NEW LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 35mm f/2 | FIRST of its KIND

[@Biosynchro]

I must admit that the 35mm focal length is almost perfect for gatherings like parties and so on. But, for indoor use, a 28mm might be slightly more useful. It depends on the space. Personally, if I ever shoot another party, I think I'm going to take with me equivalents of 28mm and 50mm. You can do it all with a 35mm of course, but I think I would prefer some variety. However, you cannot do a wedding with just a 28 and a 50. You do need a tele zoom to get close-ups of guests at their tables and so on. Just IMHO. Maybe some of you have shot weddings with nothing longer than 50mm or maybe 90mm. If so, I can respect that!

[@DavidDatura]

I’ve been waiting for a review of this fantastic lens. And got one here sooner than I was expecting.

[@paulsehstedt6275]

Well, I'll never become a 35 mm guy, but your video is very informative and well explained.

[@uclasuzuki]

Thank you for the Great review presentation as usual, and very pleasant pictures!! Only 30cm in shortest focus distance and the predictable field distances. What an amazing lens this is!!

[@drc4563]

This is phenomenal. And your explanation is the best. Detailed, concise, and clear. Thank you!

[@chrisloomis1489]

I have APO / ASPH 90mm f2 ; Do not know if is a great lens but I love using that lens. The 90mm is a pleasure to use, cherish it.

[@kollegekool]

I am a big fan of the 28mm focal length and of the APO Summicron SL 28mm. I really hope they bring this lens to M mount in the near future!

[@pogolol009]

Wouldn’t be suprised when there would come someday a 28mm APO with closer focus distance.

[@kollegekool]

@@pogolol009 Thats true, probably sooner then later

[@slickhatter9812]

I’m sure 28 APO is coming soon with the same construction and minimum focus like the 35

[@kubowich]

For now, happy with my 35 asph v1....in a couple years, will definitely upgrade to this.

[@c73w]

The depth of field table is 🤯🤯

[@sphaera3809]

This is a really nice lens... Sometimes I wish I was still shooting with a Leica M camera... I’m now on Fuji GFX...

[@NikCan66]

Always a brilliant presentation and thoroughly informative

[@mathphotographer]

Thanks!

[@dhaug]

To me it's really odd to see the focusing tab do an almost 360 degree rotation to get to the shortest focus distance. Great presentation!

[@AmbercoolPhotography]

35mm is definitely the king for street. It's ability to miss but not really miss for hip shooting is unparalleled. With my 50mm, hip shooting is very tough. It's doable, but when the light falls you have to go f1.4 and that makes hip shotting alot more difficult. I can get away with alot using a 35mm from my experience.

[@LucyS565]

Looks like an amazing lens! Thanks Math!

[@michaelcampbell4503]

Excellent video explaining the features and benefits of this great lens and the tech specs. Thank you

[@itzeddyh]

Hello. Really enjoy your video. I was hoping to put the APO-Summicron-M 35mm f/2 on the Hasselblad 907x and be my primary setup for both close up Food shots (0.3m), traveling (28mm equivalent), and portrait (F1.4 equivalent and crop a bit). But concerns about the vignetting on 907X/50CII and not enough DOF. Would appreciate any feedback with this setup

[@johnnybombas1685]

Great video. Would love to see how the Voigtlander 35 APO compares against this one.

[@insomnia09]

Not expensive enough for coverage 🙃

[@janfrosty3392]

@@insomnia09 Voigtlander 35 APO is a better lens, like it or not.

[@wing1127aishi]

Tri elmar (wate) has due focusing zone that goes down to 0.3m as well. Just a clarification

[@davidphillips3273]

Very wonderful review. Thank You

[@hioe04]

Awesome does the summicron APO take filters with the lens hood on?

[@iZephiroth]

How can such small lenses have such high quality. It’s absurd. Leica is my dream end game camera.

[@scholzineuropa]

Grüß dich! Wie immer ein sehr informatives und hilfreiches Video. Danke dafür! Eine Frage zum Zone Focus: Unterscheidet sich diese Tiefenschärfe-Einstellung bei f5.8 zu dem Summilux und dem „normalen“ Summicron 35mm?

