Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This points out something interesting: the 35/2 R lens is optimised for contrast at 5 lp/mm - you can see this clearly from the MTF charts. Its resolution of finer details is relatively poor. If you are looking for a lot of fine detail resolution, as you might if using slow colour slide film, this probably isn't the lens for you, despite the excellent colour rendition. It works incredibly well with 400 speed B&W neg films. I haven't used it on a DMR or any other digital cameras. Another option is the Zeiss ZF 35/2, but not for an R camera, obviously. The Zeiss is a better lens than the Summicron-R, but is about the size of the Summilux-R. Sometimes you get what you ask for, sometimes you ask for what you get. Marty On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > > Vick if you look in the archives you'll find my opinion of this lens is not > very high. K'chromes projected with the last generation Super Colorplan on > a > large screen revealed it shortcomings very clearly. A 50 Summilux type II > or > 19 mm Elmarit type II it aint. > > I've owned and sold *several* specimens of the 35/2.0 R, both type I and > type II, and would not recommend it. If your budget stretches to it try a > 35mm Summilux R. > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Vick Ko wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Are there shooters using the 35mm f2 Summicron-R lens out there? >> >> What do you think of it? >> >> ...Vick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >