Leica 35mm f/2.5 Summarit-M Wide Angle, Standard Manual Focus Lens for M System, Black – USA
Thursday, 18. March 2010
- All Summarit-M lenses are designed, manufactured and marked “Made in Germany”
- Highest optical and mechanical performance with the classic Leica look and feel
- Superb price/performance that reach new markets and customer segments
- Compact lenses in the Leica tradition
- Lenses include metal front cap, rear cap and cloth pouch
Product Description
The Summarit-M lenses are designed to offer traditional Leica optical and mechanical excellence while positioned at a price level below the current M ASPH lenses. The aim of these lenses is to bring classic Leica quality and performance to a broader market of users. The Summarit-M maximum aperture of f/2.5 and the concentration on classical and proven spherical lens designs leads to very compact, but high performance lenses with excellent quality expected from a Lei… More >>
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John Kwok Says:
The brand new Leica Summarit-M 35mm f2.5 is a lens certain to win ample praise from new and old users of Leica M rangefinder cameras and lenses. This relatively inexpensive (relatively inexpensive for Leica, that is) lens is a modern update on Leica’s classic 35mm Summaron, but offering more special glass elements (Three elements comprised of special high refractive index glass with anomalous partial dispersion, to paraphrase Leica’s own advertising on this compact lens.). Much to my amazement, it is almost as fine a performer wide open at f2.5 as its older, more expensive, Summicron ASPH sibling, and definitely rivals the latter’s performance at least by f5.6. Hence it ought to be quite desirable to those who want a Leica 35mm lens, but are unwilling to pay more than $2,000 for either the Summicron (f2) or Summilux (f1.4) siblings in brand new or mint condition. I greatly enjoyed handling it at this year’s Photo Plus East, and realized that it would be a fine compact traveling companion for either my Leica M4 or M6 rangefinder cameras.
How is this lens as an image maker? Judging from the sample photographs I saw at Photo Plus East, I’d say that it is truly a lens capable of spectacular results. These pictures offered more contrast, as well as the high resolution that I’ve come to expect from the latest generation of Leica’s M-mount rangefinder lenses. If there is one slight sour gripe that I must express about this lens, then it’s the regrettable fact that its lens hood must be purchased separately (This is also true for the other Summarit lenses too.). Otherwise, I think anyone who appreciates a compact Leica 35mm lens with a focusing tab will be interested in adding this Summarit lens to their kit, either as their primary 35mm lens, or as a “back-up” to their Summicron or Summilux (or both) lenses.
Rating: 5 / 5