You see, I don’t see a point… nor do I see a point in visiting all the different Leica shops worldwide when I am venturing off to points unknown. Much to everyone’s surprise, I haven’t been there. Many assumed that I would have welcomed such proximity, and that I would have definitely popped over for a quick visit. So, what am I suppose to do? Go further afield… or perhaps even trek to bridge and tunnel country… or shoot later in the wee small hours while the whole wide world is fast asleep? But the minute one of my partners-in-crime is seen with me, the jig is up - so to speak. Of course, no one really recognizes me out of context. It means I can no longer just step outside to do my photowalks. performs best at f/4 with the highest resolving power and highest contrast possible and only very little falloff.I am particularly miffed that Leica has opened their new Hong Kong boutique so close to where I generally am during the weekdays.
are more flare resistant than the Summicron. The Summarit-M 1:2,5/35mm and the newer Summarit-M 1:2,4/35mm ASPH. The lens is quite flare resistant but now and then I do get some flare on my images. Thats more than I would think, after using the lens for about 3 years, the falloff is noticeable but really just adds to the image in my opinion, if you don’t want it just stop down to f/2,8 or to have it almost completely gone f/5,6. At f/2 Leica rates the falloff at about -1,9 stops. Wide open the resolving power drops gradually when moving towards the corners, but this actually adds emphasis to the center of the photo as does the small amount of falloff. The lens is a high contrast and high resolving lens, that even wide open doesn’t lack contrast or resolving power. But with Leica you can’t really go wrong with any of the lenses! Now I am not someone who really cares about MTF curves but more about character and feel, however I don’t want a extreme soft or extreme vignetting lens. And usually to get the whole face in focus I actually stop down a bit, to around f/2,8 or even f/4. When getting close enough you will see that with a 35mm lens on f/2 on small format film (fullframe sensor) your depth of field gets thin enough for nice fore- and background out of focus areas, or as some like to call it ‘bokeh’. 35mm is wide enough to shoot from the hip with a smaller aperture selected and with predefined focus which is nice for the street photographer who does not want to raise the camera to eye level. I think I am neither, for me it totally depends on the mood, the look and feel I want to get in my prints, but also the circumstances like explained above. Some people say you are either a 35mm, or 50mm person. The latter is what I love this lens for, you can stay close and intimate but easily portray either multiple people, or one person but include the surroundings. is a great lens and can be used for almost anything, from landscapes to wider portraits portraying the person and the surroundings. If I only bring one lens on a trip it usually is a 35mm or a 50mm lens, the 35 being my choice when it will be for example a ’city trip’ where I will be close to my subjects or when I know I will be indoors a lot. The aperture ring is smooth with half stop clicks from f/2 to f/16. The rear and front elements of the lens are both concave (inward curving).
The lens has a protruding rear element, so be careful when putting it down on a table or rough surface when there is no rear lens cap attached. It features a focussing tab and a short focus throw for quick but in my opinion accurate focussing. This is probably due to the larger amount of glass in the lens, compared to the 28. Compared to the 173 grams for the Elmarit-M 28mm ASPH. but weighs quite a lot more at 254 grams or even 340 grams for the chrome version. The lens is quite small but heavy for it’s size, it is about the same size as the Leica Elmarit-M 1:2,8/28mm ASPH. It features a aspherical surface on one of its elements to reduce aberrations, and keep the lens compact hence the ‘ASPH.’ in the name of the lens. The lens features high contrast and great resolving power even wide open. is a standard lens for M mount cameras and was introduced in 1996.
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