Your vote for Leica's Next Lenses

Your vote for Leica's Next Lenses

  • 35mm f1

    Votes: 24 17.4%

  • 28mm f1.4

    Votes: 24 17.4%

  • 24mm f2

    Votes: 27 19.6%

  • 24mm f1.4

    Votes: 17 12.3%

  • 21mm f2

    Votes: 13 9.4%

  • 21mm f1.4

    Votes: 13 9.4%

  • 18mm f2.8

    Votes: 11 8.0%

  • 16mm f2.8

    Votes: 24 17.4%

  • Something else...

    Votes: 11 8.0%

  • There's enough lenses already

    Votes: 20 14.5%

  • 16-18-21-24-28-35-50-75-90 Nono-Summilux

    Votes: 2 1.4%
  • Total voters
    138
  • Poll closed .
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Mark Norton

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If you could specify the next prime M lenses Leica produces, which would you choose? Keep in mind that going faster costs more than going wider. You can vote for more than 1...
 
Don't play with buttons at 5am, I have to keep reminding myself of that.

Mark, I tried to merge this and the other thread you started under the same title. I hope you posted the second wanting the poll. Um, I ended up deleting the other one. Sorry.
 
I just want to be able to afford the current lenses :p Actually that's what I'd like to see next: a really cheap 35mm summicron...
 
Even as a person who has the M8 on order and uses a R-D1 ... i see no need for future new lens.
Fast wide angles are the kind of lenses i have zero to none interest in ...... i do not even use the slow ones .. 35 mm (=50mm considering crop) is where the action starts for me :)
 
The next lens should be an updated ASPH Summicron 50mm lens. The Noctilux also might be updated using aespherical lenses.

The 28/1.4 would be very difficult to make. See the price and size of the actual 28/2 ASPH...

The response of Leica to the gap in 35mm FoV lenses is the new Elmarit. They need to develop cheaper and smaller lenses (thanks to ASPH designs).

R.
 
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The Noctilux also might be updated using aespherical lenses.
R.
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That would cause the same degree of mass panic within the forum as the M8, with bank balances groaning under the pressure.

But it would be so good :cool:
 
How about a 60mm f/2.8 Macro-Elmar with built-in reflex finder, as on the old Pan-Cinor cine zoom lenses? No clunky Visoflex and you could still use the rangefinder for non-macro focusing.
 
Nemo said:
The Noctilux also might be updated using aespherical lenses.
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The Noctilux sells in such small numbers that it wouldn't be worth the investment. It would probably also completely change the charactaristics of the lens which is currently unique in the Leica line.
 
I think the current lens line is just fine. A 15 2.8 would be a wasted expense considering the new tri Elmar is available, and at f4 it is plenty fast. If someone really needs a 15, The Zeiss 15 would be a great choice. Leica could make one of its own and it would be the equal of the Zeiss, but not neccessarily better.

There is no need to change the Noctilux as its characteristics are unique and just fine. A 28 f1.4 would have too large a front element. Ditto a 24 f 2.0.

In other words, be happy because Leica lenses and Zeiss lenses are the finest in the world.
 
I think the current lens line is just fine. A 15 2.8 would be a wasted expense considering the new tri Elmar is available, and at f4 it is plenty fast. If someone really needs a 15, The Zeiss 15 would be a great choice. Leica could make one of its own and it would be the equal of the Zeiss, but not neccessarily better.

There is no need to change the Noctilux as its characteristics are unique and just fine. A 28 f1.4 would have too large a front element. Ditto a 24 f 2.0.

In other words, be happy because Leica lenses and Zeiss lenses are the finest in the world.
 
As an M8 user-to-be, I'd like a fast (f/2.8) 16mm. My C/V 15 at least doesn't vignette nearly as much as it did on the R-D1 - but I could still use the extra stop and a half for low-light documentary work. This is really the only 'hole' in my system that needs filling.
 
I have been aiming to have a selection of lenses that are separated by a multiple of around 0.7: 18mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, 90mm, 135mm. I have managed to find these, except the 18mm; currently, I have the CV 15mm instead of an 18mm.

I am an low light/available light guy, so I would obviously prefer my lenses to be as fast as possible. I would like to replace my ZM25/2.8 with an 24/2.0 or even 24/1.4 if at all possible. I would also like an 18/2.8. My CV15 hardly gets used... so I'm not convinced I would use an 18mm that much, but it would be nice to have the option.

Phil
 
Don't hold your breath waiting for a fast 24 or 25mm lens. The Leica 24/2.8 ASPH already has a 55mm filter size.
 
If they could make a lens that switched between 35 and 50mm while maintaining f/2.0 and reasonably small size, I'd be interested in that.
 
While the 90 AA is a great lens at distance shooting it reall suffers for head shots. Leica needs a new 90 AA with floating elements to improve close and wide apertures.
 
Summicron 50 needs an update and should be priced in the near of ZM Planar. Noctilux even more but this will hardly sell.
 
If a zoom lens is not [yet] possible with a rangefinder camera, then maybe a Tri-Summicron 35mm-50mm-90mm at an affordable price. Most people could get that lens only and maybe one CV wide angle lens. The other wish is a zoom lens with zooming rangefinder built-in.
 
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