One lens to rule them all? -LEICA 50mm f/2 APO-SUMMICRON-M Review
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2023
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Arguably the best lens I've ever used, the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH. Do you think this lens is worth its asking price?
I've used my 50mm APO now for about a year. Your comments fully reinforce my experiences from the last year. Photographing people... this is the lens that I know will create a wonderful shot every time. I am also a landscape photographer, often using medium format. I have felt that this lens produces such outstanding results that I will often reach for my Leica instead of my medium format camera for landscapes. The results that I get from this lens are always remarkable. Yes, if I could have only one camera and one lens it would be my Leica M11 and the 50mm APO. PS: Just found your channel and I am enjoying all of your videos. Thanks for all of the detailed information regarding various lenses
Bought my APO a few weeks ago and I agree with your thoughts 100%. Really enjoying your content. Keep it up!
Great review as ever Andrew. Thank you. All the best Simon (hello from the UK)
Great video, beautiful images and superb review! Thanks for your personal thoughts and sharing it! 🙏🏻
ANDREW THE 🐐 Been waiting for you to review this one ever since your video on the 50 lux and noctilux. Watching now. Please never stop making these videos!!!
Thought I had next level 50 prime in my Summilux ASPH, as I am quite satisfied in the IQ. Looking forward to the comparison video! Also kind of neat to see Jean featured in the video - I've had many exchanges with him over the years, he's like an old friend!
I'm from Toronto but i gotta say the crew at CamTec are great!!! both online and in person! but youre in Toronto, there's nowhere like Downtown Camera!
I’m going to wait ten years and get the lens when it’s $250 off list price.
Great review, knocked it out. I wanted to keep my kidneys so got the Voigtlander 50mm f2 APO-Lanthar from Jean instead. Great pics. Looking forward to seeing your comparison with the Lux.
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Really well done. Bravo!
Beautiful photography
I have the latest Summilux-50 (which can focus to 0.45 m) and am quite impressed with it. I also have the Summilux-M 35 FLE I and APO-Summicron-M 35 (closest focus 0.3 m). Based on the Leica 35 mm lenses, a test I did with a friend’s APO-Summicron-M 50 and your review of the latter, I’m even more tempted to get the APO 50.
Agree with you. Thanks for the thoughts. I had the 50 Lux asph and this one. Sold the Lux. This 50 apo is slightly longer in reality. If the 50 lux is a true 50, then the 50 apo cron should be about 52 or 53mm. Which to me is a good thing because the extra length gives it more compression and less depth of field for a 50 f2. Hence the 3D pop. What will be interesting is to compare the 50 apo to the voigtlander 50 apolanthar.
I’ve just bought the summilux-m 50mm ASPH V2 yesterday, I’m enjoying the bokeh it gives so far and the close focusing distance plus the background separation, I’ve had the apo 50mm Summicron-m as my first lens with the m11 and I have tried multiple 50mm lenses since (Summilux-m 50mm pre-asph, noctilux-m 50mm f0.95 asph), so far, the apo summicron 50mm is still my favorite, it replicates the colors more accurately and the subject is sharper compared to the others mentioned especially between the subject and the background, it clearly defines the borderline between the subject and the background (which is not as present in the others) and captures details on the subject very clearly (note: the summilux colors are more saturated compared to the apo summicron which gives more of a realistic or cinematic look I’d say), the apo summicron basically captures the scene that your eyes see In front of you as it is into a photo which was exactly what I was looking for when I got it, it would be awesome if leica upgrades it to a focusing distance of 0.45m like the new summilux. The faster ones like the summilux and noctilux give more background separation and gives an artistic/dreamy look and the benefit of using them to capture more light in low light situations. The downside of the apo summicron is that if you’ll use it in low light situations on film cameras, you struggle to capture photos without creating motion blur. Using a film like Kodak Portra 400 or gold 200 is out of question (for me) in low light situations like these with the apo summicron, maybe the Portra 800 was close but still struggled to get the right shutter speed not to create blur and was just enough if I recall correctly. All I’m saying is that if you want to use it on film camera, do your research, you have to think carefully if it’s going to be your only lens especially for low light situations. But it’s perfect for digital cameras and I don’t regret it one bit, maybe I’d regret it a bit if they release the close focusing one very soon because if I waited then I wouldn’t have to upgrade but I don’t regret the memories I captured on it especially since it was the first lens. It would be even more awesome if Leica could pull off an apo on a summilux f1.4 or a noctilux f1.0 but I guess it goes against what they’re meant for which is that dreamy look.
Should try one, thanks
I would suggest people also look at the Voigtlander 50 APO. I say this as a long-time Leica user with a basically open budget. I've owned a good number of Leica's high end M and L glass. I think it's very
Great video! Where is your soft shutter button from? Thanks so much
The 35 apo even makes things more exciting with such performance in a small lens and with 0.3m mfd. crazy to see 90% performance of the 35 apo SL in a small lens
Great video. Thank you.