The loveliness of this video is that it isn't a RUclipsr production, but an honest photographer. I really appreciate the shot of the lens being put on the M6, you had great patience to add that in the way it is, and the sound of the click was superb.
@Uberjava, a delight to bump into you here too. I just discovered @StevenTanno's video channel recently, and I'm loving these videos. He has even now got me thinking about a Nikon F4 - a camera I wouldn't have thought about before.
Steven, this is another wonderful video; I have watched it several times. This is surely a wonderful lens and you have made many wonderful images with it. I particularly love the image of the children at 1:50 - it's hauntingly beautiful. I think this lens and Kodak 5222 is an amazing combination. Thank you so much for your videos.
I feel like this guy is super genuine. I love the video quality as well. (And it's especially nice to have some content on this lens, as there's not much [recent] content on the 35 lux pre-asph.)
Dear Steven, watched this video many times. I have watched a lot of videos on Leica, and honestly this is a very beautiful one. I bought a this lens on ebay from Japan after watching your video. It is a very sharp lens even at f/1.4. At f/2, it is (or almost) as sharp as Summicron. Considering the small size and the quality of image it makes, it is an amazing lens even today. I am glad I bought a very nice one. Your English is very good, very comfortable to listen to. Thanks!
Wow, thank you! That is very nice for you has find this amazing lens with nice conditions, and it also can be treated as an investment, Nice choice friend ：）
These are the best reviews on RUclips - from experience, real thought and depth (e.g. the look when pushing film at night - haven't seen that elsewhere), and always beautiful sample photographs. Thank you!
I am really thankfull that this Video came to me. You are very Sympathic and your Images are speaking to me. Also in there on simplicety. Beside your Great Introducion of that Lens. Really Great work !!!
Another great review Steven. You have a sensitivity for the subject - visual, tactile. It's very different to the "first impressions", and "one week with the..." type stuff out there. It's clear that what you are presenting in each video is real wisdom, and a focus on the points that actually matter. It's been a delight to discover your channel recently.
Thank you for a wonderful review. I have the very rare German version of this lens I acquired in the mid 1990's. I have been a photographer for fifty years and NO other lens I have ever used delivers the pure magic of this lens. I regret now I am going to sell it because my family will have no idea what to do with it when I pass. The fact that my lens will now bring close to $5000. is not lost on me. If you can afford one you will be enchanted by every image you capture.
I just bought the titanium version of this lens. The halo at f/1.4 is unique for this vintage lens. I will look for more creative shooting on both my M and SL under different lighting conditions. I will also do side by side comparison with my other Summilux ASPH lens.
Thanks you so much for your wonderful work both with the videos and your images. You have inspired me to seek out a summilux 35mm pre a and I hope I can approach your standards. Please can we have more of this great stuff
Great, thoughtful video - had all the little details that actually have me the info I was looking for, I have an m6 and summicron 35 and shoots a lot at 1600 in the dark, and I know the exact effect you mean wide open in the dark :) Great vid 👌👌
I have the Titanium version of this lens for my Titan M6. I have been trying to convince people of the wonder of this lens for years. Your video does it way better than I could. Thanks very much.
I am in 100% agreement with your assessment of the pre-asph Summilux 35mm lens. I do not know why but this lens was not nearly as popular as the Summicron when it was being manufactured. I bought one a very long time ago ('80's) used when I bought my M4. I always loved it and thought it was nearly the perfect lens in that it was many lenses in one very small package as it looked completely different at various apertures. In the '90's I purchased a then brand new 35mm Summicron ASPH when it was first released as I thought I wanted "perfect sharpness across the field". I soon found out that that was not at all what I wanted. The pre-asph Summilux 35mm lenses are not easy to find as I don't know how many were made but my feeling is not very many. I still have that lens, I sold my 35mm Summicron ASPH a few years ago as I realized I never used it. I also decided to have it serviced as it was very old and never had been serviced. While it was being serviced I purchased a Voigtlander 35mm f 1.4 Nokton MC (multi-coated). Much to my surprise the Voigt 35mm was as far as I could tell almost a clone of the Summilux. The size and the handling was very similar. Even more surprising was that the two lenses behave very similarly in terms of rendering. The same goes for the version 2 of the Voigtlander. I will not say they are identical but who is to say that there is not sample variations in both the old Leica and the new Voigt? If anything I think both of the Voigt 35mm 1.4 lenses that I have are what would happen if Leica had continue to manufacture the old Summilux with minor coating and optical fine tuning improvements along the way. In some ways the Voigt is a slightly "better" lens with a very similar optical signature.
