50mm Summilux ASPH Purple Fringing

[JDP]

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I've noticed a fare amount of purple fringing on the high contrast areas using my new 50mm lux asph. Is this normal? This is actually the second copy of the lens, the first having a weird double image in the transitional bokeh areas but not displaying this level of purple fringing as with this sample. I know the sample image is a rather extreme situation and it is fixable in PS or similar but just curious if this is normal?

 

Any advice on the same gratefully received. Thanks.

[Lindolfi]

Yes normal. Combination of residue of secondary chromatic aberration and overexposure. No lens is perfect, not even this near perfect one. Go take photographs and be happy

[otto.f]

Yes one sees this now and then with this lens. Nice effect here!

I also loved aperture reflections in the image when photographing with Nikkor lenses against the sun, beautiful!

[philipus]

I don't think I have seen this on film using my copy. Is it only on digital?

[enboe]

I noted a purple halo, not just a radial effect, around white and specular elements of a photograph when using other lenses wide open with a Heliopan 3-stop coated ND filter, image capture on the M9. This effect was not seen when using a Polarizing filter with similar conditions, lenses, and body.

[hoppyman]

Notice that the purple exists only on the edge of completely blown areas in your shot (specular highlights) and the out of focus large circular blown area has 'bled' into the not overexposed vertical element. The edges of the same structure where there is no local gross overexposure have no fringing at all.