'Drawing' of leica's 35 1.4 asph and 24 2.8?

[Bobfrance]

If it's any help, whilst I know you can only glean so much from a JPG view on a screen, these are shots I took that I think typify the differences between the lenses I mentioned.

It's worth noting that I often like to isolate my subjects by shooting at wide apertures (often fully open) so a lenses OOF characteristics are quite important to me.

Leica 35/1.4 Summilux ASPH shot on M8

Zeiss Biogon 28/2.8 shot on M8 (slightly cropped)

(uncropped but not wide open)

Zeiss Planar 50/2 (cropped) Hexar RF

(uncropped) Hexar RF

(uncropped) M8

And finally a couple of test shots I did a 35/1.2 Nokton and a 35/.15 Canon (with identical/minimal processing) both on M8 shot wide open. I found the difference quite surprising.

Nokton 35/1.2

Canon 35/15

 

[Sparrow]

I may have said it before, but that third shot is an absolute belter Bob

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

lenses don't draw anything. Luckily, since it would take an awful lot of time.
Lenses project damn images.

The 28 is too "clinical", the 35 is too narrow, the 24 is too wide, how about forgetting Leica then alltogether?
There are zoom lenses in the 24-105 mm range that are definitely not "clinically sharp"
😉

Bravo! - Pherdinand!....I thought it was just me that is tireing of all the cr*p that is being posted on RFF lately! LOL! 😀

 

[Bobfrance]

I may have said it before, but that third shot is an absolute belter Bob

Thanks Stewart. It's nice of you to say so. 🙂

 

[peewee]

Bob, those are super shots, thanks very much for posting them, i especially like the first b&w.
Cheers
Lucy

 

[jaapv]

the 24 is really a wide lens while the 35 can be used to isolate the subject, that's the main difference.

😕Why couldn't one use a 24 to isolate the subject?

 

[Bobfrance]

Bob, those are super shots, thanks very much for posting them, i especially like the first b&w.
Cheers
Lucy

Glad to help. 🙂

 

[boymerang]

I don't have any experience with the 24mm but I'm loving my 35mm lux ASPH. It delivers images just the way I like them.

A random from last week: