Worth $5,000? Leica APO-Summicron SL 28mm f/2 lens review
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- My first ever review of a Leica L-mount lens! Could it possibly be anywhere near worth its huge price, though?
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People operating in that price range probably have other people take their pictures for them.
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For some people, they dedicate a significant amount of time and effort during their entire lifetime towards taking images. Then afterwards they will die and their images will potentially outlive all material objects or accounts to remember them by. There's no reason why a digital photo cannot last 1 million years. So there is an argument to be made that you should do whatever possible to take the best images you can. This doesn't mean buy a Leica, but eventually the cost of a lens will be long forgotten. Camera equipment is cheap for what it is capable of, even at $5000. After an image is taken, it is difficult to go back later and add more details, but taking details away is easy.
Please do more L-mount lenses including Panasonic Lumix's lenses 🙏
Super happy you did this review. I’ve wondered how the SL APO’s would perform in your testing.
This is the sharpest lens review in the channel so far. Impressive!
Breathtaking performance!
Could this be a sign of more L mount reviews to come? I'm not surprised the Leica glass is excellent but the Lumix lineup has some serious bargains imo.
What a great idea to do this review!! Kudos to you Chris.
Being able to sort of compare this lens to the more common stuff through your usual procedure is brilliant.
And I think your review describes very-very well what Leica's craft and know-how is about.
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Dont leica the price
Only $7100 CAD before tax in Canada. What a bargain. 😳 I guess my best 28mm with Auto Focus will have to remain the Sigma 28mm f1.4 ART. I paid about 1/10th the price. Its a hefty monster but what an amazing performer still.
My 2.8 is om zuiko 2.8 f2.8 manual😂😂😂, paid 1/10 the price of yor sigma
Sony FE 28mm f2.0. No idea how the price compares but it was pretty cheap second hand 😂
The 35mm version is even higher performing. A real beast.
Love the Duke Nukem reference at 5:43 :)
This was the comment i was looking for 😂
Impressive performance. I wasn't expecting much, but indeed this lens honours the brands name. I love the Sony version of this lens, very versatile, since it's as well great with it's 42mm APSC. The Leica version definitely adds further optical qualities on top of that and will easily crop into to even 70mm without much loss in quality.
There is no Sony version of this lens, this is an original Leica optical design. Unless you consider all 28mm f/2 lenses to be just different versions of the same lens?
@@Bayonet1809 No, you took it a bit to literally. What I mean is that there is a Sony 28mm f2. They share the focal length and the aperture (what I meant), but indeed, otherwise they are different lenses indeed.
@@Bayonet1809 you beat me to 'Sony version of this lens' reply
As always very useful and informative video. Thanks 🙏
That focus fall off was really good.
Extraordinary, quite impressive indeed.
Would absolutely love to see what you think about the Panasonic lumix lenses and more L mount -- would also love your take on some mft gear like the 75mm 1.8 oly etc.
@Christopher Frost really needs to do some reviews on M43. The 75mm f/1.8 Oly is absolutely up their as one of the sharpest lenses EVER made. Dude should also review the Olympus 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro, 45mm f/1.2 Pro, 150-400mm f/4.5 IS Pro, Panasonic 9mm f/1.7, Panasonic 25mm f/1.4, Panasonic Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 and the Olympus 300mm f/4 IS Pro.
Amazing performance.
Excellent performance, which most people don't need at a price only few people can afford, but for Leica users this is normal.
The bokeh is gorgeous. I would expect nothing less from such an expensive lens but at least it delivers on its promise. Hope I can someday afford it.
I have become a big fan of Leica. I’m not surprised at the performance of the lens. I shoot with the M11 but use Voigtlander lenses to save a bit. It would be interesting to see a Voigtlander to Leica comparison. I do however recognize that manual lenses on M body Leicas may not fit the channel’s testing methods.
Ahhh this is lovely! Would love to see the Summilux 50mm 1.4 if you can get your hands on it.
i don't even know why i watched this, but WOW that lens is amazing!!! :D
Bought one yesterday. 😊
Absolutely ! If you want the best it's usually going to cost you.
I'd like to see reviews of the Sl 35 and 50 Apo
You should review more leica lenses. ❤
This was interesting, thank you. Wondering how my 28mm Summilux f/1.7 on my Q2 compares.
He’s just done a review on the Q3 lens which is the same
I'd like to see this compared to other 28mm lenses, so see which ones come close or might beat a 5g lens.
He's in the big leagues now
when you attached your 17-55 to your r7, did you find that the front of the lens was too heavy when putting it on a tripod? what did you do?
it is amazing to see what money can do
May a F2 APO family review ?
Impressive performance. I thought my 20mm Z 1.8 was expensive for what is was. This thing is in another price bracket altogether.
2:20 that separation and micro contrast is nice but idk about $5k nice. I would say voigtlander apo glass is just as good for under $1k
In short: elegant rendering of the images
Please, review the new Sirui sniper 75mm f1.2
Beautiful lens 😊
Well, perfection exists, but at a very high cost! :)
Too heavy for a 28 mm especially on SL. I prefer the Q
Can you review the Sirui f1.2 'Sniper' AF lenses? Thank you.
There are no objective methodical reviews like yours of those lenses out there.
Usual excellent review, but I'm pretty unimpressed in the sense that it's ridiculously expensive and offers better, but not miles better, image quality than some other e and z-mount lenses, for a multiple of the price of those lenses.
5 Stacks? Not a CHANCE. At MOST, $1.5, maybe even $2k. You pay more for the name brand these days, and it shows.
and it shows as this test documents nicely
is it worth it? no. do I need it? no. do I want it? yes
I love Duke Nuke Em too 😂
Wow
The key take away for me is: yes, it is ridiculously expensive, but if it is the ‘best 28mm you have ever tested’, it entitles Leica to continue to claim to be the king of lenses. Not bad after 100 years.
Haha my Ultron II, f o r e v e r against that 4k monster
ha, nice They Live reference
modern lenses for Leica SL are often of Panasonic and sigma lenses modified
Not the APO summicrons or any summilux, those are rare and special.
Only the cheaper, non-APO ones.
Is it just me or the Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 isn't all that far behind for the fraction of the price?! 🤔
It is also pretty sharp across the frame, has similar or even less distortion, and almost as bright.
Lovely bokeh
i think my ttartisan 27mm f/2.8 is good enough
Sony 28mm f2 costs like 200$
Is this the best lens ever ?
In its focal length perhaps, but the APO SL 35/2 is better based on Leica's MTF charts.
only to feel that you spent more for a lot less
I think the Leica 35 APO and 50 APO perform even better.
@@MetalDEmpire Less what?
So weird, that much for an f2? MAYBE if it was like a 280mm lens, not a 28mm lens. Likewise, vignette, and barrel distortion on a simple 28mm prime? Come on, just ridiculous.
The fact that professional photographers do not carry around a Leica tells me they [Leicas] are not all that cracked up to be (and let's be honest, those guys are carrying no less than 30-50 grand in equipment at any given time).
Indeed, all out of gum! :)
Really impressive but out of budget
How much worse and how cheap would this exact optical and mechanical design be if it were made by say sigma?
Mere speculation because no such lens exists.
Excellent lens but no for the price. Best I could go is $1000
One word: prohibitive
You get what you pay for…
With Leica, you pay a whole lot
What you're saying and what I am seeing just don't match.
Still nothing in 10-100k price range? How can I take good photos with this cheap garbage? /sarcasm ... Great lens, but I would rather buy used car for that price.
who in their right mind would buy this 😂 at this point leica is just a bragging object for rich people 😅 yes perfect performance but at this price point?
That has to be the most generic looking lens ever made lol
As usual Leica is charging five times what their products are worth.
Many of us are happy to pay it, would you elaborate on your statement of 'five times what their products are worth' have you done some scientific testing?
@@janfrosty3392 Oh please get off your high horse. The only reason photographers pay so much for Leica is because of the little red badge on the camera. Would you like a comparison since you asked? Leica Summilux-M 90mm f/1.5 ASPH. lens goes for $13,795 before tax. The Canon 85mm F/1.2 RF lens goes for $2,600 before tax. Want another comparison? I found a Zeiss C Sonnar 50mm F/1.5 ZM on MPB for about $700 in excellent condition. A used Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. lens goes for $3,000. Remember that these are both for the Leica M mount and both are regarded as high-quality German manufacturers. The only difference is that Zeiss doesn't give their executives crack before choosing a price for their lenses.
No ! Not worth 5 K.