🔴 Leica APO Lens! Worth it? | Leica 75mm Summicron f2 APO Review (Leica 75mm Portraits)
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- Ep.2of29 The amazing Leica 75mm Summicron f/2 ASPH APO lens review + Leica 75mm portraits
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Most of my portraits are shot with 50mm but Summicron 75mm portrait photos are probably more flattering. The Leica APO Summicron 75mm f2 lens focuses close so it is up there as the best Leica portrait lens especially for tighter headshots. If you are a Leica Wedding Photographer this 75mm lens is an excellent choice as it is great for detail photos too. I discuss the Voigtlander Heliar Classic 75mm f/1.8 lens and Leica Summarit-M 75mm f/2.5 lens as cheaper smaller alternatives to the Leica 75mm Summicron APO lens.
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Honest and professional user’s review. Excellent work.
Thanks Jamie! Just my 2p worth :)
Love your reviews. Right now I've the Voigtländer 75/1.8, and it's OK when stepping down to 2.8. The Cron 75 is on my wish list. Keep on rolling!
Thanks Paul! Yes the 75 Cron is sharp wide open 👍🏻
I, like you, wondered why I bought a 75mm lens. I got it for reasonable price when buying my M10P. The lens is really a lovely glass. I have so far mainly used it in street photography and on some landscape excursions.
Thanks! Good to hear you have the 75mm too! I've not really tried it for landscapes mainly because i'm using running or cycling if doing those photos so I tend to go for smaller lenses. I do love telephoto landscape shots though. Interesting to hear you use the 75mm for street too. I bet some other readings will note that too. :)
Just discovered you channel and blog... It is nice to get information about m lenses from someone who seems quite pragmatic about the leica brand...
Thank you. Yes I just use them as tools like any other non-Leica lens. Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for review. Now I’m waiting for to crack the lottery jackpot 😆
Thanks and ha yes fingers crossed!
Hi, thanks for your review. I had this lens for a year on my M11. Love it, but focus at f2 far is sometime a challenge to get the pic sharp. But when I get it right it is amazing.
Thanks. Yes agree. I had the same. I eventually switched to the Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 for my portraits.
Hi again in the survey I marked am interested in lenses you discuss but definitely enjoy your images .you are fantastic photographer since I have 45 years experience in this field..keep up good job we are with you..kaveh
Thanks, very kind!
This is my second time watching the video. I am getting back to using more of this lens on SL2. You are definitely spot on about its modern characteristics. I still prefer the 50 mm Summilux ASPH, so I am saving it for special occasions. I understand why you had sold it and kept the Summilux.
Thanks Wilfred, yes I use the Nokton 75mm instead now but it was a nice lens.
Thanks for an interesting review. I've had the 75mm f2 for a few years now. I'm very happy with it. I find it's easy to carry round as it's not too heavy, pretty compact and gives that additional bit of 'reach' compared with the 50mm. I tend to use it for fairly close-up shots of flowers or nature, where I'm looking for sharp, detailed images, though I do use it for walking around the countryside and towns / villages (and places in London). Come to think about it, I've found that I'm using my 50mm a little less now, and using my 35mm summilux instead. That two-lens combination, 75 and 35, works pretty well for me.
Thanks, great to hear you enjoy the 75mm APO too. Yes if I still shot more nature photography (that was my thing before getting into portraits) I would use the lens more. Top tip for you.. If you see my macro videos I mention and link a clip on macro filter that work on the 75mm APO (used to take the flower photo in this video). It's small to carry but lets you take super close ups of nature for when you need it. You may enjoy it. The 35/75 sounds a good combination.. I'm currently more 28/50 :)
Matt Osborne yes, I've now had a look at that review, and commented there. Just to repeat here, that if I want to do some serious macro, I get the Nikon out (I have an earlier Nikon DSLR), or for nostalgic (!) reasons, my old F3 or F6. Much though I like them, the film Nikons don't see a lot of use now.
@@Orwic1 Thanks I will check you other comment too.. yes i'm not sure if my F5 has died, it doesn't respond to a new set of batteries after period of no use..
I. am so pleased that this lens is largely "undiscovered" by many photographers. They really don't know what they're missing
Thanks Gareth! It's probably out of reach for many but yes a great lens. I later switched to the Nokton 75mm f1.5 for portraits.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Noted, I don't want to change for the sake of it tho'. I've just ordered the Sigma 35mm F2 and 65mm on the strength of your videos...something lighter than my 24-90 Vario Elmar
Very useful presentation. Thanks!
