fotony.org Posted May 25, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi! My new M9 is coming home! now i have to buy my lense. here is the question: 35 summicron asph or 35 summilux pre asph? bye bye! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BerndReini Posted May 25, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 25, 2011 Cron, no contest. The pre-aspherical lux is actually not very sharp. It is soft and not in a good way like the pre-aspherical 50. I would not shoot the 35 wide open anyway. The cron is a good lens, the aspherical cron will blow your mind. My friend owns one and I lust after it even though I own a 35lux aspherical. The cron is really small and unbelievably sharp at all apertures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 25, 2011 Share #3 Posted May 25, 2011 Cron ASPH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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menos I M6 Posted May 27, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 27, 2011 Hi!My new M9 is coming home! now i have to buy my lense. here is the question: 35 summicron asph or 35 summilux pre asph? bye bye! Antonio, something tells me, that you want a 35 Lux pre ASPH. The Cron is extremely sharp, very, very low distortion, contrasty and except an ugly ghost, when challenged with bright light sources in the frame pretty flare resistant. The Lux pre ASPH is a soft lens wide open and flares, but gives a natural look to people, which seems to fit well especially with the shots on your blog. For some of your shots on the main site, you might have used a different camera system and different lenses, so I conquer, that you don't intend, to do all and everything with the M9 + 35mm lens. I for myself are a bit bored by the super sharp, perfected latest lenses alone and add interesting "more classic" lenses to my kit, latest being a 1950s 5cm 1.4 Nikkor-S.C. This might be another route for you, to pick the modern, sharp Cron and add vintage optics as you stumble across them. Some of them are very interesting, useful for a limited purpose and quite a lot less expensive than modern Leica glass. Great websites, you have there btw ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted May 27, 2011 Share #7 Posted May 27, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have no experience with them, but the Zeiss 35mm lenses are exceptionally well regarded and in the price range. Perhaps someone with hands-on experience could comment on these as an option to the Leicas. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 27, 2011 Share #8 Posted May 27, 2011 I've just acquired a Biogon (should I be trendy and say 'gon?) but am just waiting for the first results. I picked it up on the strength of reviews and recommendations and the images of others and on the very positive experience I have had with my 50mm Sonnar ('nar...!) Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted May 27, 2011 Share #9 Posted May 27, 2011 Hi If you use a early single coated pre asph lux it will compress the contrast of images so your M9 will burn specular highlights less frequently. It does this with film too. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwolf Posted May 27, 2011 Share #10 Posted May 27, 2011 I have no experience with them, but the Zeiss 35mm lenses are exceptionally well regarded and in the price range. Perhaps someone with hands-on experience could comment on these as an option to the Leicas. Mark I had the Zeiss 35 2.0 for a while. For color work I thought it was wonderful, but for BW It was too contrasty for my taste. I believe it's considered among the highest contrast 35s. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 27, 2011 Share #11 Posted May 27, 2011 Interesting, thanks John. That bears out other similar reports. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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