28mm Elmarit to work with 50mm APO Cron?

[agencal]

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Hi i have an Leica M240 with 50mm apo cron and 90mm elmarit lens.I want to add a small and good corner to corner sharpness wide angle to add my set.I had 21mm sem before and it is too wide for me.35mm lux was the lens before i bougt 50 apo.I have sold it to finance 50mm.

 

So do you think that 28mm elmarit will make me happy on M240 with 50mm apo?

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[Manolo Laguillo]

yes, it will, no doubt

[Bill W]

Yes it will. Good choice.

[wda]

For several decades my M3 worked with 28 Elmarit; 50 Summicron and 90 Tele-Elmarit. It proved a perfect partnership; or possibly I learned to work with that trio of lenses. Perhaps that is the secret.

[algrove]

On my month+ long trip right now I took the nice small 28/2.8 and plan to use that lens often on outings with the APO 50-both unobtrusive looking lenses IMHO.

[sblitz]

28mm is great and easy to hyperfocal so camera can become a point and shoot (put a viewfinder on top and just use that to frame your shots, its fun). if you have the cash and don't mind the size, the summicron renders better in my opinion. had the elmarit and loved it, swapped it for a used in the box 28mm summicron apo asph pre-coding -- haven't looked back (so to speak)

[MarkP]

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if you have the cash and don't mind the size, the summicron renders better in my opinion. had the elmarit and loved it, swapped it for a used in the box 28mm summicron apo asph pre-coding -- haven't looked back (so to speak)

 

My experience too. I completely agree.

[Pobble]

I used a 28 Elmarit asph and Apo 50 Summicron combination very successfully for a very extensive project in Myanmar. I've also used a Super-Elmar 21 which has better MTF plots than the Elmarit, but the difference is hardly apparent on 17 X 22 inch prints.

 

Either combination works quite nicely, the 21 if landscapes are primary, 28 for most other subjects. the 28 also is lighter, if that factor enters into your projects.

 

Best

[jcraf]

+1. Yes, the compact little 28 Elmarit Asph is a superb lens, a real M system jewel. You can't go wrong.

[mtomalty]

). if you have the cash and don't mind the size, the summicron renders better in my opinion. had the elmarit and loved it, swapped it for a used in the box 28mm summicron apo asph pre-coding -- haven't looked back (so to speak)

 

In your opinion, does this better rendering only apply to out of focus areas or throughout an image?

I ask because,when shooting wides/normals, I strive to get critically focussed images from front to back

either through aperture and/or hyper focal settings.

 

Just tonight, I bought an M and am putting together a system based on this criteria.

 

Assuming I most frequently shoot in the f8.5-f11.5 range do I really benefit from buying

a faster option (50 lux vs. 50 cron and 28 elmarit vs 28 cron)

 

Mark

Mark Tomalty Fine Art and Stock Photography

[sblitz]

I can't really explain it. Not trying to be a wise guy, but go to a shop take shots with both and then look when you get home and see what you think. It's all personal taste. They are both excellent lenses without technical fault IMHO but two different lenses will render different plus you get an extra stop but with that you get a bigger heavier piece of glass. There isn't a right or wrong here merely what you enjoy.

[AB007]

+1. Yes, the compact little 28 Elmarit Asph is a superb lens, a real M system jewel. You can't go wrong.

 

+1. My second most used lens for my M kit.

[swamiji]

I love this little gem, I pair it with the 75 APO for my most used kit!

[Manolo Laguillo]

I bought the 28 Elmarit ASPH with the M8, and when the M9 arrived I unwisely sold it.

After a year or so I found a beautiful 2nd hand mint one, and wisely took profit of that opportunity.

For me it is a fantastic lens, because

- of the focal length (for me it's the 'normal' one),

- it delivers 1st class quality,

- it is so small and light (the Summicron 28 is bigger, and I don't need that extra stop).

 

21, 28 and 50, no less, no more.

[Likaleica]

Sometimes I wonder if our subjective sense of one lens being better than another (in this case both 28mm asph, both nearly identical lens design, only difference f2 vs. f2.8) is more a function of wanting it to be better because we sold the less expensive one for the more expensive one. I just looked at the MTF curves for both of these lenses and, at f5.6, there really is no difference. In fact, the elmarit outperforms the summicron (slightly) at 40 lp/mm. I am sure the differences are negligible to the human eye and handholding the camera probably eliminates all difference. However, there may be legitimate subjective differences in performance, but these usually are a matter of personal taste.

[algrove]

If unsure, go rent a lens or two before purchasing.