{"id":133524,"date":"2019-01-08T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/?p=133524"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:40:13","slug":"new-leica-lens-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/new-leica-lens-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Leica Lens &#8211; The 35mm Summilux F1.4"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-133525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-07-at-17.30.56.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of New Leica 35mm Summilux F1.4 Lens\" width=\"387\" height=\"357\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-07-at-17.30.56.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-07-at-17.30.56-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-07-at-17.30.56-168x155.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>A New Leica Lens &#8211; The 35mm Summilux F1.4<\/h2>\r\n<p>&#8216;You cant have too many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piranhaphotography.com\/technical-photographer-london.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leica<\/a> lenses Santa\u2019 &#8211; I explained, he just groaned and said \u2018can you just get off my knee, you are waaay to heavy\u2019 &#8211; I was thrown out of the grotto.<\/p>\r\n<p>Persistence pays off however as he delivered down the chimney a new <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.leica-camera.com\/Photography\/Leica-M\/M-Lenses\/Summilux-M-35mm-f-1.4-ASPH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"35mm Summilux F1.4 (opens in a new tab)\">35mm Summilux F1.4<\/a> &#8211; the all time classic reportage lens.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My trusty 35mm lens for the past 25 years has been the F2 Summicron, a design which has barely been changed and I thought was beyond improvement (great colours, sharp corner to corner at all aperture etc) but even a quick glance at the back of the camera to review the files showed the new lens in a completely different light. With its modern lens coatings and floating lens elements the images have a new level of clarity and \u2018pop\u2019 to them. F1.4 is fantastic to shoot in low light that extra f-stop makes all the difference and provides that very attractive shallow depth of field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This lens is considered to be the finest 35mm lens ever made and its easy to see why.<\/p>\r\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Leica Lens &#8211; The 35mm Summilux F1.4 &#8216;You cant have too many Leica lenses Santa\u2019 &#8211; I explained, he just groaned and said \u2018can you just get off my knee, you are waaay to heavy\u2019 &#8211; I was thrown out of the grotto. 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