[@jeremykeller211]

Hi Math! I'm certain that the APO is a superior lens, but I'm also certain that it would not produce better photos than my 1950s Summicron, at least in my hands. P.S. I once saw some photos of Zurich taken with a Swiss lens with extraordinary resolving power. The photos were difficult to look at. The precise rendering of every minute detail was distracting.

[@slickhatter9812]

Process it with less clarity - you can always take sharpness down but you can’t introduce it back

[@michaelyuen3789]

Thanks for the review! It would be interesting to compare the APO M35 to the APO M50 to see the difference in terms of sharpness.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

Doubt you would notice any difference. They are both practically the same in terms of sharpness.

[@michaelyuen3789]

@@Paul-jb6rk I actually expect the APO M50 to be sharper as wide angle lenses are generally more difficult to design.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

@@michaelyuen3789 have you seen the MTF charts he presented? It is an insane level of performance for a 35mm and equivalent to the APO 50mm in every way except distortion which presumably was more difficult to correct at 35mm.

[@Murdog36]

Thanks for the videos as always. Will you get rid of the silver summicron now? Not worth having both?

[@riswanc]

Thank you, most informative video about the apo 35mm cron

[@dr.michaelbraida9186]

Great video. My only question what comes next? Leica has continued to raise the bar.Your videos are very informative and dangerous!

[@mathphotographer]

Thanks for the positive feedback, and "videos dangerous" likely because they wake up desires for gear? :)

[@Biosynchro]

I am going to bet on a 35mm Noctilux. Nobody else will make such a lens - but Leica certainly would be up to that challenge.

[@hotlippsmartin]

Great review, thank you. Very helpful.

[@k.hansphotography4810]

Always like your videos. Don't like that you always show the lenses with lens hood and lens cap on. Anyways, in this otherwise fantastic video you did not mention the newly designed lens hood and how much the APO 35mm covers the viewfinder with and without lens hood. Appreciate your videos because you always show what you are talking about. So many loudspeakers here on youtube talking about Cams/Lenses without even having them in their hands.

[@MrRyming]

Next time you compare sharpness, do it at the same distance. Because when things are far away from the lens, you loose resolution. So of cause the APO looks sharper because the motive is closer to the camera

[@c73w]

You should have put the lens within the same range while using the two different lenses to show the difference in sharpness in 70cm and the focus in 30cm that would be much fair to present why the sharpest Leica lens and one of the sharpest in general in photography is way more better than the f/1.5 35mm simicron and semilux unless you need higher bokeh and entering light maybe

[@gewglesux]

I have a MP coming shortly. I don't however have a lens to mount on it. I'm still trying to figure out if it's worth money to get the APO Summicron or the ASPH Summilux. Because it's going on a 35mm film Camera and NOT a digital I am unsure of what i should do. I will be using this primarily for Street Shooting I like 50mm but this 35mm is something of Beauty. Thanks.

[@dominiquecollard9068]

Hi Mat I recently sold my MP240 and got the Summilux ASPH f1.4 Black chrome ! so this 35 is next on my list along with an M10P.

[@mathphotographer]

Great choices! You will like your new gear big time.

[@stargator4945]

How much would be the difference to the new Voigtländer Apo 35mm/2.0VM. The price difference is about several 1000 Euro. What I see is sometimes the 3Deffect of sharp objects that are different to other manufacturers. Can you explain that?

[@stuartfeen9236]

Math, In the lens specs it says “largest scale, f5.6”. Please define that spec. Thank you, SF

[@emmetwasserman]

I have a summilux 35, is it worth trying to sell it and get one of these?

[@jklphoto]

To get the most from this $8195 lens, I have to buy an $8995 M10-R, equaling $17,190 USD?!?!?!

[@jeremykeller211]

$17,190? You've got it JKL You are being marketed to.

[@gewglesux]

Try this on film!

[@bernie0617]

Thank you, very informative and persuasive :) I am already in the waiting list for this lens ...

[@lensman5762]

I am sure the optics of this lens are top class, but the idea of this lens is not new. I have a 50mm Summicron F2 Dual Range of antiquity, that has the matched goggles which make it possible to focus very close through the optical window of my M2, M3 and M6. In other words, this is a Dual Range 35mm Summicron.

[@robertoposa1120]

Great video like the lens

[@c73w]

17:10 is this problem also with m11-p?

