Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you are being too kind to the designers. The R system offered only one fast 35 for many years so it's not as if we had much choice. Those of us who wanted true Summicron quality were out of luck. I don't know why they ever bothered to release a 6 element high speed retrfocus WA with such a weak performance. FWIW, I was not happy with the 28 mm Elmarit R Type I either. I tied 3 samples, could not get a really good one, new or used. The RF lenses are of no use if one is carrying an R system. >From the late 80's to the early 90s I ws able to build up a Contax system with a good selection of fast WA lenses: 21/2.8. 28/2.9 35/1.4 distagons. The CZ lenses were good enough, at least my specimans were, that I sold off my R wide angles. At this point in time I do not advocate the use of any of the WA R lenses on C***N or N****N digital bodies. Why not buy a 21/2.8, 28/2.0 or 35/1.4 CZ lens in ZE or ZF2 mount instead? MTF curves of the new 35/1.5 Distagon ZF and ZE were posted on the Zeiss web site. Have a lok to se how good the lens is. Of course, MTF curvers are not everything, but they do indicate how well corrected a lens is and what to expect under optimum conditions On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Marty Deveney wrote: > 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