1. Lens Cap For Leica 50mm Summilux
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• Designed as a reference lens for the M-mount system, the black Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. From Leica is a versatile normal-length prime characterized by its bright maximum aperture and sophisticated optical design. Comprising eight elements in five groups, the lens features one aspherical element to reduce spherical aberrations and both anomalous partial dispersion and high refractive index.
• Lens cap for Leica 50mm Summilux M f1.4 Lens. Lens is NOT included. I am already glad to help and resolve any issue at the best way.

Leica Camera AG has unveiled a new highspeed standard lens for the Leica M System offering maximum imaging performance: the new LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. It supersedes the predecessor lens with the same speed, which, notwithstanding a few minor modifications, had been part of our range since 1962.

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Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 LHSA Lmt 11 627 Black (2005)Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 LHSA Lmt 11 628 Chrome (2005)Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Lenny Kravitz Edition (2015)Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome Edition (2016)Leica 50mm Summilux-M f/1.4 (non-ASPH)Leica Xenon f/1.5Leica Summarit f/1.5By: Thorsten Overgaard. April 9, 2012. Updated May 31, 2019.Summilux = 'Highest light lenses'Summilux' refers to the maximum lens aperture - in this case the f/1.4 lenses from Leica. '-lux' means light, and 'Summi-' probably comes from Latin summum, meaning 'highest.'

The first Summilux lens introduced was the 1960-model of the 50mm Summilux f/1.4 which was a screw-mount lens (before then the most lightstrong lenses were the 1935-1950 Leica 50mm Xenon f/1.5 lenses), and not till six years later, in 1966, would the Leica marketing department (or whoever make up the names) discover that the 'highest light lenses' was surpassed by the even higher light lens, the first 'Light of the Night' lens.I recently did a video review of the Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome limited edition on my photography television channel:Miami. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Leica instructor at Leica Store Nuremberg, Michel Birnbacher with his 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.One of the most beautiful Leica lenses, inside and outsideThe Leica 50 mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 from Leica is an aspherical lens, and according to lens designer Peter Karbe it's even an APO lens. That means it's corrected greatly for the color light rays, red, green and blue.If you look at APO-lenses generally, they have really bright and accurate colors. The funny thing is that I never really got a Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 when it came out in 2004.Tokyo, Japan. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome.

© 2016-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.I meet a lot of people who have it and it's really a beautiful lens. In my opinion, it's the one with the best Leica lenses in terms of industrial design, the one that fits the Leica M the best. It has great balance both ergonomically and in terms of design.The lens itself is really great colors, contrast, sharpness, the bokeh – everything in that lens is top notch. For some reason I didn't feel it was my lens, so I never got one. Until now, that is.The in chrome and black on the. Designed by Peter Karbe and released in 2004.Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC.

© 2018 Thorsten von Overgaard.with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.Havana, Cuba. Leica M10-P with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.The Workhorse: Colors and detailsI find that I bring the 50mm Summilux-M ASPH when I need precision, a compact lens and a sexy look with depth of field and bokeh.The Summilux has quite a bit of the dreamy look (bokeh) that the Noctilux has, but is extreme crisp details and a very accurate color sense.It's something it's taken me a while to realize; but I actually often take the 50mm Summilux when it really counts and I want to be able to move around and be able to go both close and do group shots or such. My daughters wedding, product shots, visiting the White House, important portraits.It's a lens you can never fail with.Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © 2017-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.My favorite 50mm lensesMy favorite lens is – if you have looked at my website you know – I shoot a lot with the and I often shoot it wide open. That's really a lens I like a lot.I have also used the from the 60’s a lot, the one that's also called “Rigid”.

It's not an expensive lens. It's a really good lens, but there's so many of them so they're not really expensive; it's not a collector's item.

They're usually from $500 and up. They only go up to $2000 if they're perfect new condition.Tokyo, Japan.

With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Recently I had to send my away so I thought; maybe I get a Leica 50 Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 because I kind of need to use this lens. It doesn't make sense that I've never used this lens. It's one of the best Leica lenses. No more avoiding it; I decided to get one.One of the great things about the Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 is that it has closest focus distance at 70 cm, like in this photograph.

