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Guest post: Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC lens review by Xavier Lhospice

Today’s guest post about the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC lens on Leica M8 is written by Xavier Lhospice: I used the Leica 50mm Summilux lens on my Leica M6/7 cameras for years. Now, that I use a digital M8 with a crop factor of 1,33x, my favorite lens became a 65 mm. I needed a 35mm […]

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Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens review

I had the chance to try the new Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens and this is my hands-on report. General The 35mm is probably the most widely used focal length on rangefinder cameras. Leica currently offers three different 35mm lenses: Summilux (f/1.4), Summicron (f/2) and Summarit (f/2.5). The previous Summilux version had reportedly focus […]

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Leica V-Lux 2 review: the Leica movie camera

Specs at a glance Lens: Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 4.5–108 mm f/2.8–5.2 ASPH (wide-angle f/2.8–f/8, telephoto f/5.2–f/8 ), full frame equivalent to 25–600 mm, 24x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, 14 lenses in 10 groups) Sensor: 1/2.33″ CMOS with 15.1MP (effective 14.1MP in 4:3 format) ISO: 100-1600 Video: full 1080i HD, AVCHD/QuickTime Motion JPEG formats (JPEG […]

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