Leica 28mm f/2.0 Aspherical M Manual Focus Lens (11604)

by Leica

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000U9IQPC
• Item model number: 11604
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2007

Product Description

The new outstanding 28mm f/2 LEICA SUMMICRON-M ASPH. By means of an extremely complex optical computation, the use of special types of optical glasses and the inclusion of a lens element with an aspherical surface, it was possible to create a lens with outstanding performance that is in no way below that of the excellent performance of the 28 mm f/2.8 LEICA ELMARIT-M. As a matter of fact, it even surpasses it.

Outstanding imaging performance across the entire field, with uniformly high resolving power and brilliance make this lens an indispensable companion, especially in difficult light situations.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, September 27, 2010

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This review is from: Leica 28mm f/2.0 Aspherical M Manual Focus Lens (11604) (Electronics)

Bought this lens after reading a few reviews about its impeccable optics and lack of distortion for a 28mm lens. My opinion after seeing this lens perform: the reviews were absolutely right! This is a magnificent lens, and about as wide as you can get without having to invest on an external viewfinder for the wider Leica lenses. With the lens hood you will definitely cover some of your viewfinder screen (lower right-hand corder of your view area), but while this may sound like a bad thing, it really is not much of big deal. There's plenty of viewer real estate left for you to compose your photograph perfectly. The lens focusing ring on this solid lens is beyond excellent. Very smooth and fast. But what will undoubtedly sell you on this Leica wonder is the overall sharpness of this lens. Not even my Nikon f/2.8 professional lenses can come close to what I get with this diminutive gem. This also applies to the nagging lens distortion we all get from most of our wide angle lenses. Not that this lens is distortion free, but rather that the distortion is so minimized by Leica that you will sometimes get confused on whether you took the photo with a 35mm or a 50mm. It's that good, and frankly, experiencing this level of quality has led me to start selling my Nikon f-mount lenses so I can get some more Leica glass.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific IQ, February 7, 2011

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The image quality of this lens is second to none! Whether you use this lens wide open or stopped down, you will not be sorry. Wide open it's a little hard to focus on the M9 because the image in the rangefinder of the M9 is very bright. However, since one is not actually looking through the lens, I can't attribute this to the lens but instead the M9. And, when mounted on the M9, and properly identified by the M9 as the 28f2, compensation is made by the camera for any distortion expected for a 28mm lens. In other words, the barrel affect is mostly removed from the final photo. I did notice a little purple fringe in areas of high contrast between bright blue sky and dark tree branches. This was not too bad and was removed in Photoshop processing. I have not been able to find ANY digital camera to completely be free of this feature. However, the M9 and this lens come close.