[New test photos released] Leica Summicron 35/2 Eight Element copy made in China

[Ed Schwartzreic]

Raid,
Years ago I bought the 35/1.4 pre-aspheric for its speed primarily. Ditto the 50/1. I shot often wide open in very dim environments, like venues in a hall with a speaker for example, or nighttime shots of people outside.

Now I can enjoy it for all that it does otherwise. Agree with you.

Ed

 

[raid]

Raid,
Years ago I bought the 35/1.4 pre-aspheric for its speed primarily. Ditto the 50/1. I shot often wide open in very dim environments, like venues in a hall with a speaker for example, or nighttime shots of people outside.

Now I can enjoy it for all that it does otherwise. Agree with you.

Ed

I may be spoiled by sunny weather in Baghdad and then in Pensacola. I don't like dark places.

 

[steveyork]

The three reasons that keep me from considering a pre-asph Summilux are the screwy filter system, the MFD, and the availability of the Nokton, which similar to the LLL 8 element, is a price friendly reproduction of the Leica lens, available from the head bartender who runs this site. Glad to see others receiving their 8 element replica.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

The three reasons that keep me from considering a pre-asph Summilux are the screwy filter system, the MFD, and the availability of the Nokton, which similar to the LLL 8 element, is a price friendly reproduction of the Leica lens, available from the head bartender who runs this site. Glad to see others receiving their 8 element replica.

Agreed. The early Summilux was a good lens at $1k..... when there weren't options. I ended up preferring the Summicron and had various versions including the highly hyped 'king of bokeh' for decades.
At $2k-$3 used not so much..... & there are other fine options. We're lucky.

 

[raid]

Yes, we are lucky. I have (and use) in 35mm lenses the Summicron 2.0; Summaron 3.5; Summilux 1.4. Then I have Canon 35mm 1.5; 1.8; 2.0; 2.8. Zeiss 35/2.

I don't need them all. I just enjoy using them.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Yes, we are lucky. I have (and use) in 35mm lenses the Summicron 2.0; Summaron 3.5; Summilux 1.4. Then I have Canon 35mm 1.5; 1.8; 2.0; 2.8. Zeiss 35/2.

I don't need them all. I just enjoy using them.

You really need the Summaron 35mm f/2.8!

Erik.

 

[raid]

You really need the Summaron 35mm f/2.8!


Erik.

I may have owned one at a time when I was unaware of how good a lens it is. Now it is too expensive.

 

[alex.wheatley]

The three reasons that keep me from considering a pre-asph Summilux are the screwy filter system, the MFD, and the availability of the Nokton, which similar to the LLL 8 element, is a price friendly reproduction of the Leica lens, available from the head bartender who runs this site. Glad to see others receiving their 8 element replica.

I had a Nokton, then got the Pre-Asph bug, bought a good user and ended up modifying (vandalising) it to focus down to 0.7m and taking the 39mm. Any sensible person would have kept the Nokton, but the pre-asph at 1.4 just occasionally delivers something special. It also delivers some "leica glow" that really is just bad!

If and when my 8 element replica comes I couldn't part with the 1.4... 🙂

 

[shawn]

For those that can't wait.....

Shawn

 

[raid]

For those that can't wait.....

Shawn

What is the market value of the Version 1 8 elements Summicron with goggles?

 

[Dyfa]

There is a hood attached that might have caused some vignetting. Perhaps I should use it only under bright lighting conditions. Thanks for catching that

Something funky seems to be going on in the corners of this photo; a bit of blur and color shift as well. Is there a fat filter or lens hood on it? The shots are nice and sharp, just wondering about this.

This thread is killing me, by the way, as I enviously wait for my brass-finish lens!

First try uploading pictures to RFF hope it works.

Just some photos of my dog in the backyard. Chinacron is nice is sharp wide open. Shot on M9P

 

[shawn]

I don't think they are going to get that price for that lens. They have had it listed for awhile.

I haven't really followed the goggles much but KEH has one for $729 in bargain condition right now. I seem to recall seeing some really nice ones for around 1000 or $1200 fairly recently.

Shawn

 

[raid]

I don't think they are going to get that price for that lens. They have had it listed for awhile.

I haven't really followed the goggles much but KEH has one for $729 in bargain condition right now. I seem to recall seeing some really nice ones for around 1000 or $1200 fairly recently.

Shawn

I would save $1000 and get a goggled one.

 

[raid]

There is a hood attached that might have caused some vignetting. Perhaps I should use it only under bright lighting conditions. Thanks for catching that

Something funky seems to be going on in the corners of this photo; a bit of blur and color shift as well. Is there a fat filter or lens hood on it? The shots are nice and sharp, just wondering about this.

This thread is killing me, by the way, as I enviously wait for my brass-finish lens!

I also got darker looking corners in some images when using a lens hood with the replica.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

That's a goggled Summaron.

The cheapest Goggled Summicron I can find is €2,200!

 

[shawn]

That's a goggled Summaron.

The cheapest Goggled Summicron I can find is €2,200!

Thanks for the correction, my bad!

Shawn

 

[raid]

Good for me as I own a goggled Summicron in very clean condition since 30 years.

 

[andyturk]

I picked up mine today from DHL. I got #214 in silver chrome finish. The lens looks and feels great. It's compact on my M10, but really dense/heavy when you pick it up. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[Erik van Straten]

What is the market value of the Version 1 9 elements Summicron with goggles?

I've never heard of a Summicron with 9 elements.

Erik.

 

[D&A]

Well Ed, it is for me not about ISO settings and so on. The lens can draw beautifully at 1.4 in open shade and when used with colors. I am sure that it also does well with B&W. I am not after high ISO and this is why I have been quite happy with my M8 and M9, but I got weak, and I bought an M10.

The 35mm f1.4 pre asph can be a special lens under the right circumstances, as pointed out, especially wide open. Lenses that have a unique signature do so some of the times but not on every shot. A number of factors go into the way a lens draw and when its strengths are revealed. In many ways I am sorry since I sold mine but when the right one comes along, I'll definitely reacquire one.

Raid as for that reasoning of getting a M10 in a moment of weakness....don't some spouses also use that phrase when they....um....maybe I'll just leave it at that...LOL!

Seriously Raid, once you get a chance to put the M10 through its paces, I'll be interested in your thoughts specifically regarding its lower ISO output compared to your M9, especially that I am enamored with the M9 output for a digital camera.

Dave (D&A)