant the best 50mm, you could be right, nice video

Good sharing video!!!

Capable one hand shooter.....

Do you really think that a 25 year-old lens can be the best Leica lens ?? I had this guy and changed it for a 50 summilux. And if I had enough money, I'd have bought the real best 50 M lens : the summicron 50 AA. By the way "summicron" means F2 in Leica langage. No need to specify the aperture.