Shooting LEICA 35 & 50mm APO SUMMICRON SL Lenses
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
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Shooting the Leica SL2 on a Spanish island and testing the 35mm and 50mm APO-SUMMICRON-SL f/2.0 ASPH lenses.
Video timeline:
- focussing on the 50mm lens until 12:50
- focussing on the 35mm lens thereafter with very few exceptions
See also my autofocus tracking test of the APO-SUMMICRON-SL 50mm on the Leica SL2:
• LEICA SL2 Focus Tracki...
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Awesome photos! I was there back in 1975 while in the Navy! That city sure has changed over the years! Beautiful city! Thanks for sharing!
I love the spot. Unfortunately, COVID did hold me back to go there but as soon as the world opens again I will be there :)
@@mathphotographer I’m sure you will have a great time there! Just purchased a CL w/23mm, to go along with my SL2S, should keep me busy for a while! Haha
@@mathphotographer excellent! Can’t wait to see the video! Stay safe!
same. was there in the 80's while in the navy! Beautiful indeed.
Excellent piece again. Beautiful just ration what these two lenses can do. And your model is always with you!
Thanks! Yes - this model is often with me when I go shooting :)
Have the 50 apo sl and definitely agree. It is stunningly sharp
Excellent video on the quality of the Leica SL2 and photos with a fabulous model of the girl and the buildings
Even though I don’t shoot Leica I always enjoy your videos. So thorough, educational & informative. Thanks for sharing! 👍
Super! Great trip. I love the detailed planning and thought you put into the shots.
Love to see someone compares the SL 50mm f2 APO to the SL 50mm f1.4
Thanks for the beautiful video and good holiday.😊📷
Thanks for the video. Do you have any opinion regarding the relative sharpness/qualities of the SL apo summicrons versus their M counterparts while using the SL2?
They are all perceptibly better, about 10-25% subjectively speaking - which is in now way the definitive answer for everyone else. (:
Hard to judge without a proper lab test ... both lens line-ups are great and I use them both. The SL lenses are newer developed so should have newest optical research insights incorporated but honestly I love the M and the SL versions of those lenses.
Leica SL lenses are sharp but it goes beyond that with the way they capture the way our eyes naturally perceive things. Organic, analog. Wood, metal, and fabric appear more real and natural. Like a 4x5 film camera on steroids.
Really great photos here
Thank you.
Great photo~ and one quick question as whats your SL body recommadation for using APO 35mm lens? better autofocus for SL2S or bigger resolution for SL2 Thank you.
Thanks for sharing, I really like the 50mm is on my list
Nice photos there, thank you for sharing your experience and insights
Thanks :)
Nice video. Which of these lens would you have chosen if you had to choose one of them?
I guess 50mm (:
In general, if I had to choose one focal length only, independent of what camera and brand, I would go for 50mm. Having said that, I also shoot frequently cameras with fixed and non-exchangeable prime lens like the 28mm on my Leica Q2, and I love 28mm as well as 35mm. For astro and night sky I go even wider, 21mm or 18mm. On shift lenses for architecture, a focal length of around 20mm is perfect. So it depends. In the video, I shoot 50mm until 12:50 and thereafter I almost exclusively shoot 35mm.
Thanks for an interesting and beautiful video. Which lens do you prefer, I think there was more pictures with the 50mm than the 35mm..
Quick question, how does the 50 apo M f2 compare to the SL version? Please and thank you.
Very much comparable, I like and use both lens line-ups. The SL versions are newer developed and should incorporate newest research on optics but I guess when it comes to sharpness it depends. In general the SL2 has a newer sensor than most M rangefinders so the combo of SL2 plus SL APO should win a lab test but on the flip side of the coin if you combine an M APO lens with the newly developed M10 Monochrom that M combo will very likely beat the SL2 plus SL APO in a sharpness competition :) As said, both versions are excellent. What is really stunning on the SL APO 50mm is its spot-on autofocus at wide-open aperture (see czcams.com/video/_SGrYYsAGoM/video.html). Combining sharpness wide-open and a fast autofocus is rare and I am not aware of any other lens that delivers that in the same way.
Thanks so much for that feedback. I do have an M10 and love it very much. I have two M lenses and a few voigtlander lenses, as well. I also have an SL 2 with 3 apo SL primes and they are to die for. But I do want to expand my M system as well. I’ve been doing some research about zeiss and voigtlander and such, and every 50 mm I look at, I keep going back to the apo. But man, is it expensive. I have the 50 0.95 and 75 1.25 Noctilux and I absolutely LOVE those two lenses. But the 0.95 is a character lens, to me that is. So, that APO 50 M would be one of those razor sharp edge to edge lenses. And I would love to add it in my bag. But not sure if I can bring myself to getting it if the SL comes close. The reality is that I don’t have an M10 mono, yet. So I guess I need some clarification and a “push” to move forward lol. Anyway, thanks again for your feedback and great videos you produce.
I am a true fan of the 50mm focal length but the 35mm I found really intriguing in your photographs. Great video too!
Thanks!
Pls review the new 35mm and the 50mm f2 which were just realest in Feb 2023😊
Thanks, but we will not purchase the two new Summicron-SL for our studio because we already own and regularly shoot the Apo-Summicron-SL 35 and 50, and they are better, sharper and as fast in autofocus as the new Summicrons. The new Summicrons are an alternative to the already established Apo-Summicrons with same focal lenghts for Leica-SL shooters who prefer even lighter (less weight) lenses for a much more affordable price tag. For photographers who already own and shoot the Apo-Summicron-SL 35 and 50, these two new lenses are not really interesting.
Some beautiful work here. I love the island too. Question? Which is the hotel?
My hotel was midtown, the shooting was from Weehawken across the water. I had to travel for a while to get to Weehawken :) Thanks for the positive comment on the video and photos.
