One thing I really love about this lens is that itвЂ™s basically immune to flare. The corners sharpen up nicely at f/5.6-f/8, but the two samples IвЂ™ve owned (production samples from 20) never got completely sharp in the extreme corners like more modern lenses do (the Summilux 35mm f/1.4 FLE for example). I guess the perfect look for me would be the look that the Lux 50 has but with a littlemore character, as I sometimes feel the images can look a little dull.ДЄt f/4 and beyond the lens is pretty much perfect, and still retains some of itвЂ™s smoothness. I seem to never be able to make up my mind about what I prefer. Some people like the smoothness and some people prefer more character.

I sometimes feel that the bokeh is a little bit too smooth even, as it seems to lack character and definition. At the same time the bokeh is always creamy and smooth. It has zero distortion, and itвЂ™s contrasty, colorful and punchy. IвЂ™ve also compared the Summilux to the Sony Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8, and also FujifilmвЂ™s 35/1.4 and 35/2 WR lenses, which are excellent 50mm equivalent lenses.ДЄt f/2 and up the lens is very transparent. The signature is very different from the Summicron f/2 version 5, the Noctilux f/0.95 ASPH, and the Zeiss Planar 50mm f/2 ZM, which is the M-mount lenses IвЂ™ve compared it with so far. It shows a strong signature look that I havenвЂ™t seen in any other 50mm lens. The one exception is at f/1.4, where this lens is all but transparent. The images was made with either Leica M Monochrom or M Typ 240, and were processed mostly in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, with some of the images being processed in Nik Silver Efex 2. I guess the most suitable words for this lens is transparent and smooth.В This review is gonna be somewhat photo-heavy, to showcase how this lens performs in most scenarios. IвЂ™ve considered writing about my experience of it for a couple of years now, but every time that IвЂ™ve considered starting this review I havenвЂ™t really had any clear idea about what to write about this lens. The Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH is a lens IвЂ™ve owned twice in the last five years.

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