[@dfj555]

Will this lens work well on the Leica SL2-S?

[@benwang9852]

I wonder what If I only can have newly launched 50 mm Noctilux F 1.2 or APO Summicron 35mm F2. Which one I should get? Any idea? Thank you!

[@marc6652]

Ask yourself if you are a 35mm shooter or a 50mm one (like me), and you'll have the answer. However, the 30cm minimum focus distance is a point to consider anyway...

[@csaba5415]

For me, focal length aside, it is about the feel of the resulting image not the sharpness or detail. I have asked myself the same question regarding these two lenses, and if I listen to my heart, it is clearly the 1.2 I’d get. Hopefully it’ll still be around once I’ve saved up enough :).

[@uclasuzuki]

Good point Casaba. Not just the sharpness... I still like my my 35 summilux interns of well balanced outcome. But APO 35 is great lens, isn’t it. I want to have one in my bag.

[@csaba5415]

@@uclasuzuki I suppose that’s where you need to look at what other lenses you already have. I have got a Cron 35 ASPH II, a matte black Summaron 28, and as much as I admire the APO 35 M, I’ve always craved a Nocti. On my M-A the 1.2 would be incredible.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

I’d get the 35mm. It’s a far higher technical quality and much smaller/lighter. It will have far greater usefulness especially owing to the focus distance which is 1m on the Noctilux which can be quite limiting, not close enough to get face or even head and shoulders portrait...

[@kevinsmith2349]

At 12:00, you compare sharpness but at difference crop percentages…. Kind of apples and oranges ?

[@jeromearnould9940]

Great video great lens thanks for sharing all those infos ...

[@mathphotographer]

Thanks Jerome.

[@maxmagnus15]

AND THAT'S SHOULD BE ALL REVIEWS - EVER

[@salduaij]

Can you compare it wth the 35mm apo voigtlander 😁

[@danialeros]

Thanks for the great video. Now all i am wondering is how i can get my hands on one.

[@mathphotographer]

Thanks, you will love to try out this lens :)

[@mzalhamad]

Love this lens , exactly what i am looking for ......do you want to sell it?

[@gurugamer8632]

Love to test shots from M11

[@carlosmcse]

35mm lenses. They say they are the “If you could only have one lens lens” … but that’s exactly the problem with 35mm. It’s the best when there’s nothing else. But when you have a 28mm & a 50mm, then a 35mm is quite useless. Not wide enough, not narrow enough. It’s quite infuriating.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

I haven’t done any side by sides but to me the bokeh looks better than the 50 APO…. Not normally a fan of 35mm but the close focusing makes this very nice.

[@pogolol009]

Reason to stop down the aperture; photographing in photo studio with studio light ;)

[@andreamontagner6253]

Hi Math! Thak you for the clear and incredible explaining of the lenses. I have a question for you: Witch lens is the most sharper between: “LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 90MM F/2 ASPH” and “SUMMILUX-M 90MM F/1.5 ASPH”. Can you make a video? Thank you for your time!

[@lindave8569]

thanks!

[@mengzaa55]

I would like to see photo from this lens with GFX100

[@user-ms8qg2rz5s]

What if Leica telescope mount on SL2 ?

[@AlbertKel]

The price is insane

[@a_visual_novel]

Could you see if the APO Cron 35 gets any kind of good coverage on the GFX100? I would do the test myself but having difficult time finding the lens rn.

[@ALWH1314]

Excellent explanation, the only sad part of this lens is the price.

[@srenhaugecarlsen853]

Great video about a wonderfull lens, but terrible music in the background

[@MKWHD]

I wonder if Leica can do something similar with a 50 mm. What do you think?

[@gewglesux]

Don't they have a 50 mm APO Summicron?

[@miroslavdufresne]

If you think about selling it, I want to buy!

[@paulow1624]

Will Leica release a Apo Summicron 28mm soon ?

[@mathphotographer]

The SL lens system has a new Apo-Summicron-SL 28mm ... Leica loves 28mm lenses, see also the Q and Q2 :)

[@wolfrainerschmalfuss3515]

Ich würde das VOIGTLÄNDER APO-Lanthar 2/35mm mal mit dem Leica APO-Summicron 2/35mm vergleichen! Dann wird ein Schuh daraus!