It seems like you only really used the 50mm after all right?
Just added a remark to the infobox below the video. From 13:00 on all photos shown are almost exclusively from the 35mm lens with a couple of exceptions in the slide show at the end of the video.
Can you review the medium format Leica lenses
You have a very nice camera with you.This camera shoots so nice in black and white.And you haven't any photo of.
Question, the images you shared are out of camera or are they already with editing done?
They have been post-processed from RWA (.dng) into JPG - otherwise they would not appear on video, clearly. I never use JPGs out of the camera. But I typically do only minor tweaking in post, do not want to over-do it, so likely the JPGs out of camera already looked good. I import the .dng-files right away into Lightroom or Capture One after a shooting, do not spend much time with the out-of-camera JPGs.
@@mathphotographer Awesome I've just gotten the SL2 so it was really to judge if the awesome skin tones seen in the images were from camera or from post
"Line-Up is growing steadily"? I'm waiting since the SL release, back in 2015 for a telephoto-lens, so at least 400mm fl or above, none so far in 2020, not even announced for 2021 neither by Leica nor the L-mount alliance (what are they doing?)
Do you notice diffraction softening at high f stops, eg above f/11, which I noticed you have used quite a lot?
Not really in my real life shootings, but if you close the aperture to the max you might notice a nuance of softening when cropping in deeply. Up to f/16 or even a little more closed is absolutely fine in my experience.
有评论说 徕卡sl35是sl镜头系列中最好的镜头 比sl50镜头强 很想知道您的结论是什么
she got rolex 126621. wow nice piece. where you got this model?
You get it in Zurich but waiting lists are long ... :)
Hİ,
I am a landscape photographer coming from gfx medium format system to SL2. As you can know i am very pickey for edge to edge sharpness. GFX system has that but without dimention and lifelike warmness of leica glass. My lens setup depends ın the prime lens i choose. If i go with 35mm apo then the set will be Sigma 14-24mm , 35mm apo ,75mm apo. If i choose 50mm apo then 16-35mm,50mm apo and 90mm apo.. Sould i listen Karbe and buty the best one which is 35mm apo or 50mm apo is also as good? Which one is more medium format like sharp but has the 3d drawing of leica more? Thanks
The Leica body+lens combos have this unique "Leica look" which likely is what you describe as "dimension" ... On your question on medium format look (which is a different topic), to some extent this also appears different to full frame because of the medium format typical aspect ratio which is different to full frame. And the larger sensor size of medium format has positive influence on DoF and the special look of images.
@@mathphotographer My question was mostly about 35mm apo or 50mm apo :) I wil start to set up my system either with 35 or 50mm SL apo. I want to know which one you think has more of that leica look?
Sorry Ahmed for missing your point :) If you look for that Leica look I would prefer the 50mm since this is the "normal" focal length matching the field of view of the human eyes. You can do landscape, street, portraits, and almost everything with 50mm and if you open the aperture to f/2 you will get that special "3D-pop" into your images. There is only one caveat to that statement: if you want to do landscape only/exclusively, you might appreciate more the 35mm due its wider angle. But if you want a "universal" lens with the perfect Leica look the 50mm would be my personal recommendation.
How would you compare the 50mm summicron sl and the 50mm summilux sl lenses?
SL Summilux is one stop wider open on aperture but slightly less sharp and slower in autofocus.
how about SL 90mm
The SL2 costs about $6,000 and the Summicron SL 35mmf2 costs another $5,000. And for that $11,000 you can take some very sharp and boring photos. Photographers and CZcamsrs tend to focus on the gear and that gear's "image quality" instead of focusing on the "quality of the image." It' should be about how the photographer uses the kit, not the kit.
why boring?
Mathphotographer does a great job of letting us experience what few can afford to actually acquire. You can admire a Da Vinci without owning one.
The 35mm and 50mm SL APO Summicron paired with the SL2 are the pinnacle of optical quality - they are simply stunning and unmatched. The look of the result is unique and unmistakably “Leica.” To those who have experienced and know the performance and resultant product, often without the need for extensive or ANY post production editing. I would agree with Jim here though in the sense that NO gear will make you a better photographer, but the kind of optical performance of these 2 lenses (and other SL lenses designed byPeter Karbe) when matched to the SL2’s performance especially with 15 stops of dynamic range at 47 MP, ISO ranges with minimal noise, and in-body stabilization, will help you - and hopefully inspire you - to make the best photographs that only your own skill limits. Yeah, the gear is expensive, but so are most of the best things in life. Look at what most people waste their money on over a lifetime. This will nourish your creative soul in ways that other lesser gear cannot.
Typical red dot hater comment. And just projecting with that “boring” comment.
What type of neutral density filter/ system do you use? Also do you have an experience with the SL 75 lens?
I use filter kits from Hoya and Nisi most of the time.
@** Thanks
@@mathphotographer Thanks
Disclaimer: how much is Gitzo and Leica paying you ;-) you guys are looking for amazing portraits -> Jason Lanier
Great pictures but i think the real reason is the photographer not the camera and lenses
Thanks - and spot-on. Good photographers create good footage with almost any camera, bad photographers will likely also mess-up the best gear :)
I usually avoid to leave negative comments but this video is embarassing!
photos are just ordinary ones, no any reasonable and/or interesting pp. Many photos taken under a too harsh light (situation which any photographer usually avoids!) and in none case this video manages to make the viewer understand what amazing gears you're talking about. That camera and lenses deserve definetly better photos!
one more thing, you were in
majorca. In the middle of Mediterranean sea but you mentioned several times "the ocean"!!!!!!! What ocean you mean???? No any ocean around majorca man!!!
Quick question, how does the 50 apo M f2 compare to the SL version? Please and thank you.