Leica 75mm f/2 Summicron-M Aspherical Manual Focus Lens for M System (11637)

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• Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000U9K8CQ
• Item model number: 11637
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,074 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Product Description
With its more natural perspective compared to a 90mm focal length, it is ideally suited for many applications including reportage and portraits - particularly in smaller rooms. Its small dimensions result in not only outstanding handling but also a Leica M viewfinder image that is almost completely free of shadowing, thus allowing totally undisturbed viewing of the subject.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Leica's Most Popular -Though Quite Expensive - New Lenses for M-mount Rangefinder Cameras, September 5, 2006

By	John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Ever since this lens's introduction over a year ago, it has proven to be a popular new addition to the Leica M rangefinder camera system. A friend who works at one of the premier USA Leica dealerships has told me that it's been difficult for him to keep up with the strong demand for this fine medium telephoto lens. Indeed, the reports I have read about this new 75mm lens have been absolutely sensational, starting with a glowing review from no less an authority than Erwin Puts himself (www.imx.nl)!

The 75mm f2 APO-Summmicron-M ASPH lens is surprisingly compact, if not that light, and may be a useful counterpart to those Leica M users who prefer working with a 35mm f2 Summicron and need something lighter than the 75mm f1.4 lens - still in production and a fine lens in its own right too (But it is rumored to be discontinued if it isn't already.) - for a moderate telephoto lens. The 75mm lens - invented by Leica for introduction with its Leica M4-P rangefinder camera - offers a telephoto perspective that is only slightly more than the normal perspective of a 50mm lens, making it an attractive alternative as a portrait lens to slightly longer lenses such as the 90mm f2 Apo-Summicron-M lens and the yet to be released Carl Zeiss ZM 85mm f2 Sonnar lens.

Those Leica users who use primarily a 35mm lens may find this a valued second lens to add to their kit. Optically, this lens owes much to the design of the new 50mm f1.4 Summilux-M ASPH, featuring not only anomalous partial dispersion glass and an aspherical element, but also containing a floating element to ensure excellent optical performance wide open at close focusing distances. It is the second lens in the current Leica M lens system, after the 135mm f3.4 APO Telyt-M, to have a 49mm filter diameter. This fine, but expensive, little lens has won many fans and will likely win many more (One of its most prominent users was the French documentary photographer assigned to the filming of last year's surprise cinematic hit, "March of the Penguins" in distant Antarctica, where the lens performed admirably in closeup nature photography of these penguins.).