Summilux 35mm pre-asph photos

Then again, I could easily just pull out the 50 mm Elmar-M and shoot the close up stuff with that. You get more magnification with the 50 and it focuses at 0.7 m.
 
Thinking about buying one of these lenses. Tried out one that belongs to a friend of mine. So I gave it a whirl a couple weeks ago when I came across a local classic car club having a group get together to clean their cars.

I like the way the lens renders, though it is definitely softer used wide open. These were shot around f/4 or f/5.6

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tbarker13 said:
Thinking about buying one of these lenses. Tried out one that belongs to a friend of mine. So I gave it a whirl a couple weeks ago when I came across a local classic car club having a group get together to clean their cars.

I like the way the lens renders, though it is definitely softer used wide open. These were shot around f/4 or f/5.6

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Nice shots, Tim.
You've managed to capture chrome convincingly. That's not easy.
 
@ f/1.4:

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@ f/1.4:

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Gabor, as I've mentioned to you before, I love this shot warts and all. The way this lens draws is part of why this image seems all the more actual and current. It feels like we're all there in the room with you watching the salary men laughing and relaxing after another workday.
 
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Ron and tomasis, thank you !! 🙂 About the glow, it could be that blur "destroyed" it or the UV filter. At least the UV filter is the reason for flare I have recently in some of my photos taken with this lens. 😱
 
I recently got a 35lux preA. I thought about starting a new thread, but then remembered that there was already a great one here in RFF.

The "Leica Glow" @ f1.4. Love and hate. I played with it a little bit and found that, about 50% of the time I don't need, nor want, that glow. Yet when I want it, it's great.

@f2 it's already sharp enough. From f2.8 and above I just can't ask for more.

Here is a shot with R-D1s, with that "f1.4 Leica Glow":

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I love this lens. Probably the favorite after the Noctilux. Let's keep this thread going.
 
Hello everybody, this is my first post here. The 35/1.4 pre-asph is one of my favourite, the glow is magic. Thank you everybody, this thread is quite refreshing in the digital asph-era. I hope to share some pictures with you as soon.
 
Amen, NB23

If there was only one lens to have, my old Summilux 35 would be it.

For shooting at night in the streets of New York with Tri-X at EI 200 and landscapes with an impossible-to-duplicate-otherwise pictorial effect wide open with the finest grained film, it simply cannot be beat.
 
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