So, who's buying the 16-35mm?

[scott kirkpatrick]

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Here are some more examples of just how much detail the 16-35 can deliver:

 

S1020382 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

S1020388 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

S1020391 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

First two at 35 mm, last one at 16 mm.  Click through to Flickr for larger originals.

 

scott

Edited June 8, 2018 by scott kirkpatrick

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[Andrew Gough]

My full review of the lens

 

http://www.aphotovid.com/leica-super-vario-elmar-sl-16-35-f-3-5-4-5-asph-full-review/

[Iainho70]

Bought this lens from Leica Hamburg and initial impressions are excellent with very good corner sharpness at landscape apertures.

 

Will post some landscape shots when I come back from Romania, Germany and USA later this year.

[scott kirkpatrick]

No miracles.  The 16-35 is not parfocal (but it is not far off.)  I tested at about 5 m distance.  Focus wide open at 35 mm, then shift to 16 mm, and things look pretty good at f/8 or so, but open back up to f/3.5 and there is a little softness.  The Moire that looked pretty crisp at f/8 is now softened.  Re focusing at 15mm wide open sharpens it back to the way it looked at f/8.  Now shift the focal length to 35 mm, wide open (f/4.5) and the result is unacceptably soft.

 

So the old trick of focusing at the longest focal length before opening up will work in a pinch, but don't go the other way.

[Timkr]

Can anybody who has used the canon equivalent compare the two in terms of image quality? I have the leica on order but am wondering if it’s worth the price relative to the alternative. Thanks

[vortex]

Can anybody who has used the canon equivalent compare the two in terms of image quality? I have the leica on order but am wondering if it’s worth the price relative to the alternative. Thanks

 

 

http://www.aphotovid.com/leica-super-vario-elmar-sl-16-35-f-3-5-4-5-asph-full-review/

[jrp]

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OK, so they seem to have managed to get a few demo 16-35mm lenses out (presumably from a test build batch), but where's the first real batch?  I suppose that I shouldn't hold my breath.  The 90mm is still not available, despite having been announced a couple of months before the 16-35mm, although here do seem to be one or two 75mm about.  

 

Well, mine seems to have arrived, so the production line, that is rumoured to have been shut down by a power surge frying equipment, must be up and running...

[RoySmith]

Well, mine seems to have arrived, so the production line, that is rumoured to have been shut down by a power surge frying equipment, must be up and running...

 

 

Mine arrived yesterday. Unfortunately my SL is at Leica New Jersey getting a stuck Video Button fixed.

[jrp]

Although I am sure that the range of this lens is a product of physics, it is very useful for wide-angle addicts like me to be shown how useful 35mm is, in practice.