If you like to use Leica lenses on your A7 camera than you have a new toy to play with. Leica announced their fastest 28mm lens ever and you can have it for $5,950 on BHphoto. A real bargain as usual 🙂
Note: To save money you can buy the [shoplink 37026 ebay]Nikkor 28mm f/1.4 on eBay (click here)[/shoplink]. Don’t know if the Nikkor can match the quality of the Leica…
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Must be an awesome lens!
hmm… trying to sell very expensive lens when site traffic is high now…
…it’s currently discounted on SonyUSA and AmazonUSA for $199, I wonder if that’s an error?
This should look great on my 199.00 dollar A7R.
What???
So, I’m guessing you missed out on the deal and you’re bitter.
LOL, seems I missed something during the weekend. Did you bought one for real?
Yeah..no. I failed to score an A7R. I wonder if anyone else did.
So, I’m guessing you missed out on the deal and you’re bitter…
‘Note: To save money you can buy the Nikkor 28mm f/1.4 on eBay (click here). Don’t know if the Nikkor can match the quality of the Leica…’
Or, I don’t know… maybe the Sony 28mm f2? Just saying…
right, because f2 is the same as f1.4
Of course not, did I say it was?
the admin suggested the nikkor since it is 28mm and has the same f/ value. It’s a true cheap alternative to the new Summilux. The Sony 28/2 is quite different so it is not a true alternative. There are plenty of 28mm in the world but not all of them go all the way up to f1.4
What I mean is, following admin logic, if you want the same capability of FOV and light gathering, the Nikkor is a good alternative. Your suggestion isn’t on par of the capabilities of both the Nikkor and Leica.
jesus………
I love the leica lenses for the design and the size. I would like to have a small 28 mm lense like this and my fav the 24 mm f1.4. these are wonderful lenses when we talk about the size and I really woul dlike to shoot with them. But when we talk about the price and the picture quality, it is totally different. yes tehy are sharp and super corrected, but it is not the case anymore that the other brand’s lenses are not sharp at all. with the new FE lenses for example we talk about super sharp vs. super duper sharp. will you see a difference in the picture, I can say for myself, no, I will not. I have the Mitakon speedmaster which can create wonderful pictures like that: https://www.facebook.com/thedecentexposure/photos/a.474785936019621.1073741827.474778752687006/480561748775373/?type=1&theater
I know that for my point of view it coul dnot be better with the leica nocit. So I have to live with the drawback that my lenses are larger than these little wonderful lenses, but I rather spend my money for travelling and something else than on the lenses.
never used one in person, do leica lenses really resolve enough to command the price they ask, approx a 66% premium over all other ? not baiting anyone, i’m genuinely asking.
Not really from what I’ve used. I have the 50mm Summilux and 90mm Elmarit, the Summilux is kinda overrated IMO, at least in the age of the Otus etc (huge beast in comparison obviously).
I hear the Summicron’s are the way to go but my Elmarit is ridiculously sharp, and the Summilux is super sharp once it’s stopped down a little as well. The Otus lets me shoot landscapes at 1.4 for some really interesting rendering, can’t say the same about the Summilux.
That said they are absolutely stunning lenses, I didn’t “get it” until I held them and actually got to shoot with them but yeah wow, build quality galore.
Hopefully that’s helpful 😀 I’m not a Leica nut but I do appreciate its strengths. The sensor in the 240 is its biggest flaw by far, the lenses are pretty awesome, sensor not so much.