Thanks Rex!
This was very informative, thanks. I have the summilux 35 1.4 and want the APO 75 or 90 to balance it. Not doing much in way of portraits (but definitely need something), but want something for longer throws in everything from street photography, some landscapes and a different POV for architecture. I bought the 75mm as lighter and more compact for carrying around, and the fact that the M11 gives me an easy 95mm with the 1.3 crop.
Thanks Gerry! Sorry I missed this
I use the 75mm f/2.4 Iberit (another cheaper option) I'm suprisingly pleased with the focal length
Thanks Dominik, yes if it wasn't for my specific situation at that point in time I would not have spent such money on 1 lens, even second hand like mind. I was living a fast paced life then with a lot of weddings so as money came in I reinvested it in to lenses! Yes 75mm can be a nice FL for sure.
Very nice review!
Thanks! See the playlist for lots more Leica M lens vids! :)
Wonderful document indeed - thank you very much!
Well well well .... Three years later, now that you have also tried the Summilux 75....... it would be fantastic to see you make some 'reflexions' on the APO'Cron and the elder Mandler 75'Lux - the two together!! Think of it... There is always a copy to your disposal here in Cologne... along with the afore-mentioned, 'antique' Summarex 1,5/85, (!!) :-))))
Thanks! I can now get flights to Cologne from my new local airport so get in touch via the blog if you'd like to organise something.. I can then look at possible flight options etc
Hi Matt. Thank you for share your thoughts so sincerely, once again.
I ordered one brand-new 75 cron a week ago, and when I took the lens out of the box and turned the aperture ring, I noticed immediately that the ring was loose, making a weird noise when rotate it and if I hold it in the same position and twist, the ring moves on its axis, which should not happen at all.
After this sad finding, I still attached the lens to the camera, and there was still one more flaw to note. When I turned the focus ring, passing approximately around 1.5m focusing distance, I noticed that something were rubbing against some internal component. This problem it´s easier to identify with the lens attached to the camera. When you go through the full focus scale in one movement you can feel it better, like a lack of lube in that section. Even my Voigtlander lenses with more than 10 years doesn´t have this behaviour compared to this brand-new Leica lens. I just can´t believe it.Definitely, something went wrong in the assembly of this lens.
Matt, when you bought your sample, you noticed some of this issues?
Hi Nuno, i'm very sorry to hear the news. If it was used I would be upset but new, send it back! Leica needs to be 100% for the price tag. It sounds like it got through the loop but you found a bad copy. It shouldn't be like that. Let me know how you get on.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Sorry Matt to come back again, but if you can put some light on this issue, will be appreciated. After I left the lens at the Leica Store, I was told that the fact the aperture ring is loose is normal, they even had another copy of the same lens and although it made slightly less play, the ring was also loose. I still don't think it's normal and is not pleasant at all. From my experience with other manual focusing lenses, none of them had a loose ring or made a noise when shaking them (this one almost rattles basically). Also from some Leica forums, some guy said that the Summarits have nice firm clicky aperture rings, with no play either rotationally or front to back. The Summicron by comparison is much looser, and very easy to turn accidentally. The Summilux is the worst of all, very loose, always getting turned by accident, with play both rotationally and front to back. My copy is similar to this last scenario, and even if Leica says that is normal, for me is not, and I can´t really understand why some copies are perfect in this regard and some are not. Please, can you let me know if your copies, especially the cron 75, when you shake it, the ring makes noise and also play front ot back? Thank you
Leica Support (Wetzlar, Germany ) can tighten the ring for you - it's a common gripe. If sending the lense to Germany is too costly and time consuming, maybe the Wetzlar Support Hotline can recommend an affiliate in your country.
The 75mm APO is the same lens as the 50mm Lux, so no wonder you like it! They took the design of the 50mm Lux and just made it bigger.
Ah thanks, I didn’t know that actually 👍🏻😊
I've read they share similar lens design but I wouldn't go as far as saying "they're the same lens" since the 75 ASPH has the APO designation while the 50 ASPH does not.
@@bubuli Yeah. But Karbe has said before that the 50 Lux is in fact APO. The only reason they didn't give it the designation was because it's not quite APO wide open. But at 2.0+ it's definitely APO
@@cl3826 yes i remember now. yes you are correct, they didn’t give the APO designation due to that technicality that you mentioned. i guess that’s good otherwise they would have had the reason to make this more expensive 😝
@@bubuli oh definitely. It's a reason the 50lux is actually a really good deal. You don't get the same sharpness or characteristic as the 50 APO. But at f/2, they're both APO. But the 50lux is like HALF the price lolol
Your review ticked the same boxes for me..most expensive Leica lens I’d bought, and why use 75mm.
Certainly the sharpest lens on my M9 etc, and excellent 3D rendering at about 2 metres for portraits. The lens was sold , as it wasn’t used that much, and , like you I prefer the older ‘Pre Asph’ lenses. However, I could not resist a good value 75mm F2.5 Summarit, which is a lovely lens, and again, just right if you hit the portrait sweet spot at about 2 - 2.5 metres.
The Summarit was used a lot last year photographing cyclo-cross racing, and is a welcome lighter weight lens, particularly when trudging around muddy fields chasing muddy cyclists!
Thanks Alastair.. yes there is a lot to be said for the Summarit lenses (see the video I posted last night - czcams.com/video/AXxvIPZgidE/video.html - I echo the same benefits!) :) .. Good to hear you mix cycling and photography too! ..I prefer smooth tarmac these days but I enjoyed the mud in my 20s (though not cyclo-cross).
Love your work!! My other cheaper alternative is the 7artisans 75mm f1.25 which is super cheap compared to yours!! It would be really interesting to compare!
Alan Ma Thanks Alan! That does sound a fun lens! I bought many of my M lenses before these even came to market.
I do not have a 75mm yet, but it is on my list of lenses to get. With the Pentax 67 I have the 105mm, which is about a 65mm equivalence I think, and I love that look, so the 75mm might do the trick for me. For now I have the 90mm Summicron (v1 Canada) for my tele for the Leica
John Roberts Thanks John! Yes it can be a nice FL. Ah I have the same Canada 90 I think! I love it!
Saw one in Aix for 1900 euros and left it. I am pretty happy with the 85mm Nikkor f1.4. Thought about an 85 rex!
Thanks Adam! Ah yes I forgot you use the Nikkor. 85 Rex.. not yet!
Nice that this lens has a lens hood which can be fixed in extended position. This is my little complaint with the Leica 50/2 version V which I own - it also comes with lens hood but it cannot be fixed. The hood is always crooked when in use and tends to be pushed back when carrying the camera with attached lens. Glad Leica fixed this with the 75/2.
Martin's Analog Photo Channel thanks Martin, interesting you say that, you might see this lens sooner than you think! ;)
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom I think I will stick to my simple 90/2.8. I am also rarely doing portrait shooting (love your photos though!)
Very well presented. LOL, this is another lens that I bought years ago, almost as soon as as it was introduced. I am a landscape photographer so absolute sharpness and maximum contrast was the priority. The lens is almost perfect @ F2 and perfect from F2.8 and I mean perfect. The combination of this lens and my M6 solidly mounted on a tripod with something like the now defunct Kodak Tech Pan 2415 is nothing short of mind blowing. Although, as you mentioned it is on the large side for a Leica M lens, it is still demnunitive compared to some of the modern monstrosities offered by Canon, Nikon or Sony. Fixed focal length lenses for mirrorless cameras that are almost as large and as heavy as a 70~200 for a DSLR, this is nuts. The 75mm Apo is very expensive but you do get what you pay for. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Great to hear you use this lens too! I don't really use mine enough (The shallow DOF can be easy to miss on portraits at close range with slightly miscalibrated RF cameras. I agree still small for a real world lens! The new SL lenses are far to big.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom TBH, mine doesn't get used as much as it should either. The main reason is just having too many cameras in different formats and the bloody digital.
@@lensman5762 Haha i'm with you on too many cameras but each has it's place (I tell myself). One day I will finish testing gear and then I can start using the best for each job! M3 + others :)
Hi Matt, I'm considering this lens, as I found it used at 1300 pounds, how would you compare it to your favorite "50", the CV 75 1.5? I mostly do portraits and street, thank you
Buy it at that price! I sold mine when I got the 75/1.5. It’s very sharp but I like the Voigtlander.
