35mm 1.4 FLE v. 28mm 1.4 – Which one?

[BJohn]

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[RexGig0]

I love the ergonomics of the FLE, but, not always its images. Plenty of “character,” of course. The pre-ASPH 35mm Summiluxes are a bit small, the FLE is “just right,” and, well, the long Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4 ZM is the “fast” 35 that I actually own and use. (I favor the Summilux-M 50mm ASPH and the APO Summicron-M 75mm ASPH, which are hefty M lenses, so, the Zeiss Distagon actually does not seem so large or heavy.)

I did very nearly buy a v. 2 Summilux-M 35mm pre-ASPH, that I tried, last week, at a local camera store, comparing it with their demonstrator FLE, and my Distagon. While I “slept on it,” another buyer acted. I might have acted more quickly, but, I keep telling myself that I am a “50mm shooter,” and, wanted to try a pre-ASPH 50mm Summilux that I saw at the same store.

[Huss]

5 hours ago, Al Brown said:

35 FLE is a brutal lens.
I understand the love/hate relationship, I too have sold my used one... and bought it again brand new a year later. For that extra crispy feel, it is - along with the 50 lux ASPH - my go-to lens.
Shitty bokeh, but an instantly recognizable character and it almost never fails to amaze.

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Whenever I stumble across a scene like this, it is exactly the same.  Apart from the lady being replaced by a drunk dood with far too much body hair floating in an inner tube trailing empty beer cans.

[RexGig0]

3 hours ago, Huss said:

Whenever I stumble across a scene like this, it is exactly the same.  Apart from the lady being replaced by a drunk dood with far too much body hair floating in an inner tube trailing empty beer cans.

One does not normally “stumble across” such a creature. One must bring her along. My girlfriend, in 1996-1997, looked that good, and liked to wear the same outfit, while outdoors. “Feeling the breeze,” as she would say. I was not yet, however, a photographer, though she was, and had we stayed together, I might have become serious about photography 20+ years sooner. Perhaps I would have bought a Summilux-M 35mm, Version II, from a photographer upgrading to the then-extant first Summilux-M 35mm ASPH.

Edited June 21, 2023 by RexGig0

[IkarusJohn]

9 hours ago, Al Brown said:

35 FLE is a brutal lens.
I understand the love/hate relationship, I too have sold my used one... and bought it again brand new a year later. For that extra crispy feel, it is - along with the 50 lux ASPH - my go-to lens.
Shitty bokeh, but an instantly recognizable character and it almost never fails to amaze.

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Had I been the subject, a 28mm or even 21mm would be required, and the end result would not have been as attractive ...