I'd like to test three lenses in this category I have (or will have in the near future) to follow on from the little 50mm test I did (still planning to redo it as per the suggestion there).
So the line-up is
1. The well-regarded venerable Leica Summicron-R 35/2 (1st version with more blades). This one can be had for $450-850 on ebay. I am adapting it with Leitax.
2. Our very own classic 31ltd made in japan version.
3. The rare and pretty expensive Leica Summilux-R 35/1.4 (which is yet to arrive). Leica guru, Erwin Puts: "The performance wide open (f/1.4) is much better than that of the first Summilux-M from 1961, as can be expected. There is a twenty year span between both designs. But also compared to the current Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. the performance attainable in practise is almost equal." For those unfamiliar with leica lenses and prices, this is a $4000 lens he is comparing it to. The one I am hoping to test can be had for under half of that. The trouble is no one seems to know whether it will clear the mirror on a Pentax DSLR, but I am foolish enough to try to find out. (and if I fail with my K20D, maybe sir_bazz who lives around the corner can lend a hand with his new K-5
?)
Is there any interest in seeing how these will pan out?
I am planning to first do a shoot of a flower at different distances and apertures (like I did with the 50mm lenses), then group portraits, then landscape.
Suggestions?
It would also be interesting if people contributed their own tests, say with the Sigma 30/1.4, Carl Zeiss Flektagon, etc etc
Last edited by DanielT74; 11-07-2010 at 05:41 PM.