Very nice overview. There is one, if I can call it so, flaw with this lens. The built in hood is too short. I mean, it's better to have it than not, but I guess the design didn't allow for a tad longer one. It would have been perfect that way. Why? Well, in certain conditions is flares a lot, you get that magenta ghosting and loss of contrast. However, when you're able to have direct light hitting the lens front it is marvelous. Let's say cloudy day, best lens ever :) I know, overstatement, but it is so sharp, and lots of micro contrast, yet the bokeh renders creamy.
I have bought a screw in Heliopan lens hood, and that helps. The only problem is my lens is now as long as 135mm APO. :)
Thanks MrM, yes I know what you mean, I guess with digital I see the image real time then if I need to adjust my angle slightly to change the flare I do. Your solution sounds a great option for film cameras especially (where you can't chimp on the back of the camera!) Thanks for sharing! :)
Did I read the (newer)75mm 2.4 version focused down to 70cm as opposed to the 2.5 version at 90? Wondering if the smaller 2.4 would be a better bet for my M6?
Follow up question, I have 0.85 M6, to shoot portraits, I read you find the 90 focul length easier to nail focus.
What would u go for?
75mm f2
75mm F2.4
Or a 90?
Just realised this thread is a year old, not sure if you still interact with the comments.
Thanks yes still trying to reply to everyone, takes around 3 hours a day!
Hi Jamie, yes the 2.4 goes down to 0.7m like the f2 vs 0.9m of the 2.5. My 90 Pre-ASPH is definitely easier to focus at 1m as greater DOF. f2 @ 0.7 on the 75mm is very shallow. 90 pre draws the nicest of those i've used.
Thanks Matt for the daily lens reviews. Did you do any comparison between the 75 and the 90 Apo-Summicron-Ms with regard to characteristics in image rendering? I remember reading about the Leica designer of the 50 and 75 ASPHs, Peter Karbe (?), saying the two lenses 50 and 75 are very similar in optical characters and the 50 Summilux ASPH being a true Apo design as well. As a fellow 50 Summilux ASPH owner, I went for the 90 Summicron ASPH instead with the rationale being 75mm as a focal length is too close for comfort with its 50 summilux sibling esp when the rendering is not that dissaimilar. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Q, I appreciate you commenting! I've not done any scientific test vs. My 90 Cron but I have the pre-ASPH so it is wildly different to the modern 75 APO. I may have to do more lens reviews after this week as 7 days isn't enough haha (Though I will have a break and maybe do some other difference reviews first). Yes I do need to share the 90mm Cron at some point. An excellent lens. Thanks for sharing the details on the lens designs. Great info! Back here tomorrow ha! :)
It's Peter Karbe. If I understood him right, the 50 lux asph and the 75 cron asph are in one half identical twins. Which is beneficial for construction and production.
Thanks Hans, yes I completely understand that from a build perspective. (Using common designs etc also helps reduce production and design costs).
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Next to the modern and clinical 90 Apo-Summicron-M ASPH, its predecessor, the plain abbreviation-free and aberration-laden 90 Summicron-M is a truly arty lens, be it not as arty as the 70/1.4 Summilux-M. The vintage glasses are best left for personal work since their renderings are seldom appreciated by the average fee-paying customers whose aesthetics in photography has been led astray by those over-sharpened over-HDRed computational results coming out of their phones:-)) See ya tomorrow!
Q Bao Thanks! Well my sharpest lens is close to that.. the 90 Macro f4! :). On my todo list :)
Is there a viewfinder that will cover that focal length if someone has a Leica M4 or M3?
Great question. I've never searched for a 75mm finder but look on eBay you might find one (or maybe an 80mm or something close).
Right now I own a 35mm summicron asph (earlier version), 50mm summicron DR, 28mm summicron v1, a 90mm summicron pre asph. I use these on my mp-240 and leica m-a. I was thinking I might get rid of all the lenses except my 28 summicron v1 ( love this lens) and getting a 75mm summicron. I feel like it might be nice to only have these two focal lengths. I might in the future get a Voigtlander 21mm color skopar or a leica 21mm f2.8 to have somthing just a little wider than 28mm.
Thanks Robert, sorry I missed this. Consider the 28mm f2 Ultron v2 too (I sold my 28 Summicron now). 75 Cron is nice too (as is the 75 Voigtlander).
