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Thank you for the effort you put into this. One thing that stands out is how remarkably good is the venerable Summaron. I think I will learn to put up with the goggles and stop lusting after another 35 mm lens! At least, with the M 240, I can get it, and the goggled 135, on and off the camera with the half case on, something I could not do with the M 8 when I had it.

 

Thank you again, you have saved me a lot of money!

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The problem with the 35 Summicron ASPH is field curvature and focus shift. Both of these together are probably the reason why the v4 appears to be sharper than the ASPH.

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The problem with the 35 Summicron ASPH is field curvature and focus shift. Both of these together are probably the reason why the v4 appears to be sharper than the ASPH.

 

I am actually seeing it the other way round. V4 badly curved and OOF away from centre. ASPH more flat across the frame and in focus.

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The problem with the 35 Summicron ASPH is field curvature and focus shift. Both of these together are probably the reason why the v4 appears to be sharper than the ASPH.

Thanks a lot. Very interesting.

How did you focus? Fix on 2m? Optical view finder on the chart in the middle, or something else?

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I added a new set with different lighting types to check the flare resistance.

 

The results are quite astonishing:

 

The 1. version of the Summicron showing less flare than the 4. version, the Summaron and the Tri-Elmar.

 

The Summicron asph is often criticized for its flare, but seems very stable on your example.

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I added a new set with different lighting types to check the flare resistance.

 

Interesting. The ASPH Cron is still looking pretty formidable! Best of the bunch.

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Been looking for a 35 (had the Summarit but sold it... looking for one ever since) so I had a proper look at the shots again, on a bigger screen.

 

Opinion:

In these images the Summilux FLE killed just about everything, which was to be expected. The Summicron v4 seems to be better than the ASPH. At the center of the image the ASPH is not as sharp as the v4, for whatever the reason is. All in all the ASPH disappointed me quite a bit. I bet that (in this shot) a Summarit would have performed better flare-wise and sharpness-wise.

 

I suppose I'm going to have a serious look at the Zeiss camp.

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As far as M lenses are concerned there is no 35 killing anyone else in my modest experience and it is as easy to make a lens flare or to get harsh bokeh as to get the opposite effect. Suffice it to set the light source just outside the frame to begin with and one can see easily how flare prone their lenses can be. Now when using objective criteria like resolution, contrast, CA, vignetting, flare and distortion there are obviously better lenses than others but the best ones are not necessarily the most expensive by far. Aside from vignetting, my most performant 35 is the Biogon 35/2.8 for instance and if a bit of softness is allowed in corners and borders, the Summarit 35/2.5 is no slouch either. Now to get the sharpest results at f/1.4 and f/2 there are no alternative to Summilux asph and Summicron asph IMHO.

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