Leica TL2 with TL summilux 35

[Lancer365]

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Has anyone any problems with purple fringing at high contrast area especiall grreen leaves on trees, with summilux 35 TL on TL2. Is this lens problem or camera problem? I have used TL 60 APO and there is less fringing. Please comment

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[mgrayson3]

Not *much* fringing, and certainly nothing that can't be cleaned up in post. Of course, an APO lens will have less, but I consider the 35/1.4 to be the best lens overall in the TL lineup. It and the 11-23 live in my pack.

 

I found the 35/1.4 on the TL2 and the 50 Summicron (non APO) on the SL to be almost indistinguishable.

 

I did see a lot of purple fringing on a 23 (only on one side - obviously a decentered lens).

 

--Matt

[Guest]

I do see purple fringing with the 35mm TL at f/1.4 sometimes with high contrast objects. It does seem to be an unfortunate characteristic of this lens sometimes. It cleans up easily in PP, and I love the lens nonetheless.

[Lancer365]

Agree with your comments. Fantastic lens but as you all helpfully reassure its best to live with it. Thanks.

[tom0511]

Has anyone any problems with purple fringing at high contrast area especiall grreen leaves on trees, with summilux 35 TL on TL2. Is this lens problem or camera problem? I have used TL 60 APO and there is less fringing. Please comment

 

There can be some fringing with the 35TL. Otherwise I find it to be an excellent lens.

[Vel]

Yeah I've noticed fringing when there is very high contrast only. Mostly goes away with Lightroom.

[rchrd]

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I have noticed a surprising amount of color fringing. In fact, many times wide open, the lens will give a bluish cast to strong backlighting.  Sure "It can be corrected in post" but then why pay the extra money for this lens if you can buy a Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 for half the price? And lets be honest, many of us are not color gurus in lightroom that can know what exact adjustments need to be made to fix whatever colors are making the photo look a bit off. TL 35mm has autofocus, and the voigtlander does not, but it is slow and hunts 99% in low light, which is where a 1.4 should shine. I do like the look of the lens though. I think the distortion is very minimal. It looks better than the voigtlander.

 

I am hoping it is a camera thing. The T system does have automatic corrections applied to their photos to fix flaws of their lenses. Maybe the TL2's profile for the 35mm needs some work considering the lens is now matched with a 24mp sensor rather than a 16mp sensor. Maybe the added resolution of the sensor separates certain wavelengths in the image more noticeably and they simply haven't optimized the camera's software to correct for it. The TL2 software in general has been a failure with the recalls, visoflex, etc.