Leica Apo-Summicron-SL2.0/35mm - average performer?

[jplomley]

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Can't seem to upload anything else. Keep getting error message Max File size is 1003.52kB, even though the image is only 980kB....strange.

[jplomley]

Here we go, refreshed the screen. Look at the chin and the eye...and this is wide open. How much more resolution does one need?????

 

 

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Love the OOF rendering of this lens wide open and the excellent close focussing capabilities... shot this and the barn image on a day when it was -25C, and zero problems with either the 35 APO or SL

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[Donzo98]

2 minutes ago, jplomley said:

Love the OOF rendering of this lens wide open and the excellent close focussing capabilities... shot this and the barn image on a day when it was -25C, and zero problems with either the 35 APO or SL

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Really nice... is this shot on SL or SL2??

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All shot on the SL.....painfully awaiting my SL2. Tried my 16-35, 35 APO and 75 APO on my dealers demo copy of the SL2 and results were nothing short of spectacular. I too am truly shocked by the 35 APO test results, because they in no way reflect the performance of this optic. 

[jplomley]

Good old brick wall test; 35 APO at f/2

 

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100% crop of upper right hand corner

 

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Edited January 23, 2020 by jplomley

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Upper left hand corner

 

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Centre.....remember, this is at f/2.0. Corners are as sharp as the centre. The only reason to stop down is for DOF. The lens is as sharp at f/2.0 across the entire imaging plane as it is at f/5.6. Maybe I just got lucky with a good copy, but I somehow doubt this.

 

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Edited January 23, 2020 by jplomley

[Mr.Q]

It doesn't fringe doe!

[anickpick]

Based on some earlier DXO-results, I had the strong suspicion that they are actually measuring meaningless bs.

Now the last vestige of doubt has been removed.

 

[Chaemono]

vor 7 Stunden schrieb Donzo98:

Really nice... is this shot on SL or SL2??

Tempted, Don? 😁

[otto.f]

11 hours ago, digitalfx said:

RE: your first comment, obviously this is purely subjective. If you don't like the lens, I cant argue with that. 

 

RE: AF

Are we discussing the AF on the lens or the image quality?

 

I meant to say that Karbe’s statement that it is the best lens Leica ever made seems exaggerated to me. When I look at #22, #30 and #31, I see very good performance. But in #23 and #26 I think, this can’t be the same lens. This is strange, you can’t put that aside as subjective. 

Edited January 23, 2020 by otto.f

[Chaemono]

vor 7 Minuten schrieb otto.f:

I meant to say that Karbe’s statement that it is the best lens Leica ever made seems exaggerated to me. When I look at #22, #30 and #31, I see very good performance. But in #23 and #26 I think, this can’t be the same lens. This is strange, you can’t put that aside as subjective. 

Just a hint, you’re looking at compressed LUF JPEGs. 😂

[Ivar B]

Based on everything we have seen here, I am confident that users experience is a more valid finding on performance than the dxomark test. I think also that Sean Reid will publish some test results soon and compare it to other 35mm lenses.

[otto.f]

2 hours ago, Chaemono said:

Just a hint, you’re looking at compressed LUF JPEGs. 😂

And one is badly compressed and the other extremely good?

[jplomley]

27 minutes ago, otto.f said:

And one is badly compressed and the other extremely good?

I will re-do those images without the artistic interpretations when I’m home after work. Trust me, the resolution is through the roof on these. Also, on my Mac, if I click on the Lightbox image it opens into another tab which than allows me to click again for another round of magnified view. This best shows the image as exported. 

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[Chaemono]

vor 54 Minuten schrieb otto.f:

And one is badly compressed and the other extremely good?

They all look the same to me.  If you view them this way, that’s subjective.