Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can certainly say that there is a "Painterly" quality about the old 35 Summilux when shot at F1.4 on the M8. ( Henning.. is that Coma that I see?) I am also certain, there are a lot of other expressions you could use... I had tested this lens on my M6 with film,. It came as a weak ( but 1 stop faster) brother to the F2 Summicron. Double ( Triple? Quadruple?) Ditto in digital.. But the 35 V3 Summicron has that same look... just not as extreme...not nearly. No other 35 (that I own) touches the 35 ASPH Lux ( the non-floating element version). Not close. Getting ready for a trip, and needed to know what my lenses would produce, and which to take...( No, I have not decided yet...) Interestingly, one of the sharpest lenses I own on the M8 is the 135 3.4 APO Telyt. But a lot are close... There were some surprises on the positive side.. most are spot on for focus. that surprised me as many are from the 80's and 90's. BTW, bought a (not a favorite of many) 40 Nokton F1.4 to try out... not here yet, but will test and see if it is better than my other choices... For those that want to know.. Tripod mounted M8, focused about 20 feet away ( travel trip, travel distances), at max aperture, no hoods. 3 exposures per shot, all refocused from scratch. Shutter speed varied but in the 1/1000 range. ( no movement allowed!) Day was overcast. About F8 on the sunny 16 chart. No wind. Evaluated in LR4, no sharpening, at 1:1. Dell i7 processor system. 20 inch Samsung 204B screen.. Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net