Thanks Mr Steven for making this video. I finally decided to buy this lens after watched your review and really satisfied with the lens. What you said about the lens in the review is very accurate. Compared this with 35mm ASPH FLE, Pre-A is easier to focus because the focus falloff is not as steep as ASPH FLE version. Pre-A have more DOF with same aperture compared to FLE. The Pre-A also have diffrent color balance. It is more towards green, while FLE more magenta and overall warmer than pre-A. I also wanna add little trick about series 7 filter. Because no one sells this kind of filter anymore in my country, I end up with purchasing B+W 49mm non slim (F-Pro) version, put it on reverse position and use 15cm 24 awg wire as a shim. Without the shim, it will rattle. If the filter not reversed, the hood will not fully screw.
Hi my 35mm f1.4 Pre-A is super sharp but is the 35mm f1.4 ASPH form 1994-2010 may be sharper if you or anyone out there will let me know if I am right or not. I hope to get 1994-2010 one sometime next years I hope?
Hi Steven, have been loving your videos, they are very inspirational. Do you have a favorite between this pre asph and the 8 element? Be keen to hear your thoughts Regards Mark
Dear Steven, I follow your videos whenever I find them. This one in particular, 👌 because this is lens I really wish to use. (I have the DR Summicron 5cm and 3,5cm with goggles, and a Summaron with goggles.) If you have the opportunity to try the 2022 f1.4 re-issue, I would really value your opinion. Would 'Leica' in Japan provide you with a demonstration model? Some users report issues to do with build quality, then don't talk about the optical qualities. Have you seen it? 🙏 Kevin.
Fantastic video. Thanks for posting. If possible it would be great for you to compare the 35mm pre-A lux to other 35mm Leica lenses. Cheers from Canada.
I watch many of your vdos. Good job 很不错 ！what do you like more, this lens 35 summilux pre-a or 35 summicron v4. Some people say they perform the same when stop down, what do you think?
@@StevenTanno By the way, I got the 35 summicron 8 element very recently and your vdo makes me want to go shoot more photo from it. I m also thinking about summicron-c 40 F2, I heard it is quite similar to summicron 35 v4. Do you think so ?
@@StevenTanno Your video brought me back to 1980s, which I still believe it was the best period of time in China's recent history. I could not imagine how you felt when you window shopping FM2 in Shanghai, how excited when you first time holding your new FM2. Golden memory! Like your youtube channel. Have a wonderful weekend!
I found one of these lenses on an M4 body in my late father's sock drawer. I'm also into photography, but using a modern Canon R5. This lens piqued my curiosity, especially when I saw the price. Do you happen to have any color shots with this lens? I'd kind of like to try adapting it to my R5, but I'm not sure if it really makes sense to do that. Any thoughts?