Thank you Matt. I'm looking to buy this lens at used, because my 90mm APO Summicron is a bit too heavy for street photography.
Great! This isn't super light, if you want light and small get the 90 APO Voigtlander - My choice now. (Or 75mm f1.5 Voigtlander).. I sold this Cron for the 1.5 for my portraits.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom I was think rather LEICA 75mm f/2.5 SUMMARIT-M, how is build quality of it? I need it for architecture and city photography. Bokeh is really incredible on Cron 75, you right it reminds me 50 LUX.
Looking for a replacement for my Voightlander Classic Helier 75mm 1.8 , I liked that lens , not the length or separate hood especially , and I think it was " soft " too soft for Film.
I just did not employ that long narrow lens enough. This APO F2 Summicron might be the best to replace the Voightlander , I am looking at the Voightlander 75mm 1.5 too ... see if you reviewed it though Matt. Cheers Chris
Hi Chris, I replaced my 75 APO with the Voigtlander 75 1.5 and zero regrets.
So Matt, after buying and praising the CV 75mm 1.5 nokton, what of these two lenses would you keep if only could keep one?
Easy, I sold the Cron 75mm soon after.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom I'll follow you on that one: will pick the CV over the Cron.
Matt, I've been looking at your film pics with this summicron apo and have to say that the output looks amazing to me (in contrast with the rather clinical results of the lens on a digital camera). I own a Leica M-A, so film is my core, and wonder if your conclusions about 75 cron vs nokton are the same in the analog field.
Thanks for sharing your experience with all these beautiful lenses. I´m about to get a CL too and probably this 75mm Summicron, i hope that the cropped sensor doesn´t make this unusable for street photography. What do you think?
Thanks Carlos, this is a very sharp lens. Yes it is fine on the CL. I have used that combo for weddings.
Anything longer than 50mm is super difficult to use for street photography - it’s not natural. Why don’t you buy a 28 or 35 which are right at home for street use? Why do you want to go to 105mm ? Do you want to shoot your subjects from half a mile away?
@@kubowich I have the Q2 so the CL is to use other focal lenghts.
Which is the better lens for Leica M11?
When were they released?
APO summicron M 75 f/2 ASPH
APO Summicron M 90 f/2 ASPH
Check Google for dates. Either should be fine
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom thx ☺️
hows the ease in focusing? and longer focal means you need to have steadier hands? great video thank you
Timothy Lua Thanks Timothy! Yes it’s very easy to miss at close range if the camera RF is even slightly out. 90mm is easy to nail focus strangely.
Timothy Lua ..and probably better to shoot at more than 1/60 shutter to ensure sharp if worried about shake.
Thanks Matt. I have 75 cron and 50 lux asph. 75 mm is more clinical lens. Almost no signature, takes photo of objects as it is. And it is 420 gram, way lighter than 700gr Noct.
Thanks Tamer! Sorry my fault for not being clear..I have the older Leica Noctilux 50mm f1.0 and it is a lot lighter than newer 50s or the 75mm Lux. Google says mine weights 580g so still heavier than the 75mm APO but less than some Noct versions. Thanks for pointing that out and good to hear you have the Lux too! :)
Matt no problem. You are doing a great job, much more than I can phrase and you are very busy. And waiting for your 35 Color Skopar review. Thinking for street zone photography. :)
Thanks I appreciate your support. I don't think I will get to the Skopar this week but this might help until I do make a video - mrleica.com/voigtlander-color-skopar-35mm/
Matt Osborne very good info and photos. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Tamer Erdem Thanks, happy to help 👍🏻😊
i am not sure if i should go with a 90 or 75, what do you think is the more versatile lense Matt?
Tough.. 90 - more cameras have 90mm framelines and 90 macro is compact and focuses closer and is super sharp.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom true, i am purchasing a longer lense for m10, so prob be using liveview, 90 might give a little more reach when needed in landscape but i guess 75 might be a more common portrait focal lense? maybe I can make the 90 work too.
@@williamchen5832 if you are considering using live view I highly recommend you check my EVF video. It transforms the camera.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom will do thank you!
