Personally, I find this a much more interesting announcement than the other two items – but then again, I’m also the sort of person who has eight ways to get to 28mm (and can find a use for all of them) – and I do appreciate the gentle field curvature of a Tessar design. Part one of this review took a look at Leica’s new M-Monochrom I’ve had a chance to review already earlier however, it’s now time to take a look at the accompanying lens. Clicking on an image will bring you the Flickr page where you can access larger versions. Character is far more neutral, which may challenge you in its own ways…FOr me, how it renders colors is most important, more so than its sharpness.All non-product images in this review were shot with a Leica M9-P and the 50/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH, with the exception of the one B&W image lower down the review.
It’s not a lens for everyone, but it’s build/size/IQ are unparalleled. Just my $0.02…If I had to advise you, and you wanted to set yourself on a new journey, I’d consider getting the APO, or better, renting/borrowing it. Not to say I’ll occasionally test out something else out of curiosity, but I doubt any of my photography needs anything more than what I have. Really, my lenses, at this point, are basically stable. The M9 and MM are in my kit forever, or really, until they die. For me, I settled on a 28/50/90 cron ASPH kit, and I have the 35 FLE and Noct f/0.95 for that lux look. I am not sure, however, that it gives you more than the 50 lux asph, which has more character in its rendering. If the 50 APO calls to you, you should try it if you can pull it off. Granted, that’s a lot of gear, but I am feeling and have felt very comfortable in my set of options.
For me, as I have gotten more into photography, I have drifted more towards summicron designs, and I have narrowed by kit to a 21/35/50/90 set in both modern and vintage flavors. In my opinion, the summicron lenses tend to be more behaved, more neutral, more transparent, while the lux lenses tend to have more character and provide more pinnace/style. You have great knowledge regarding gear, so there’s really no advising you beyond that I believe that certain lenses can be bonded to you, and in their IQ/rendering, can provide/imbue emotional context to help paint your desired context. The only new lens that I snagged with the 50 APO, trading the 50 lux and the 75 lux for this. I have now had a stable Leica kit for about 2 years (since my days of experimenting heavily using various lenses with the Monochrom), and now I seem to have very little desire to move or change gear.
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