Adventures with the 50mm Smilax ASPH

[Nick De Marco]

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As I mentioned on another thread in this forum ('Noctilux price drop') whilst selling my Noctilux f1 I picked up a lovely mint used 50mm Summilux f1.4 ASPH. I'm so glad I did. Wonderful lens, and suits me perfectly on the M.

 

I have just posted a blog featuring the first of my photos taken with this lens, and a little review. You can take a look here: http://rangefinderchronicles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/adventures-with-50mm-summilux-part-1.html

 

And here are a few from the blog

 

Nick

 

 

 

 

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[prk60091]

Wonderful lens and series. Enjoy.

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[colint544]

Nice blog post, and photos. It's a superb lens. I did exactly the same as you - sold an F1 Noctilux, and got a 50 Summilux ASPH. No regrets.

[jrbelmuda]

Nice blog post, and photos. It's a superb lens. I did exactly the same as you - sold an F1 Noctilux, and got a 50 Summilux ASPH. No regrets.

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[earleygallery]

Is that Keith Chegwin?! 

[Carduelis]

I think that the 50 mm ASPH Summilux is a very fine lens with wonderful rendering and a nice balance of sharpness and quality of bokeh.  Out of the five Leica lenses I own, it is the pick of the crop. I sold a 50 Summicron M to fund it after a few issues with flare; never desired the much heavier Noctilux and considered that f1.4 was fast enough.    

[run23]

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Wonderful write-up. The Summilux is my favorite lens and is pretty much glued to my M9. 

[jcraf]

It's my fave on any Leica body, from my M240P to my M2.  A brilliant optic in every which way, and much more wieldy than the Noctiluxes, and faster than the APO 50 (and how much better is the latter, in real world terms?)

 

A 'cold, dead fingers' lens!

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Excellent Pictures & Great Lens I Must Say!

[Nick De Marco]

Thank you for the kind comments.

 

Yes, I am still loving this lens. Here is part 2 of my Blog review - all black and white photos taken in Cambridge the weekend before last: http://rangefinderchronicles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/adventures-with-50mm-summilux-part-2.html

 

And I attached a couple of them.

 

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