Hello first, I would like to congratulate you for your videos. It helped me a lot to change my concept of language with Leica lenses. I was left with a doubt. I would like to assemble a Kit with a 50mm and a 35mm Now I was in doubt between the Summicron-m 50mm F2 Dual Range vs Summicron-m 50mm F2 (e39). The other model would be 35mm F1.4 vs 35mm F2.0. Could you help me by talking about the pros and cons of each model? Thanks a lot for the help. Success
I would say pick the 50 e39 is better, because DR lens will be difficulty to find a good condition one. But I love the 50/1.4 Summilux e43 :) For 35mm, both are very good but 35/2 more small and sharper. Thank you Jonatas: ))
This lens has a design very close to a Summicron. It has two distinct characters. Wide open, it is under corrected, yet produces glowy and dreamy images with that famous bokeh. From F2 or thereabouts it performs like a Summicron. Sharp and contrasty. Pre digital Leica lenses have all their own character, yet they all seem to exhibit what has come to be known as the Leica look. For digital, the requirement of the lens design are quite different. I am sad to say that most top class lenses designed for digital have the same look, regardless of being a Leica or of Chinese origin.
The loveliness of this video is that it isn't a RUclipsr production, but an honest photographer. I really appreciate the shot of the lens being put on the M6, you had great patience to add that in the way it is, and the sound of the click was superb.
Much appreciate!
@Uberjava, a delight to bump into you here too. I just discovered @StevenTanno's video channel recently, and I'm loving these videos. He has even now got me thinking about a Nikon F4 - a camera I wouldn't have thought about before.
What a beautiful video! A combination of calmness and passion.
Beautiful video! It's such a pleasure to listen to somebody on youtube who`s humble and well spoken and not 200% almost screaming in your face!
Thank you so much :))
Steven, this is another wonderful video; I have watched it several times. This is surely a wonderful lens and you have made many wonderful images with it. I particularly love the image of the children at 1:50 - it's hauntingly beautiful. I think this lens and Kodak 5222 is an amazing combination. Thank you so much for your videos.
Thank you so much，pleasure！
Me too, Barry. 🍻 Cheers
I feel like this guy is super genuine. I love the video quality as well. (And it's especially nice to have some content on this lens, as there's not much [recent] content on the 35 lux pre-asph.)
Thank you very much :)
Dear Steven, watched this video many times. I have watched a lot of videos on Leica, and honestly this is a very beautiful one. I bought a this lens on ebay from Japan after watching your video. It is a very sharp lens even at f/1.4. At f/2, it is (or almost) as sharp as Summicron. Considering the small size and the quality of image it makes, it is an amazing lens even today. I am glad I bought a very nice one.
Your English is very good, very comfortable to listen to. Thanks!
Wow, thank you! That is very nice for you has find this amazing lens with nice conditions, and it also can be treated as an investment, Nice choice friend ：）
These are the best reviews on RUclips - from experience, real thought and depth (e.g. the look when pushing film at night - haven't seen that elsewhere), and always beautiful sample photographs. Thank you!
Thank you so much😊
I am really thankfull that this Video came to me. You are very Sympathic and your Images are speaking to me. Also in there on simplicety. Beside your Great Introducion of that Lens. Really Great work !!!
Thanks Stephan :))
Really nice video & amazing pics, Thank you sir
Thank you;))
Another great review Steven. You have a sensitivity for the subject - visual, tactile. It's very different to the "first impressions", and "one week with the..." type stuff out there. It's clear that what you are presenting in each video is real wisdom, and a focus on the points that actually matter. It's been a delight to discover your channel recently.
Thank you for a wonderful review. I have the very rare German version of this lens I acquired in the mid 1990's. I have been a photographer for fifty years and NO other lens I have ever used delivers the pure magic of this lens. I regret now I am going to sell it because my family will have no idea what to do with it when I pass. The fact that my lens will now bring close to $5000. is not lost on me. If you can afford one you will be enchanted by every image you capture.
Thanks for the info!
Beautiful pictures, this was a great review!
Amazing I love your presentation. Thank you . And you are a great photographer
You are doing an impressive job. I learn about the lenses, but with the music it is so much a relaxing experience.
Thank you so much!
Absolutely gorgeous image’s. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful review, the photos are amazing and you seem very genuine. Thank you for the video!
Thank you so much! :)
wonderful video sir
Beautiful images. Thank you for the great video!
thanks：）
Beautiful review! Many thanks!
thanks❤️
Stunning images.
