[Leica] Fast 35mm that isn't a Summilux ASPH

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Peter, check out the Voightlander selections.  They have quite a few in the
1.5 to 1.2 range with your choice of size to weight.  The newer ones focus
shift is minimal.

Also, Precision Camera at their Anderson Lane store has a pre-aspheric
Summilux for sale.

Don
don.dory at gmail.com

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 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
>
>
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