double Aspherical element 35mm lens

[alice]

does anyone know anything about this "legendary" double aspherical element 35mm M lens?

 

[paulh]

Its collectible and therefore expensive!

 

[rover]

Is that the 8 element Summicron?

If so, what Paul said.

I think it is said that the 2.8 Summaron is pretty similar to the 8 element Summicron.

 

[Photar]

Is that the 8 element Summicron?

No, it's the lens you find in Leica's history under 1990:
http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/historie/produkte/index_e.html

 

[x-ray]

There was one on ebay recently and if I remember correctly it went for over four thousand. I owned the double aspheric 50mm 1.2 for a number of years. It had two hand ground asph elements. I don't remember the price in the 70's when I owned it but it was high. I've seen a couple on ebay in the past month that sold as high as fifty six hundred dollars. Wish I still had mine.

 

[saxshooter]

It is the 35mm 1.4 Summilux ASPHERICAL (entire word written out on lens front) rather than the 35mm Summilux 1.4 ASPH. I believe the optical computation is the same, save for the one less ashperical surface. Results probably very similar, although those who own one will probably disagree.

 

[Kevin]

I have both the ASPHERICAL and the ASPH. One sits on each M6.
The ASPHERICAL on its body is fantastically aligned with the rf patch.
But I have never done any side-by-side tests shooting the exact same motive..
I would be hard pressed to see a difference between the two lenses I think.
The focus throws feel different when using them, however.

 

[Nikon Bob]

As has been said by previous posters , the ASPHERICAL 35mm F1.4 was in production for a very short time which is probably why the prices are so high as serious collectors likely want them. They were also hand ground and very pricey new because of the cost to produce them. Kevin you lucky bugger, maybe you could post some photos from each for a quicky comparison.

Nikon Bob

 

[alice]

thanks!
can someone also post a photo of the lens? or does it basically look the same as the current one just with full word "aspherical" written on it?
what year was this lens made?

 

[Nikon Bob]

You could check here http://www.kbcamera.com/summilux35mm.htm .

Nikon Bob

 

[alice]

great, thanks Nikon Bob

 

[vizioneer]

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005yXS&tag=

 

[Photar]

can someone also post a photo of the lens?

Check auction nr. 7592003264, you know where.

 

[Kevin]

As has been said by previous posters , the ASPHERICAL 35mm F1.4 was in production for a very short time which is probably why the prices are so high as serious collectors likely want them. They were also hand ground and very pricey new because of the cost to produce them. Kevin you lucky bugger, maybe you could post some photos from each for a quicky comparison.

Nikon Bob

I would need some parameters from you for such a test because I have never done a lens comparison before:

Subject, Aperature(s), Film, Development, Detail Crop(s), etc.

Is it even possible to compare an almost identical lens using negs that have been scanned at a (relatively) low resolution, such as 1200dpi?

I got the ASPHERICAL lens in 1995 and the ASPH for my second body in 2004. I would imagine that their properties are identical, only the manner in which they were constructed are different.

Do you think such a test is really worth it?

Best,
Kevin