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| From left : Summicron-M 28mm f2.0 ASPH, Elmarit-M 28mm f2.8 ASPH, Summicron-M 35mm f2.0 ASPH |
Three update versions of popular wide-angle primes have been announced by Leica and will be available over the next couple of months. All have more robust constructions including full-metal rectangular lens hoods and metal lens caps and revised optical designs to optimise performance. All three are manufactured in Germany and feature compact designs to enhance their suitability for applications such as photojournalism and street photography.
The three models comprise a Summicron-M 28mm f2.0 ASPH and Summicron-M 35mm f2.0 ASPH, plus an Elmarit-M 28mm f2.8 ASPH. The new 35mm f2.0 is available in either silver or black finishes (both priced at $4550) and has a sevenelement optical construction with an 11-blade diaphragm for smoother out-of-focus effects. It has a minimum focusing distance of 70 centimetres.
Both the new 28mm models are available in black only. The f2.0 speed Summicron-M lens ($5700) has a nine-element construction which is claimed to achieve “ever better imaging performance across the entire image field”. The minimum focusing distance is also 70 centimetres. The f2.8 speed Elmarit-M lens ($3100) has an eight-element optical construction and is the most compact lens in the current M-Mount system. The revised optics deliver a “significantly reduced” image field curvature combined with “brilliant resolution of details”.
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