Time to get a Leica 35mm lens

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On 9/17/2019 at 3:03 AM, jonnyboy said:

I found a 35 Summicron for a fair price...but it's the Canadian version #2539333 does anybody have experience with this version?

I has this lens for years, and although its quite sharp and has a nice contrast I sold it mainly because of it being very sensitive to flare. Maybe my copy was bad but if the sun where anywhere on the wrong side of the lens one could see flare in that area. I eventually got a good deal on a Summilux FLE and although expensive this is and absolutely amazing lens!!

if I where on a budget I would consider the Zeiss ZM 1.4, Voigtländer Nokton 35 f1.2, or try go get a good deal on the summicron 35 Asph (the one with plastic hood can be found at ok prices) 

if your budget is even tighter the Nokton f1.4 vII is supposed to be good, Zeiss ZM is also nice. Summaron 35 is underestimated, very sharp and small.

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[Herr Barnack]

On 8/30/2019 at 4:18 AM, Matlock said:

I have the Summarit-M 35 2.5 and it is a wonderful lens, go for it unless you really need the extra speed.

The Summarits are truly excellent lenses - they offer way more image quality than you would expect, given their prices.

I have the 50/2.4 Summarit and love this lens - it is a really great all around 50mm.  I cannot imagine that the 35/2.4 Summarit would be any lesser of a lens.

Someone observed that you seem to be interested in modern M lenses vs. older classic versions.  If that is the case, I would highly recommend the 35/2.4 Summarit.  While it is $1300 USD more costly, the 35/2.0 Summicron ASPH (#11673) is pretty much the king of 35mm M lenses. 

If the higher priced Summicron is a no-go, you can't go wrong with the Summarit IMHO.

[jonnyboy]

My budget is £1400, I may try and get a Summicron Asph. 

I'm gutted there was a Summilux 35mm the first version Asph for only £1800, what a steal!

[pascal_meheut]

16 hours ago, Herr Barnack said:

17 hours ago, Herr Barnack said:

The Summarits are truly excellent lenses - they offer way more image quality than you would expect, given their prices.

I fully agree. I sold my 35 FLE for the Summarit and I love it too. I prefer the overall rendering and the smoother bokeh. And the sharpness is great too, more than enough. I had the Summicron ASPH before and loved it on film but not so much on digital.