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Hi,

 

I'm not sure whether you saw the threads I started about this lens? The first one I had was a dud so I sent it back. The second one seems about right BUT there are issues with it that I think people might want to be aware of before paying for one.

 

My testing showed, like all the more detailed tests I have seen, that focus shift is so minimal as to be largely unimportant. However I did find that there are strange focus effects which mean, in short, that particularly at medium to medium far distances, the centre of the field of view is a little OOF whilst the rest of it is sharp - and if you pull focus a touch closer than the RF suggests, the centre of the frame become very sharp but the the rest goes a little OOF.

 

This effect is worst at F2.8 through 5.6 and is extremely hard to describe because there appear to be shifts in DOF too and these are non-linear across the FOV. Something very complex is going on which I am not enough of an optical expert to analyse but I do know that I personally do not quite trust the lens yet: in practice these effects seem usually not to matter very much BUT I am just off on a shooting trip and I am sufficiently suspicious to be taking my 28 cron too.

 

The reason I bought the 35 lux was that I imagined my perfect travel kit would be 18mm, 35mm and 90mm with the 35 lux doubling up as the 'fast' lens. My current 'fast lenses' are 50 lux and nocti, both slightly too long for my taste and a bit big for my ideal travel kit. But as it is, my mistrust means that until the 35 lux has had a really good workout on this trip (I will shoot a lot and check all frames at 100% for the first day or two) I won't use it for anything really important and will be taking the 50 lux and 28 cron along too.

 

Admittedly this sounds picky but hey, I print large and I only pay a lot for lenses because I am picky. If you want to see examples of what I found, and just how odd it is, please see

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/132018-35-lux-m-m9-5.html#post1389654

 

I hope this helps.

 

Tim

 

Very interesting.

 

I have just sent mine back to Leica for EXACTLY this problem which I've only recently appreciated.

I'll post regarding the outcome when the lens comes back.

 

Mark.

 

 

The 35 Summilux FLE with the rest of my lenses and M9 are back from calibration in Solms.

The lens focuses perfectly and I can no longer reproduce the above-described problem.

 

Mark

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My Lens has also been to Leica USA for adjustment and on return very happy with results.

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Different strokes ... as they say. I really don't like this lens' OOF rendering. I know that's just one aspect of a lens' rendering, but, in being so sharp, the lens tends to have sharp lines in the OOF region. I wanted this lens to be the perfect 35mm for me, but I think I'd prefer the previous asph version (focus shift and all).

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I wanted this lens to be the perfect 35mm for me, but I think I'd prefer the previous asph version (focus shift and all).

 

I have the shifty version and of the thirty or so lenses I own, and hundred or so I've ever owned, it's my absolute favourite. Sure f2.8 is best avoided, but wide open or stopped down the performance is simply beautiful.

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I have the shifty version and of the thirty or so lenses I own, and hundred or so I've ever owned, it's my absolute favourite. Sure f2.8 is best avoided, but wide open or stopped down the performance is simply beautiful.

 

I only have two lenses, the 50 lux and the shifty-35-asph. Love 'em both. This one is taken with the 35mm asph V1 at 2.8, in fact (chrome version and never noticed any apparent focus shift, really).

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All pictures: M9 + 35FLE.

Have a good time!

 

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