Leica Showcase Leica 35mm f/2.0 Summicron version 4


Testing Sony A7II and Leica 35mm Summicron v4. This is a hand held shot at f4, taken while walking to a local coffee shop. For the lovely blend of compactness and speed I find I'm grabbing the 35mm Summicron v4 most often. It's tiny and still useably sharp wide open.

Here in New Orleans there are almost no straight lines and nothing much is square. If you look closely you can probably see signs of where I removed some ugly power lines.



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I've been eyeing this lens for a while, and almost purchased it a few times when I see it and it's coded. It's hard for me to justify the purchase when I already have the 35mm lux FLE, but the images above are like kryptonite.
 
Mijo, I had the same dilemma 'cause I've got the 35mm lux FLE too, but for compactness and portability I can't think of another Leica lens that's better than this lens except maybe the 35mm lux pre-asph. But the pre-asph lux is a little soft until it's stopped down a bit; great for portraits but not optimum for architectural stuff wide open.
 
B&W + colour examples of this lens. It's pre asph, not multi coated, has to be carefully used against the sun (you will not get those nice sunstars), but it's still a Summicron and is tiny, the smallest Summicron I believe. Really happy I got this last year.

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This one works for me because of selective sharpness, especially of the bike in the lower-right corner. Intriguing how a photo appeals or doesn't.
I can't stop loving that pop. Crazy good!
Lots of nonsense to the "Leica Look", it's really just someone's interpretation, but for this nonsensical person, this lens produces my particular interpretation of it, not the current/new lineup of Leica lenses. And its such a tiny thing.
 
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