Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just bought a used Leica SL2 from B&H and it came with a Leica Summicron-SL 35/2.0. Both of them appear to be brand new with original boxes and papers. The Summicron SL is the lightest Leica lens I've ever had and seems to do an outstanding job. I'm having fun with it on my camera most of the time. I also bought the 60 Apo-Macro-Elmarit-TL. That is one strange lens!! It's very light weight and it crops to 90. I bought that one for the macro and it is amazing. I know these are not the M lenses you are looking for, but these days, I need the auto-focus most of the time and the very light weight is a bonus!! Tina On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 2:21?AM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I'd like to find a fast 35mm lens that does not focus shift appreciably, > and doesn't weigh a ton. > > I have the first (non FLE) version 35/1.4 Summilux ASPH. Because of the > focus shift issue, at f/2.8-5.6 the point of focus is a bit behind what > the rangefinder indicates. Yes, I can compensate, but I'd rather not > have to worry about it. So I mostly shoot it at f/1.4, f/2, and f/8. And > unless I know I'm going to be in "available darkness" mode, I leave the > 'Lux at home, and take my Mandler-era 35 Summicron IV. > > Honestly, though, I love how that pre-FLE Summilux draws. When I nail > the focus, it's astounding. And even if I don't quite, it's beautiful. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1006956.jpg.html> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1006950.jpg.html> > (M8 photos from 2010 with the 'Lux wide open or nearly so.) > > So I'm not inclined to replace it with the FLE version, especially at > today's prices. What I might want to do is pick up a fast but lighter > 35mm lens. Something that I could use as an all-around lens for travel, > or when I want a light kit and I might need faster than f/2, but I might > not. Any suggestions for a lens like this? I must say the recent > Voigtlander 35/1.5 looks tempting. (I'm not interested in the "classic" > lenses patterned after the old spherical Summilux. > > Thanks! > --Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- https://pbase.com/tinamanley