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35mm Summilux R lens


Tony Smith

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It's a very good performer overall. Wide open, it vignettes a bit, but that's not really a problem in the sort of contexts in which f/1.4 needs to be used. In my book, it's also not quite top notch in the outer field at maximum aperture, but fine when stopped down a bit. Again this isn't really a problem in the sort of contexts where f/1.4 needs to be used. It's also quite big and heavy, being a retrofocus large aperture design.

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A special lens.

It is big and heavy. It is not a walk around lens.

It is rather difficult to focus and possibly you will miss the decisive moment.

I like the look on film. Creamy colors and a soft transition from sharpness to unsharpness.

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Does anyone know if (as was the case with the late-version 80 Lux) there is any difference in the coatings between the earlier ELW versions and the later Solms ones?

 

I have recently exchanged my 1983 Summilux-R 80mm for a very late version, and find that I much prefer the results, even for portraiture.

 

I agree that the 35 R Lux is a very highly underrated lens, and also surprisingly rare.

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I have been told that the R-35 Summicron is a sharper lens, but I have the Summilux and am very happy with it on the DMR.

 

No, 35 lux at f/1.4 is definitely as sharp as 35 crom f/2.0 if not sharper at center field, I have both lens, and always doing AB testing. This is definitely a top notch lens, the sharpness will scare you, I wonder how it compare a M-35 Lux Asph in such term.

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