With its 50mm F1.4 Classic, Leica resuscitates an emblematic objective of 1959
The new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4 is not really a novelty, but rather a kind of reissue. The first model was marketed in 1959 and was the first Leica objective of the Summilux range, a name which is derived from the Latin “Summa Lux” and which means “maximum light”. He therefore joined the Leica Classic line alongside the Summaron-M 28 f/5.6, Thambar-M 90 F/2.2, Noctilux-M 50 F/1.2 Asph. and Summilux-M 35 f/1.4. This is a vintage look goal with modern modern optical technologies.
The new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4. © Leica
The 50 mm standard focal length is quite versatile. It allows you to make reporting as well as portrait. Leica predestine, moreover, its objective in the exercise of the portrait thanks to its very large f/1.4 opening, associated with a diaphragm with 16 strips and a unique, particularly sweet Bokeh signature. The optical formula is derived from the second generation of Summilux-M 50 F/1.4, produced from 1962 until 2004. It consists of 7 lenses divided into 5 groups.
Photo taken with the new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4. © Leica
Photo taken with the new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4. © Leica
Mount m obliges, it is therefore a 100 % manual lens, provided with a focusing ring and a notched diaphragm ring. The minimum focusing distance is 70 cm. The objective is naturally made of metal; It weighs 417 grams and measures 4.5 cm long for 5.8 cm in diameter. It is offered in silver chrome finish.
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Availability and price
The new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4 Classic is already available and offered at a price of € 3,930. It is made by Leica in Germany. Note that this new objective inaugurates a new high quality box concept offered by Leica, without any plastic.
It is not the only 50 mm proposed by Leica in M. M. Mount there is indeed a summicron-m 50 f/2 offered at around € 2,700, an APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 F/2 ASPH. offered at € 8,565, a Summilux-M 50 F/1.4 ASPH. offered at a price of € 4,790, a noctile-m 50 f/1.2 asph. offered at a price of € 7,745 and finally a noctile-m 50 f/0.95 asph. offered at the price of … € 12,610.
From a certain point of view, we can say that the new Leica Summilux-M 50 F/1.4 Classic is an entry-level objective!
