What exciting lens am I missing?

[tappan]

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25 minutes ago, Danner said:

Well, OP, you have a fantastic kit for sure.

From my kit, I would suggest the v2 50mm Summilux and the v4 35mm Summicron.

But, I'm guessing you are shooting with a late model digital M, so perhaps your kit is plenty good, or, maybe look at the latest and greatest APO lenses.

Thank u!

I have an M10-P, M10 M, and an m9-P

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[carlosgavina]

I love wides and at 1.4 they all have a lot of character.

24mm or the 28mm Summilux.

[lct]

Since 16mm and 21mm are lacking in your list, the missing one could be the WATE. A lens with 0.5m MFD that works fine on both my Leica (M240, M11, CL) and non Leica (Sony A7r2 mod, Sigma FPL) bodies.

 

[RexGig0]

22 hours ago, tappan said:

Over the years I have been lucky enough to be able to have an 18mm SE, 24mm Elmarit, 28MM Elmarit (newest), 35mm FLE Summilux Vers 1, 50mm Summilux (not the 2023 version but the one before), 50mm Summicron collapsible, 90mm Macro Elmar.
I say lucky enough because as we all know, these things are expen$ive!
What is the one lens that you may have that you absolutely love that is not on my list?
Thanks,
Mark

I started Leica M system shooting in 2018, with the then-current Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, which should be the same version that you have/had. It remains my most “exciting,” and remains the one Leica M lens that I “absolutely love.”

Inspired by the interview with Peter Karbe, in which he described having based the design of the APO Summicron-M 75mm ASPH upon the Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, I added the APO 75 about two years ago, and am still trying to decide how I feel about it. Achieving critical focus with the rangefinder is a challenge. I may grow to really love this one, but, well, not yet. I want to take it with me, on a solo road trip to some mountains. I hope to learn more, about the APO 75 ‘Cron, during that endeavor. Short telephoto is not so interesting, for landscapes, on this flat coastal plain/prairie, where we live. The compression effect of a telephoto should be more interesting when used in uneven terrain. 

The 35mm M-mount lens that I have truly come to love is the Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4 ZM. It has that “Zeiss Look” that is disliked by so many Leica shooters, but, I had already been acquainted with some VERY good Zeiss DSLR/SLR lenses, so, acquiring a modern Zeiss M-mount lens seemed perfectly normal. (Several of the Zeiss ZM lenses are film-era designs, whereas this Distagon was designed with high-resolution digital cameras in mind.) Notably, I like the bokeh of this Distagon more than that of its Leica FLE counterpart.

The only Leica lens I have bought new, rather than pre-owned, is the “Re-Edition” Steel Rim Summilux-M 35mm, a very different 35mm lens from my Zeiss Distagon. Less optical correction, a “classic” rendering. “Busy” bokeh, rather than the smoothness of the Zeiss Distagon. This Summilux 35 is becoming much-loved.

[Budfox]

Agree with the 35mm Summilux 1.4 steel rim (original or reissue).

I could boldly postulate that no Leica kit is complete without it.

[yanidel]

You have them all, look instead for your next exciting trip to use them!