[Leica] 35mm Summicron R lens - good , bad, so so?

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Thanks Marty.

I sold my 35/1.4 R, partially due to it being too heavy.

I'm thinking of getting a 35/2 R.  Or maybe only reserving my 35mm focal 
length shooting to M camera.

But I would like a small R lens to use on my R9.

Vick




On 6/21/2011 8:01 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:
> I just played with some 35mm R lenses recently.  The Mandler version
> of the lens is really great.  It's very flare resistant with light
> sources in the frame, has excellent colour reproduction and few
> serious flaws.  It occasionally flares when there are diffuse, bright
> sources of light outside the frame, much like the 50/2 Summicron-M
> six-element versions.  With an SLR you can usually see the flare
> before you shoot.  The Summilux-R is better until about f2.8-4, where
> they become equal, and has better close up and near-far performance
> because of its floating element.  But the Summilux has more optical
> vignetting, and has a 67mm filter thread, and is much heavier, instead
> of 55 for the Summicron.
>
> Marty