Many thanks!
I just bought the titanium version of this lens. The halo at f/1.4 is unique for this vintage lens. I will look for more creative shooting on both my M and SL under different lighting conditions. I will also do side by side comparison with my other Summilux ASPH lens.
Hello I really like the black and white photos you took with this lens. Looking forward to future videos.
Deeply sincere and highly talented man.
thank you❤️
Lovely video. I just bought a made in germany late version of the lens for my MP. Can’t wait to get my first rolls back
Very fine photos. Thank you. If i had the money, i would buy this lens.
Thanks you so much for your wonderful work both with the videos and your images. You have inspired me to seek out a summilux 35mm pre a and I hope I can approach your standards.
Please can we have more of this great stuff
Great prduction, passionate review.
Wonderful video!
Very interesting video recordings
I just bought a Canada version of this lens and I can’t wait to use it! Photo at 5:00 is an absolute dream
Thanks Johnny
Great teaching. Thank you. RS. Canada
Thanks for watching!
Great, thoughtful video - had all the little details that actually have me the info I was looking for, I have an m6 and summicron 35 and shoots a lot at 1600 in the dark, and I know the exact effect you mean wide open in the dark :) Great vid 👌👌
Thank you very much.
I have the Titanium version of this lens for my Titan M6. I have been trying to convince people of the wonder of this lens for years. Your video does it way better than I could. Thanks very much.
What is the proper way to position the lens to get the best halo or “holy light” under highly contrasting situations?
I am in 100% agreement with your assessment of the pre-asph Summilux 35mm lens. I do not know why but this lens was not nearly as popular as the Summicron when it was being manufactured. I bought one a very long time ago ('80's) used when I bought my M4. I always loved it and thought it was nearly the perfect lens in that it was many lenses in one very small package as it looked completely different at various apertures.
In the '90's I purchased a then brand new 35mm Summicron ASPH when it was first released as I thought I wanted "perfect sharpness across the field". I soon found out that that was not at all what I wanted. The pre-asph Summilux 35mm lenses are not easy to find as I don't know how many were made but my feeling is not very many.
I still have that lens, I sold my 35mm Summicron ASPH a few years ago as I realized I never used it. I also decided to have it serviced as it was very old and never had been serviced. While it was being serviced I purchased a Voigtlander 35mm f 1.4 Nokton MC (multi-coated). Much to my surprise the Voigt 35mm was as far as I could tell almost a clone of the Summilux. The size and the handling was very similar. Even more surprising was that the two lenses behave very similarly in terms of rendering. The same goes for the version 2 of the Voigtlander. I will not say they are identical but who is to say that there is not sample variations in both the old Leica and the new Voigt? If anything I think both of the Voigt 35mm 1.4 lenses that I have are what would happen if Leica had continue to manufacture the old Summilux with minor coating and optical fine tuning improvements along the way. In some ways the Voigt is a slightly "better" lens with a very similar optical signature.
Thank you so much for you share with so great experience. This Pre-A so good that I almost carry it every days with M6.
I love the pictures you took in Jerusalem. Also great review of course.
thanks ：）
Thank you for the excellent video and choice of music! What is the word for holy light? How is it pronounced? Thank you
Thanks for the review, great mix with the music too! I just got the lens, without the hood however, so looking to get one.
Thank U ：）
Excellent video, thank you.
Very good review of this lens. Photography is more than MTF charts, and you made this point very good.
Thank you so much :)
Thanks Mr Steven for making this video. I finally decided to buy this lens after watched your review and really satisfied with the lens. What you said about the lens in the review is very accurate. Compared this with 35mm ASPH FLE, Pre-A is easier to focus because the focus falloff is not as steep as ASPH FLE version. Pre-A have more DOF with same aperture compared to FLE. The Pre-A also have diffrent color balance. It is more towards green, while FLE more magenta and overall warmer than pre-A.
