LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5

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LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5

The LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 gives all users of rangefinder cameras with a Leica M bayonet access to the smallest and lightest 35 mm lens available, offering the outstanding image quality that is the hallmark of all Leica M lenses. In the Leica M system the 35 mm lens is used by many as the standard focal length, while on the digital LEICA M8, the LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 corresponds approximately to a 50 mm standard lens.

LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 Overview The new Summarit-M models feature compact construction in a lens speed class that is totally new for Leica. The LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 gives all users of rangefinder cameras with a Leica M bayonet access to the smallest and lightest 35 mm lens available, offering the outstanding image quality that is the hallmark of all Leica M lenses. In the Leica M system the 35 mm lens is used by many as the standard focal length, while on the digital LEICA M8, the LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 corresponds approximately to a 50 mm standard lens. As a genuine all-rounder, it is indispensable choice whenever you are putting together a new equipment configuration since it can deal effectively with all photographic situations - from vivid shots of people at medium range all the way to dramatic landscapes.

LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 Technical Data

Angle of view (diagonal, horizontal, vertical) For 35 mm (24 x 36 mm) : 63°, 54°, 38°, for LEICA M8 (18 x 27 mm) : 50°, 42°, 29°,
corresponds to a focal length of approx. 47 mm with 35 mm-format

Optical design Number of lenses/groups: 6 / 4

Focal length: 35.4 mm

Position of entrance pupil: 9.3 mm (related to the first lens surface in light direction)

Distance setting
Focusing range: 0.8 to endless
Scales: Combined meter/feet graduation
Smallest object field/Largest reproduction ratio:

For 35 mm, approx. 490 x 735 mm /1:20.4
for LEICA M8, approx. 367 x 551 mm /1:20.4

Aperture Setting/Function: Preset, with click-stops, half values available
Lowest value: 16

Bayonet Leica M quick-change bayonet with 6 bit lens identification bar code for digital M models

Filter mount/Lens hood Non-rotating, internal thread for screw-on filters size E39, external thread with stop for lens hood
protection ring for external thread included in delivery, lens hood available as accessory

Dimension and weight
Length: approx. 33.9 mm
Largest diameter: approx. 51.4 mm
Weight: approx. 220 g

LEICA SUMMARIT-M 35 mm f/2.5 user reviews

"The brand new Leica Summarit-M 35mm f2.5 is a lens certain to win ample praise from new and old users of Leica M rangefinder cameras and lenses. This relatively inexpensive (relatively inexpensive for Leica, that is) lens is a modern update on Leica's classic 35mm Summaron, but offering more special glass elements (Three elements comprised of special high refractive index glass with anomalous partial dispersion, to paraphrase Leica's own advertising on this compact lens.). Much to my amazement, it is almost as fine a performer wide open at f2.5 as its older, more expensive, Summicron ASPH sibling, and definitely rivals the latter's performance at least by f5.6. Hence it ought to be quite desirable to those who want a Leica 35mm lens, but are unwilling to pay more than $2,000 for either the Summicron (f2) or Summilux (f1.4) siblings in brand new or mint condition. I greatly enjoyed handling it at this year's Photo Plus East, and realized that it would be a fine compact traveling companion for either my Leica M4 or M6 rangefinder cameras.

How is this lens as an image maker? Judging from the sample photographs I saw at Photo Plus East, I'd say that it is truly a lens capable of spectacular results. These pictures offered more contrast, as well as the high resolution that I've come to expect from the latest generation of Leica's M-mount rangefinder lenses. If there is one slight sour gripe that I must express about this lens, then it's the regrettable fact that its lens hood must be purchased separately (This is also true for the other Summarit lenses too.). Otherwise, I think anyone who appreciates a compact Leica 35mm lens with a focusing tab will be interested in adding this Summarit lens to their kit, either as their primary 35mm lens, or as a "back-up" to their Summicron or Summilux (or both) lenses.
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--- John Kwok rated: 5

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