© 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Bokeh. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.Havana, Cuba. Leica M10-P with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.Limitied editions of the Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 LHSA Edition (2005)In 2005 Leica made a limited run of the then newle designed 50mm Simmilux-M ASPH f/1.4 designed by Peter Karbe.

This was the LHSA edition in black paint (glossy) and silver for the and was sold with and without the M3 camera. The price on release was around $3,000 and dropped a bit in the following years, then sky-rocketed towards $7,000 - $8,000 in 2015-2016.Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 LHSA-edition in black paint. Hood is part no 12 586.These lenses were sold with and separately from the MP3 bodies manufactured for the LHSA in 2005.Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 LHSA-edition in silver and black. Current optical design in 1959 barrel.Arthur Argote in New York. Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4.

© 2017-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4Lenny Kravitz 'Reporter' Limited Edition of 125In 2015 Leica Camera AG then released a very limited series of this lens in black paint, but intentionally brassed. A set of one black Leica M-P 240 camera and two lenses (35, 50) in a suitcase, designed and named after Lenny Kravitz.The series of 125 numbered sets of sold out about 9-12 months after it's release.Lenny Kravitz 'Reporter' limited edition of 125 sets in suitcase. Leica M-P 240 with Leica 35mm Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 Black Paint and Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Paint. All brassed and then given a clear lacquer as protection.Writing notes in the park in Tokyo, Japan. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome.

© 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC (Black Chrome) 2016Few months after the release of the Lenny Kravitz model, Leica released another series of 500 the the same lens, but in matt black (Black Chrome) and not brassed.A Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 lens, but in old-school brass design and barrels. Initially the retail price was $3,900 and then rose to $4,350 in autumn 2016.I decided to get that one.Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome limited edition in 1959-design (500 released in 2015) on Leica M-D 262. Comes with hood (12 586) and metal as well as plastic lens cap.

© 2016-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.It’s only made in a limited number of 500. What is unique about it is that the lens itself, the optics, is the modern optics that came out in 2004, but the barrel is the vintage 1959-design.It's solid brass and then it's painted black. I really like this classic look.

It's kind of like, yeah, why not get this one? I found one, the Leica-dealer in New York had one and he could sell it to me and he could ship it to me same day. So I got that version.Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © 2017-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.When I got it I knew what the optics was and I started shooting with it and I really like everything about the optics. Thought, I don't know if I'm so happy that I got the limited edition. It's a little bit heavy because it's brass. I can kind of live with that.

The aperture ring is moving very soft and I like to shoot wide open so I don't want to have the aperture suddenly slide to something else.with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.I thought that maybe I could put some tape on it so it stayed in place, but then I sent it in to Leica in Wetzlar and they actually adjusted it. After that adjustment the aperture ring is stiff and stays at f/1.4 as I want it to. It doesn’t move by itself or light touch.Actor in Hollywood. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.A limited edition lens made of brass, with black paintThe focus ring is the vintage one.

I'm totally fine with this type of focus that doesn't have the modern finger support like the normal 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. The lens is overall a little bit bigger, but that's okay.Miami. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Then it also has a lens shade, and this lens shade is really heavy! It must be made of brass. Everything here is like the original 50mm Summilux lens, that was not aspherical, that they made in 1959. If you take the lens off the camera, you can see this brass very clearly.This is a piece of beauty, the whole design, and that's basically what everybody who gets this lens says.

It’s the whole build of it, the feel of it is amazing. The original 2004-version chrome lens is also made of brass, whereas the black version is lighter and made of aluminium.Miami Muscle Beach. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.The ventilated shade that falls offHowever, I took the camera and lens over the shoulder. I always carry a camera, so when I traveled from Italy to New York I had the camera across my chest and I had a computer bag and a camera bag with me.

I lined up to go through security and I have my lens shade on. This is a clip-on lens shade so it just goes onto the lens by pressing the buttons on the sides of it.Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © 2017-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.But what I found out is every time my bag bumped into the camera, the shade said “Bang!” and fell off and rolled across the floor! That happened three times and I had to have people in the security line pick up my lens shade for me.

So, I gave up on the lens shade! It’s in the box now and I don’t use it.Miami. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.Leica moddification of the lens shade (2018)Sicne 2018, Leica offers a free modification of the lens hood so it will screw in instead of clip on. One has to send the shade to Leica in Wetzlar, and then they return it with the E43 screw mount fitted.

