Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M Aspherical Wide Angle Manual Focus Lens (11878)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AQJ6N
• Item model number: 11878
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 2, 2004

Product Description

Product Description

This special lens design combines one aspherical lens surface, one lens element with anomalous partial dispersion and two other lens elements made of optical glasses with high indices of refraction to give this compact unit outstanding contrast - and detail rendition - even at full aperture. An accessory brilliant viewfinder is needed for checking the field of view, whereas focusing and exposure metering are performed through the camera's own viewfinder. This high-performance lens also makes it possible to work efficiently in cramped quarters. It adds a more dynamic feeling to close-up pictures and it gives landscape photographs significantly more depth.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe Leica's best wide angle lens for its rangefinder cameras?, July 16, 2005

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

I've used the 24mm f2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH lens for nearly two years, having been impressed by its optical excellence for both nature and street photography. If I am photographing a landscape with my M rangefinder cameras, then this is the lens I reach for. But I also find it quite useful for photographing in close quarters some dynamic street photography. Without a doubt this lens is one of the finest new lenses which Leica has been slowly adding to its M rangefinder system over the past fifteen years (Its optical performance is akin to the 28mm f2 Summicron ASPH lens which I also own.); when it was introduced, it filled at last a gap between the 21mm and 28mm lenses. However, I still find that my old Contax Carl Zeiss 25mm f2.8 Distagon T* lens for the recently discontinued Contax SLR system performs nearly as well as this lens - truly a credit to Zeiss's lens designers since the Distagon dates from the mid to late 1960s. I look forward to comparing my 24mm f2.8 Elmarit-M with the recently introduced Zeiss ZM 25mm f2.8 Biogon for the new Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera.