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Subject: [Leica] Anyone shooting the FLE 35mm Summilux ASPH?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:19:29 +0930
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Geoff has one and I tested one a while ago.  It performs almost
identically to the 35/1.4 ASPH but the focus shift is much better
controlled.  The aspherical with two aspherical elements is still my
favourite, but the difference is so marginal it's hardly worth
worrying about.

Marty


On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
wrote:
> Vick, wait until they release the FLE 35/1.4 Aspherical :-)
>
> That would be a true collector's item!
>
> AFAIK, the "problem" with the original non-FLE version is focus shift at
> close distance. So I'd imagine that if you shoot a lot at F4 at close
> distance that it would be a problem. I usually shoot either wide open or
> crank it all the way to F8 so focus shift is not an issue for me.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> ?Anyone shooting the FLE 35mm Summilux ASPH?
>>
>> What is the popular name for this lens?
>>
>> What do you think? ?Is it worlds better than the previous 35mm ASPH
>> Summilux?
>>
>> Vick
>>
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Anyone shooting the FLE 35mm Summilux ASPH?)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Anyone shooting the FLE 35mm Summilux ASPH?)