baffosRF
Member
Summilux 35 preasph., both on digital and film.
NaChase
Well-known
My beat to hell collapsible 50mm Summicron! Then again, it's the only M lens I own...
santino
FSU gear head
50mm Summicron IV - ultra crisp wide open, very nice bokeh and superior mechanics 
whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
I would have to vote for the 75 Summilux also. Nice signature.
Ljós
Well-known
So far my 2.8 Summaron 35mm (M2-version). Images are sweet - and the handling and build quality are near nigh perfect. Every time I pick up the M2 with Summaron it just feels "right".
Greetings, Ljós
Greetings, Ljós
andredossantos
Well-known
Used to be my 35mm 2.8 Summaron but my new to me v4 35 Summicron is sooo nice.
tungh
Established
It's too difficult to classify which is the most favourite lens, I always use the Summicron 35mm ver 3 for streetlife, sometimes for portrait.
Richard G
Mentor
I have the 35 Summicron V4 and the Elmarit-M 90 and a tabbed Summicron 50 but for me it's definitely the ZM 50 C Sonnar. Sharp, fantastic isolation of the subject wider then f4 and well built and compact.
benmacphoto
Well-known
I feel like I've taken my best photos with a 50mm Summicron.
But my most used lens is a 35mm pre ASPH Summilux.
So its hard to choose between the two.
But my most used lens is a 35mm pre ASPH Summilux.
So its hard to choose between the two.
V
varjag
Guest
Summicron 35 v4, but for that matter am sure I could be happy with v3 or the aspheircal anyway
JHP
Well-known
50 lux ver2. I feel like it's the only lens i'll ever need.
smile
why so serious?
i've got two
50 Lux ASPH
35 Cron ver.4
50 Lux ASPH
35 Cron ver.4
maddoc
... likes film again.
Noctilux 50/1.0
Summilux-M 35/1.4 (pre-ASPH)
Summilux-M 35/1.4 (pre-ASPH)
Erik van Straten
Mentor
Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, Leica M3 and Tmax400.
Erik.
Erik.
Hey, none of this two stuff.
Biggles
My cup runneth amok.
40mm Summicron. The lens has a fistload of stellar traits, and no bad habits. It's sharp, crunchy, has exceptionally yummy bokeh, and has a very natural, "no tricks" angle of view. It's furthermore tiny, lightweight, and endearingly oddball with its practical, bespoke collapsible rubber hood and its rarer-than-hen's-teeth framelines.
I have a 50mm v.2 Summilux that makes even more jaw-dropping negatives (the detail sharpness is less crunchy, smoother, more Zeiss Sonnar-like, and the pictures it makes look more grown-up than the Summicron's), but it doesn't perform consistently across its entire aperture range the way my 40 does. It's also so heavy that it's not my go-to choice as a walking-around lens. The 40 beats it with the sum of its parts.
I have a 50mm v.2 Summilux that makes even more jaw-dropping negatives (the detail sharpness is less crunchy, smoother, more Zeiss Sonnar-like, and the pictures it makes look more grown-up than the Summicron's), but it doesn't perform consistently across its entire aperture range the way my 40 does. It's also so heavy that it's not my go-to choice as a walking-around lens. The 40 beats it with the sum of its parts.
djcphoto
An Englishman Abroad
From the meagre selection available to me, definitely the rigid Summicron. Very high resolution and a lovely look to the images it creates.
The Meaness
Well-known
ZM 50 C-Sonnar. Classic design, modern coating.
I only use it on the M8 - the crop helps with portraits and limits the effect of focus shift.
I only use it on the M8 - the crop helps with portraits and limits the effect of focus shift.
Peter_S
Peter_S
Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50.
Relatively small and ligth yet bright, lovely rendering, two lens characteristics in one lens, 50mm focal length, and affortable.
(Now if they would only make a 35mm version to have as ~50mm equiv on the M8...I shot 50mm almost exlusively)
Relatively small and ligth yet bright, lovely rendering, two lens characteristics in one lens, 50mm focal length, and affortable.
(Now if they would only make a 35mm version to have as ~50mm equiv on the M8...I shot 50mm almost exlusively)
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Snapper_uk
Well-known
Zeiss ZM35/2. Fantatstic combination of size, speed, quality and price.