Leica Summilux-R 35mm ƒ/1.4 Photography Lens with R-Mount
Overview
The Leica Summilux-R 35mm ƒ/1.4 Photography Lens with R-Mount is a wide-angle prime introduced in the 1980s. A wide field of view keeps a subject in its surroundings, which is what environmental portraits, street photography and landscape work call for. The ƒ/1.4 maximum aperture is very fast for glass of this age, giving shallow depth of field and workable exposure in low light, closing down to ƒ/16. The lens renders with high contrast and fine detail, which is not what most glass of its era does. Its multi-coated elements suppress internal reflection better than the single-coated glass of the same period. The Leica Summilux-R 35mm ƒ/1.4 is a full-frame lens native to the R-Mount system.
Features
Key Features
Clinical, Sharp Rendering
The lens renders with high contrast and fine detail, which is not what most glass of its era does.
ƒ/1.4 Maximum Aperture
The ƒ/1.4 maximum aperture is very fast for glass of this age, giving shallow depth of field and workable exposure in low light, closing down to ƒ/16.
Introduced in the 1980s
The lens dates from the 1980s, which sets what its coatings, its aperture mechanism and its optical design were capable of at the time.
Optical Design
7-Blade Diaphragm
7 blades set the shape of the iris, which is what out-of-focus highlights take their form from when the lens is stopped down.
Focus & Handling
1.6 ft Minimum Focus
Mount & Build
R-Mount
The Summilux-R 35mm ƒ/1.4 is native to the R-Mount system, which sets what it fits directly and what it reaches through an adapter.