[Leica] 35 1.4

[Lluis Ripoll]

Leo,

If you are in Facebook a guy called Cemal Sagnak is using it after a while, a friend o me would purchase the Distagon too and had a long conversation with Cemal, he is very kind. His has both Distagon 35 1.4 and Lux ASPH 35 1.4, once I’ve asked him and his response was absolutely clear, he prefer the Lux. On the pictures I’ve saw, the Lux give better contrast and sharpness, the Zeiss is more smooth and IMO it is even more prominent to produce flare.

I have the old Summilux 35 pre and I’ve checked it against the Lux 35 ASPH (not FLE), differences are very small, just on contrast and flare, I agree what Erwin Puts say in his book, up to f 2.8 it is practically impossible see any difference on the pictures with one or the other lens, concerning the FLE I think the difference is on the distortion on the shortest distances.

IMHO the Lux 35 ASPH (the previous to the FLE) is an excellent option, IMHO the main problem with the LUX 35 pre is the flare when you shot at f 1.4 or 1.4/2 against a point of light, beside this, if you like the smooth tones and there is not important the closed focusing distance (the old 1 m., the news ASPH ,7 m.), the pre asph is a very nice and small lens.

Cheers
Lluis
 



El 16/02/2015, a las 00:10, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> escribió:

> Anyone shooting with the Zeiss?  Compare it to the new Leica lens?
> 
> Thanks!
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