[@marc6652]

M10R + 35 Apo (or 50 Apo) > 15.000€... Who can afford such a combo for a hobby ? Unfortunately, not me. Rest assured that I'm happy like a kid to shoot with my M262 and a Voigtlander 50 Apo-Lanthar (for ⅓ of the price) at 60.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

Yeah it’s very expensive, but is not completely out of reach for people who are dedicated enough to save for a few years or as a retirement purchase.

[@marc6652]

@@Paul-jb6rk We probably don't live on the same planet. But if you don't know what to do with your money, go for it. You'll make 2 lucky guys. You and your retailer.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

@@marc6652 it’s currently out of my price range too. And I doubt I’d buy this because I’m not huge into 35mm. But if you are able to swing the cash somehow this lens will be a good investment. Having no electronics, if well maintained it will last a lifetime or more.

[@steffsteffson]

But there are some good news: fortunately photography is about taking photos, not endless buying expensive gear.... :)

[@chrishuang8763]

This lens certainly has its value for those who appreciate its quality. It is not cheap but so are a lot of cars or watches. The 35mm focal length is one of the most useful. If one can use it everyday and carry it around for travel and street photograpby, its worth it. There are also a lot of people who would say a camera is totally unneccesary. His hp is good enough.

[@lancmac]

Wow.. I cant remember how many times I missed taking a photo at 30cm (12") and had to settled for 70cm (27").... I can throw away my macro adapter I have only used once in 5 years.

[@c73w]

Got why no need from this for super telephoto or even zoom range finder m-system lens

[@dinogaldi9292]

Min 22:25/6 : is it a chromatic aberration?

[@mathphotographer]

A bit of CA you will get in certain shooting conditions but can be easily corrected in post.

[@swcblad]

that brings the Q2 28mm into M mount.

[@jeremykeller211]

Do you really need this phenomenally expensive lens? Is it a major improvement on the original eight element 35mm f2 Summichron? Follow the money: are we looking at photography...or sales?

[@mathphotographer]

It is sharper and more complex in its optical properties. The new Apo 35 really is a superb lens.

[@jeremykeller211]

"The new apo 35 really is a superb lens." I am certain that this is true. However, Leica lenses are generally supeb, particularly the Summicrons, regardless of age. Please remember as well that resolving power, which you call sharpness, is actually less important than contrast. This has been demonstrated in tests of human perception.

[@earvinquero2037]

Hello , Great Reciews, I want to ask a favor can you please make a video about buying Leica monochrom 246 in 2022? Is the 35mm summicron asph2 perfect combo fot the the M 246? Thanks

[@mathphotographer]

Thanks Earvin, good suggestion!

[@shademanirvanipour6870]

You need over £5.000 to buy one of these classic Leica lenses

[@SLO_Foto]

Thank you for another informative review. An amazing lens, but who is buying an $8,200.00 lens? Leica is creating such a small club for its M lenses that they are more status symbols than reasonable choices for photographers.

[@TKim103]

they’re sold out - Leica is a business and if there is demand regardless of price, they will sell. I can’t afford this lens, but I’m not going to throw shade at a company for running a business.

[@klpinfl127]

You’d be surprised how many people can afford this lens… they’ve been sold out since it was first released. They can’t make them fast enough.

[@rumporridge1]

@@klpinfl127 saving my coins now lol.

[@jean-pierrek1529]

The summilux 35 fle is harper than the regular 35 summicron. For whatever it is worth.

[@marvidviducich5878]

looks like leica has proven that bigger isn't always better

[@dPico-digitaldurda]

💪📸👍

[@Hector_Malot]

too big for a wide angle

[@SourPlanet]

Sony users: first time?

[@tomallen6073]

Apo means apocrhomatic. Shit I can’t afford but at least I know the terminology.

[@c73w]

The sharpness is insane it is not the sharpest Leica lens for nothing

[@jeeefthegreat7555]

Are you in an interrogation room, jaaaaa?

[@taneltinnuri8985]

320gr is low weight lens? Okay then. Depend what to compare with.

[@Paul-jb6rk]

It is very light for an all metal lens with this level of performance on full frame.

[@4kpariswalk443]

你😅

[@mathphotographer]

:)

[@s_muxiu3238]

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