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3 hours ago, dkmoore said:

Wasn’t the 35 Cron “updated for digital” within the past two years at least according to Leica’s marketing, along with adding the metal hood and aperture blade?

Yes, around 2016. Supersharp stopped down and handles flare well wide open. 

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2 hours ago, SiggiGun said:

If it's through that the last M Firmware includes the apo35cron information, the Lauch me be not too fare away. I think I will be before the M11 announcement. 

Very possible because I’m hearing M11 is 22 launch for sure. 

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8 hours ago, graphlex said:

Yes, around 2016. Supersharp stopped down and handles flare well wide open. 

Yes, I should have said "revision" as opposed to "update" the design that dates to 1996.

It will be interesting to see if a 35mm Apo Summicron-M lens is a retro focus design like the 35mm ZM Distagon.

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1 hour ago, Rick in CO said:

It will be interesting to see if a 35mm Apo Summicron-M lens is a retro focus design like the 35mm ZM Distagon.

Would that mean it will be bigger? The current aspheric Summicron is already bigger and certainly heavier than older versions... 

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13 minutes ago, roelandinho said:

Would that mean it will be bigger?

Yes - Leica will simply take the SL35 APO-Summicron-ASPH and add a mechancial aperture ring and and M-Mount.

;)

https://leicarumors.com/2018/10/20/the-upcoming-leica-summicron-sl-35mm-f-2-asph-lens-spotted-at-the-2018-lhsa-meeting-in-wetzlar.aspx/

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vor einer Stunde schrieb adan:

Yes - Leica will simply take the SL35 APO-Summicron-ASPH and add a mechancial aperture ring and and M-Mount.

;)

https://leicarumors.com/2018/10/20/the-upcoming-leica-summicron-sl-35mm-f-2-asph-lens-spotted-at-the-2018-lhsa-meeting-in-wetzlar.aspx/

This is not as simple as it looks like

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This is a picture from 2014, not long after the introduction of the 50 APO

But maybe it was an early version of updated the Cron ASPH, which they've changed back to E39 in the final version.

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vor 9 Stunden schrieb padam:

This is a picture from 2014, not long after the introduction of the 50 APO

But maybe it was an early version of updated the Cron ASPH, which they've changed back to E39 in the final version.



Rather interesting what we see here. 
But I'm afraid it could be fake lenses. Here the 28 mm Elmarit is much larger then the 35, even larger as the 21. In real with my lenses of today it is the other way round. The 28 Elmarit is smaller then the 35 and the 21.
Or a bunch of new stuff is on the road???

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1 hour ago, fotomas said:

But I'm afraid it could be fake lenses. Here the 28 mm Elmarit is much larger then the 35, even larger as the 21. In real with my lenses of today it is the other way round. The 28 Elmarit is smaller then the 35 and the 21.

The picture shows the older (1992-2006) 28mm Elmarit-M v.4 - for whatever strange reason. Maybe there was just no 28 Elmarit ASPH available to pose that day. ;)

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7 hours ago, padam said:

What's strange about that 35mm lens is that it uses E49 filters and the nameplate is not that thick, so the front element is bigger.

E46 - but who's counting? ;) (compare to the E46 28 and 21 right beside it).

Leica is always prototyping ideas. I imagine they decided to see if conforming the 35 f/2 to E46 filters to match a host of other lenses would be a good idea - and built one (emphasis on one).

(I get the feeling Leica would love to phase out all E39 lenses if possible. 😰 )

May have decided it added too much cost, may have added weight, may have gotten feedback from the Magnum (or other) shooters that the compact E39 size was still preferred, either for tradition or comfort.

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On 12/26/2019 at 1:25 PM, Ken Abrahams said:

I have the 35 M ASPH Summicron, a great lens however I am needing something "more" from a 35 focal length lens. I have been looking at the 35 M Summilux 1.4 and like the quality this lens is capable of. I am wondering however whether Leica might produce an APO M 35 F2.0 considering the SL 35 APO release? An APO 35 M would compliment my 50 and 90 APO.  I use M lenses on my M Monochrom and SL cameras and tend to favour the 35 lens perspective.  

After a year or so from my original post it seems that my query around a need for the M 35 APO lens has come to fruition with its imminent release.

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8 minutes ago, Ken Abrahams said:

After a year or so from my original post it seems that my query around a need for the M 35 APO lens has come to fruition with its imminent release.

So is your order finally in? 
 

Jeff

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