They also return the spare part clip-on so it's possible to bring the shade back to original look if one should want that (as it's a collectors item, that's an important thing: You want to be able to use it, but you also want it to be as original as possible).A modified brass shade E43 for the 50mm Summilux Black Chrome.My daughter's wedding. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4.

© 2016-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.My E43 ventilated shade with E46 filter threadAs I make ventilated lens shades for most Leica lenses, I had one made for this one also, and you can buy it in from my website. That’s a screw-on that stays on the lens and protects it from bumps and bangs. And flare as well, of course.I still use this one as the shade for me is a bumper, so this way I have a shade that takes a filter, and which gets all the scratches and use - and the original stays in the box.The I designed for my 50mm Summilux sits on the 43mm filter thread. It also fits the original 1959-designed 50mm Summilux lenses (comes in ).One thing you also find out when you get this vintage lens is that it's not 46 mm filler as with the traditional 50 mm Summilux ASPH.

It's 43 mm filters!You can still get 43 mm fillers and they will fit. The only thing is that when you put on the filler you cannot put on that vintage brass lens shade the lens comes with.Director Daniel Sackheim in Japan. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.You can get very rare thin filters that fits, but they are expensive to get on eBay. All new 43mm filters that fits the lens, doesn’t fit the shade!

There's no space for it.Of course that makes me wonder why didn't Leica Camera AG not just redesign the lens so it was a little bit more up to date and looked like 1959? Why did they just go through all that work to make it to totally like 1959 when not all of it was that great?Paris Fashion Week.

With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.50mm Limited lenses resale valueI think what I will be happy about is that this lens was $3,900 when it came out and it's going to go up in value. It's already up in $4,300 just for currency adjustment. Actually, some years back Leica Historical Society of America (LHSA) made a limited edition for themselves; 500 silver ones and 500 Black Chrome ones.

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Those were sold for $3,500 back then and they go for $7,000 - $8,000 on eBay today.Tokyo street portrait. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.The Black Chrome limited edition or the normal ASPH.?I really like this lens. The optical quality is really good. As said, I kind of regret that I didn't just go with the normal one because it is such an amazing design.

Then again, I think I'll just hold on to this one. I can't wait to see when I start using it a lot and it gets brassed. I can start seeing the brass underneath and then it's going to look like a real old lens from 1959.Moscow, Russia. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.How to mount a filteron the Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chromeor any other 1959 non-ASPH versionYou will notice that whereas the normal 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 has a 46mm filter size, the limit editions has a filter size of 43mm. Not a big problem as 43mm ND filters and UV filters are also available. Just a surprise as no other current Leica lenses has a 43mm filter size (but all the 50/1.4 lenses had in the old days).But you will see that when the filter is mounted, the classic shade (art no 12 586) doesn't fit onto the lens anymore!

There exist a vintage UV filter that goes with the lens. I don't use UV-filter, so I haven't tried to get one.Halloween in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2018 Thorsten Overgaard.But I do use ND (Neutral Density) filters, so I acquired a 43mm ND filter (3-stop or 0.9ND) and then fumbled with it for a bit.Step 1Step 2Step 3Put on the lens shade.Drop the ND filter into the shade.1) Lock filter first with the bayonet locks.2) Then press it down with a finger and turn the whole shade with filter till it sits as tight as it can.Miami Muscle Beach. With Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016-2017 Thorsten Overgaard.In actual fact, if you mount the shade first, and then drop the ND filter down into the bayonet locking mechanism (press the silver buttons to open the 'reverse locks' for attaching the shade upside-down when traveling). Then you will see that it almost locks. If you then turn the shade aroune the filter will actually screw onto the lens to some degree.

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Enought to make it stay there.Obviously, when you want to take off the ND filter, you will have to turn the shade counter-clockwise till the filter screw let go of the screw on the lens.New York. Leica M10 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © 2018 Thorsten Overgaard.You will see that the filter and shade sits tight together and you can't turn the shade futher clock-wise around. Now, if the filter turns counter-clockwise as you move around, be aware that the filter will work it's way out of the screw again and eventually drop. If you drop one, it's not the end of the world.