I also wanna add little trick about series 7 filter. Because no one sells this kind of filter anymore in my country, I end up with purchasing B+W 49mm non slim (F-Pro) version, put it on reverse position and use 15cm 24 awg wire as a shim. Without the shim, it will rattle. If the filter not reversed, the hood will not fully screw.
Very smart:)
Super video - thanks very much 👍
thanks：）
beautiful video! I really enjoy watching your review :)
Thank you so much ：）
@@StevenTanno is this 35mm pre-a v2?
Rio Krisna M yes 😄
@@StevenTanno Thanks! I'm now interested to look for it. I'm using 35mm summicron ASPH v2 myself
Thank you Sir. 👌
Hi Steven, Thank you for your wonderful video. I think I want to find one of these lenses. Is it the Leica 11870? Thanks!
Yes, it is!
Hi my 35mm f1.4 Pre-A is super sharp but is the 35mm f1.4 ASPH form 1994-2010 may be sharper if you or anyone out there will let me know if I am right or not. I hope to get 1994-2010 one sometime next years I hope?
Hi Steven, have been loving your videos, they are very inspirational.
Do you have a favorite between this pre asph and the 8 element?
Be keen to hear your thoughts
Regards
Mark
@@Mark-bh6lz I would pick 35 8-ekements.
@@StevenTannothanks Steven, I was looking a both trying to decide which one to go for. Keep up the good work with the videos 😊
Dear Steven, I follow your videos whenever I find them.
This one in particular, 👌 because this is lens I really wish to use.
(I have the DR Summicron 5cm and 3,5cm with goggles, and a Summaron with goggles.)
If you have the opportunity to try the 2022 f1.4 re-issue, I would really value your opinion. Would 'Leica' in Japan provide you with a demonstration model?
Some users report issues to do with build quality, then don't talk about the optical qualities. Have you seen it?
🙏 Kevin.
Fantastic video. Thanks for posting. If possible it would be great for you to compare the 35mm pre-A lux to other 35mm Leica lenses. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you very much, i think about it :)
I watch many of your vdos. Good job 很不错 ！what do you like more, this lens 35 summilux pre-a or 35 summicron v4. Some people say they perform the same when stop down, what do you think?
Thank U very much. I think they are different even stop down, the v4 more sharper.
@@StevenTanno By the way, I got the 35 summicron 8 element very recently and your vdo makes me want to go shoot more photo from it. I m also thinking about summicron-c 40 F2, I heard it is quite similar to summicron 35 v4. Do you think so ?
Premy Thienprasiddhi I don't know this 40/2 lens，is it made by Minalta？
@@StevenTanno yes it was Co produced with Minolta. I heard it s about the same as summicron 35 v3 and v4.
I also like your video on FM2 very much.
I'm glad you like it :)
@@StevenTanno Your video brought me back to 1980s, which I still believe it was the best period of time in China's recent history. I could not imagine how you felt when you window shopping FM2 in Shanghai, how excited when you first time holding your new FM2. Golden memory!
Like your youtube channel.
Have a wonderful weekend!
@@zongliu5062Thanks! :) have a nice weekend
I found one of these lenses on an M4 body in my late father's sock drawer. I'm also into photography, but using a modern Canon R5. This lens piqued my curiosity, especially when I saw the price. Do you happen to have any color shots with this lens? I'd kind of like to try adapting it to my R5, but I'm not sure if it really makes sense to do that. Any thoughts?
Yes, this lens has beautiful color, digital or film.
Steven您好
很喜歡你的影片和照片。
萊卡聖光、八枚玉都是很棒的鏡頭，請問若只能選一個的話，您會選擇哪一顆呢？請問選擇主因？
感謝回覆🙏
@@zensitnia 八枚、因為它太特別。
@
謝謝回覆
您八枚的影片我看了無數遍，
最近也入手一顆了，
愛不釋手🙂
Excellent video! Should I buy this lens or summicron 8 element?
