The Perfect Standard Lens? My Take on the 50 APO SL

[Flu]

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Got the lens yesterday! So far my fav focal length from the SL crons. But I like the 35mm hood better so I swapped it heh!

Edited August 16, 2019 by Flu

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[lx1713]

Just got it too. Shot a corporate head shot side by side against the 90mm. I do prefer the 90mm for what I was shooting but I was in a hurry so my lighting was different enough that I can't judge if I like the 50mm but it certainly is very sharp and clear. No complains.

[Per P.]

Sorry to whinge and don't intend to derail the OOO but I do wonder why on earth the 35s are still not coming through. Given that many from the constituency have been waitlisted since like forever at least an explanation would be quite nice. Not to mention a forecast.

[rfunnell]

I agree would be great to have some idea on delivery for the 35SL     .

[hillavoider]

1 hour ago, rfunnell said:

I agree would be great to have some idea on delivery for the 35SL     .

Leica's strayan website says its in stock now? you may be in luck https://leica-store.com.au/categories/camera_systems/leica_sl/sl_lenses

Also said the 50 was in stock a few hours ago and now its back ordered lol, must have only got one copy like they did with the 35

Edited August 22, 2019 by hillavoider

[Peter Branch]

On 8/15/2019 at 9:42 AM, jonoslack said:

Hi There

I've had 3 of these lenses over the last 6 months, and here is a short piece with respect to my feelings about it;

 

My Text on the Leica 50 APO Summicron Asph SL

All the best

 

Jono, there is one part of your review that I do not understand: "So we have a series of modestly sized Autofocus lenses for the L mount which perform better than their Aspherical competitors ………..".  My problem is that the 50mm Apo Summicron Asph SL is an aspheric lens.  Can you help please?

 

[insideline]

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I had pre-ordered both the 35 and 50 SL APO lenses and I just received them, yet I decided to only keep the 50 SL F2. I fully expected to love both the 35 and 50 equally, but to my eyes, subjective of course, I feel that the way these new SL APO  Summicron lenses render with such incredible clarity along with the ability to have quite rapid focus fall off, that the 50mm focal length and above (75 SL-90SL) to "me" suits this rendering style best. So for me the 50 SL Cron is a truly stunning lens on my SL body. The 35mm SL was incredibly sharp, focussed very quickly etc so no complaints and I am certain will be absolutley loved by many photographers, I simply felt the 50mm APO SL Cron utilized this new style of modern rendering with more success, again to my eyes. I compared this new 35mm SL Cron to my 35mm 1.4 Double Aspherical M lens which only reminded me why I like the 35AA so much as to me it shows more character in the images, and yes I know these are not apple to apple lenses. I once owned the 50 1.4 SL Summilux but I would not again given how sharp this new 50mm Summicron APO lens is, plus the substantive weight savings and quicker focus on the 50 SL APO Cron are icing on the cake. In my brief testing I also believe this new SL 50 Cron out-resolves my 50M APO F2. Again, all subjective opinions from an older jaded shooter. 

[jrp]

(35mm SA is a collector's item, in the sense that the resale value is such as to make the lens too risky to use:  ~100,000 $/€/£.)

[rfunnell]

22 hours ago, hillavoider said:

Leica's strayan website says its in stock now? you may be in luck https://leica-store.com.au/categories/camera_systems/leica_sl/sl_lenses

Also said the 50 was in stock a few hours ago and now its back ordered lol, must have only got one copy like they did with the 35

You were right and I am in luck  as I have had a call from my camera store today to let me know it has arrived.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

On ‎8‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 1:32 PM, Per P. said:

Sorry to whinge and don't intend to derail the OOO but I do wonder why on earth the 35s are still not coming through. Given that many from the constituency have been waitlisted since like forever at least an explanation would be quite nice. Not to mention a forecast.

I was just looking at the Leica Store Berlin website, and they have it in stock.

[jrp]

These Summicron lenses open up new creative possibilities; being able to shoot wide open, or nearly so, without penalty, feels a bit odd after all these years.

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