Summilux 35mm pre-asph photos

[giulio stucchi]

m2, summilux 35 v2, tri-x 400

 

[Richard G]

You are an amazing portraitist Giulio. You always draw something special from your subjects.

 

[Richard G]

L2012577.jpg by Richard, on Flickr

 

[giulio stucchi]

You are and amazing portraitist Giulio. You always draw something special from your subjects.

Thank you Richard,

giulio

 

[RS2]

Finally got a Summilux - 1990 made in Germany.
Like it so far.

20250215 047b by Ron Smith, on Flickr​

 

[RS2]

Renaissance Center, Detroit

20250322 060b by Ron Smith, on Flickr​

 

[Rayt]

35mm pre-A v2 Canada and M10M. Lens testing at f1.4

 

[Rayt]

I see the so-called Leica Glow in many of my Flamenco Dancers images. The Summilux creates a glow in some areas. I am sure it is an optical flaw, but it can be viewed positively too as being one of the many properties of the (old) 35/1.4 Version 2. I wonder if this glow looks different on film than with the M10.

Per my experience the glow looks the same on film and digital.

 

[fdu]

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Sedona by f_du, on Flickr, M5

 

[raid]

The Summilux grows on you with time. It is not a perfect lens.

 

[Rayt]

The Summilux grows on you with time. It is not a perfect lens.

I like it for its imperfection and prefer to use it at 1.4 and F2. Any lens these days can do perfect.

 

[RS2]

The Summilux grows on you with time. It is not a perfect lens.

No, it's certainly not "perfect," but it has its own unique qualities.

20250322 013b by Ron Smith, on Flickr​

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summilux 35mm f1.4 steel rim) leica mp

The late Ton Scherpenborg, Leica repairman.

 

[mnutzer]

Waiting for the bus at night
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[giulio stucchi]

m2, summilux 35 v2, tri-x 400

 

[giulio stucchi]

m2, summilux 35 v2, tri-x 400

giulio

 

[Vincent.G]

Leica M2 + Summilux 35mm + Kodak 5222

I like this shot a lot. Two different world in one image. Are you on Flickr?

 

[Vincent.G]

Leica M4 + Summilux 35mm + Kodak 5222

Love the suspense and mood here! Very nice work!

 

[RS2]

Shoemaker and Dog
Eastern Market, Detroit
M10 + 35 Summilux v2 (1990)

20250524 005b by Ron Smith, on Flickr​

 

[Richard G]

I'm coping with my love-hate relationship with this lens wide open. I scored a nice shot of this rose this morning with the Summicron wide open so I tried it again this afternoon with the Summilux wide open. (Different view.) The deficiicncies are evident, but it has a certain charm. I think the out of focus blur is busy and a little unsettling in LR. Less evident here in a jpeg online. I previously I found this lens front focuses at 1.4 a little bit, but it didn't interfere with what I did today. I don't think.



There is a sense wide open that the stark sharpness of a modern aspheric high contrast lens makes an image too literal. Here I can see how in better hands a little magic might be generated, or retained.....

I am now going to commandeer this Summilux from the Monochrom and keep it on the M9 for a bit.

PS I find this literalness of macro shots a real hurdle to overcome: a mere record, depiction close up, is not sufficient for a good photograph. Nice to get a bit of movement or emotion into a shot. Maybe I have been ignoring the secrets of the 35 Summilux. The glow is not merely a signature of your reckless spending, love of fast and light lenses, pride in something Leitz or Leica just for its own sake, but something a bit more important and elusive, producing an image that says something different and the observer not steeped in boring Leica lens lore might not quite know why he likes what he sees.