@@williamchen5832 👍🏻
Nice BW headshots in this :-)
Thanks Ingo.. I'd like to think I have even better to come but it may be after this week as too many lenses to review for just 7 days! :S :)
Fabulous review Matt. Love your open, honest, no-agenda approach. Am trialing the 75 apo at presnt and find, although it is outstanding optically for landscape photography it is very hard to focus approaching infinity distance setting. would appreciate your comments. George
Thanks George! I found I preferred the Voigtlander 75/1.5 for smooth bokeh portraits so I sold the Cron. I missed quite a few photos with Cron on M too which is unusual for me.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Hi Matt
Thank you for your reply.
I was trialling the 75 Apo Cron and was so delighted with it I bought it.
I have been a Leica user for some 40 yrs and have owned many Leica lenses.
When I got used to the focussing on my Leica SL I found the Cron tonne the best lens regards contrast, colour and sharpness but not too sharp.
The whole is a harmonious beautiful new Leica look for streets scapes and landscapes.
Best
George
The 75 summarit 2.4 is also 0.7mm focussing
Thanks I might have got mine before Summarits came out and I probably wanted f2 for portraits / low light with M9 at the time. Review of 75/1.5 Voigtlander video out next!
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Is the 75mm focal length worth it?
Lux 75mm f1.4 should give better results for portraits no? Similar to the noctilux f1 rendering ;) Never tried the 75 f2 though. Also distortion wise, with Leica lenses, even 35mm pre-asph, there’s no distortion right? The only leica lens I know that is famous for its distortion is the lux pre-asph 50mm, but other than that all 35mm/50mm leica lenses are free of distortion (based on most reviews I’ve seen)
Hi Daniel, yes I think the 75 Lux would be a strong contender for sure! Sadly i've not had chance to try one. The Cron is very sharp and modern but does go closer which I like.
Have you made a review on 35mm f2 Apo ?
No, good point! (Not the Leica one, only Voigtlander). If I get the chance I will.
As an 'r' shooter, I've been using the 80 1.4 and APO 100 2.8, and the APO 180mm 2.8 since the 90s, mainly for wildlife and zoo /aquarium work, adapting these to an SL (and M10 with the VF) as needed. But the weight is finally starting to prevent me from carrying these around. This is an incredibly helpful review for me, and in particular the use of the clip on macro filter (is it similar to the old elpros?)
Thanks James, great lens though I like the Voigtlander 75 1.5 even more now. See that video. The screw in filter just makes the 50mm framelines fill the screen. See that video too though you’d need the M10 version.
I love R glass too but wish was smaller and lighter as I shoot overseas when I can so they stay behind sadly.
Please do a review of Color Skopar 35mm ! :)
psychoanima it’s on my list but may not be this week! See my blog on Leica tab then lens list. There is written review with photos.
psychoanima it’s on my list but may not be this week! See my blog on Leica tab then lens list. There is written review with photos.
Hi Matt! I shoot headshots - people of all ages. Do you find any of these lenses too sharp, say, for older folks? Sometimes Leica digital cameras don't seem to have as smooth of transitions in skin tones that other digital brands too - am I making that up, or do you think that is true too? Shooting an M9 now - but have consider a used CL and possibly a used SL since there is no longer much of a difference in price. I would have gone with the 50 SL, but it is soooooo sharp that I feel like it tears up people's faces.
Thanks Daniel. Good to hear you still use the M9. The CMOS sensor is smoother anyway vs CCD so that will affect it. Suddenly all you images will look complete C**p! It took me I think 9 months to make presets to get me to like my M240 files/ CMOS files. As for lenses for sure some can be too sharp. Use old lenses if want a soft look. The APO is sharp BUT as the DOF is so shallow the eyes might be sharp and face OOF if that makes sense. The 90 Macro (see that video) is just tear your face off sharp.
It is lovely, but I use it too seldom. It's to heavy. The 50mm summarit is more comfy to wear.
Thanks Hans. Yes mine has not seen much use either other than for specific tasks. I rarely take it overseas for model shoots as heavy and expensive! :) I have the 50mm Summarit (new and old) but I bought the new specifically for a small modern 50 to use wide open on the M3/ film cameras. Great lens.
Between the accent and the indistinct enunciation this Massachusetts USA resident is having a hard time understanding some of your commentary.
It may just be me, however.
Thanks, don't worry I blog too for anyone that can't understand. Visit mrleica.com and search 75mm apo and you'll find a written review.