8 element‼️^_^
@@StevenTanno I bought one , thank you ! Canada version.
实际上我是也被喜欢一些徕卡镜头带来的一点点dark corner的。
Hello first, I would like to congratulate you for your videos. It helped me a lot to change my concept of language with Leica lenses. I was left with a doubt. I would like to assemble a Kit with a 50mm and a 35mm Now I was in doubt between the Summicron-m 50mm F2 Dual Range vs Summicron-m 50mm F2 (e39). The other model would be 35mm F1.4 vs 35mm F2.0. Could you help me by talking about the pros and cons of each model? Thanks a lot for the help. Success
My camera is an MP-240
I would say pick the 50 e39 is better, because DR lens will be difficulty to find a good condition one.
But I love the 50/1.4 Summilux e43 :)
For 35mm, both are very good but 35/2 more small and sharper.
Thank you Jonatas: ))
你好，Steven, 想請教一下鏡頭問題，一直想買一顆35 1.4 pre a ，但是看到pre a 價錢，就沒有勇氣，好像買35mm 1.4 asph 或35mm 2asph比較值。平常我通常用M6TTL 拍胶卷，有時會放在SL 用，你會怎樣選哦，謝謝你。🙏🙏
个人绝对选35/2比较好
@@StevenTanno 好的，謝謝老師意見🙏🙏
我老公老歡喜儂的頻道，但有幾個節目沒中文，希望以後盡量有中文，幫幫忙謝謝儂😀
上海寧🤝
Flair and low contrast are this lens properties. If you like that, buy one.
影調很棒，謝謝
谢谢
我这次把M6和35mm 2留在了上海家里，简直是个巨大的错误。我用着contax g1 45mm，取景器太小了，而且45这个焦段我还是不能很好地适应。
I see in some of your negatives you have pushed Kodak Double X 5222 to 3200 iso !!! Wow ... what developer do you use when pushing to 3200 iso?
I using HC-110 1+31 dilution. Thanks!
請問pre-a 跟七枚擇一。怎麼選🤝
風格不大一樣
that summilux aperture has more oil than i use for cooking
请问您在日本工作吗？我也很向往哈
是的, :)
This lens has a design very close to a Summicron. It has two distinct characters. Wide open, it is under corrected, yet produces glowy and dreamy images with that famous bokeh. From F2 or thereabouts it performs like a Summicron. Sharp and contrasty. Pre digital Leica lenses have all their own character, yet they all seem to exhibit what has come to be known as the Leica look. For digital, the requirement of the lens design are quite different. I am sad to say that most top class lenses designed for digital have the same look, regardless of being a Leica or of Chinese origin.
我有一只35mm 1.4 pre-a titanium 11860
フィルターは、通常のフィルターを前後逆に使えば、解決します。
這支鏡頭是我賣了後又再買回，第一支普通加制PreA，現在的是goggle black paint 過渡版帶無限遠鎖。
Leica的鏡頭真係好特別，同一型號同一設計但不同生產年份都有不一樣的特色。
第一支普版PreA 全開時，任何情況下拍攝都會glow,但手上這支goggle過渡版帶無限遠鎖不是每次都會拍到glow,全開時比較sharp.
我好喜歡用他來拍彩色菲林，他出來的色彩很吸引，特別是紅色。
你讲的英语蛮好听的
謝謝：）
If you can’t afford it get the Nokton 35f1.4 II.
好多人認為聖光乃缺憾,無知者將其與日本鏡比較
的確係設計缺陷，spherical aberration . 之後嘅Leica 鏡頭都有加correction element 去修正。 但當然鍾意呢啲作為特別效果嘅係冇問題.
I got a friend of mine who want to sale his LEICA M6 NONE TTL Model Black to me for £1.000 BODY only And not been used for a long time
That's nice :)
At that age, this F1.4 had pushed Leica's limit they can't do. F2 is the max they could handle. That's why I like 8Elements better than this summilux.
Yes that's exactly