The new 35 Summilux lens is now on Lieca’s website: Tech data download (PDF file) Sample shots in jpg and dng format. MTF charts comparison @ f/1.4: old (left) vs. new (right) version: Lens design: old (top) vs. new (bottom): Technical data comparison after the break:
Some more high-res pictures of the new Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens – click on image for larger view (see official press release here): Two more after the break:
Solms, Germany (May 16, 2010) - Leica Camera AG presents the LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH, a revised version of the Leica M rangefinder system’s popular wide-angle lens. The LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH. sets a whole new standard in the fast wide-angle lens portfolio, utilizing the latest developments in the fields of optics [...]
The Leica S-System central shutter lens trade-up programme offers Leica customers an opportunity to trade up their used Leica S lenses without central shutters for Leica S lens models with the same focal length but featuring a central shutter. Customers pay only the difference between the price of their lens and the corresponding CS lens [...]
Thumbs Up EP mod 1 is now available also in steel gray: The Leica store in Palm Beach has them in stock.
