"The extension course is the best course I read about photography (and I'm still at the beginning)" "Addictive, beautifully and simplistically written. “I very much enjoy the incredible knowledge” "I am happy with my purchase of the extension course. Used a lot of the techniques on a recent trip and "My wife game me this course and I absolutely love it. Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 in silver was released in July 2016. Maybe one day we will have a talk about all of them, that is more than 20. Peter Karbe finds the whole history of Leica 50mm lenses fascinating. Him and his team decided to conquor the rules of everything and make a 50mm f/0.95 that is both lightstrong and a groundbreaking great lens wide open. He has made the outstanding 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 that he admitted in fact is an APO design though it doesn't say on the lens. I may not be a broadly known fact, but Peter Karbe finds 50mm lenses fascinating. One of the rare occasions where Peter Karbe was outside his office: October 2013 with hard-core fans in Singapore who also got him to sign his lenses. (Definition of dope slang: "Awesome", "extremely cool"). That goes for high and low inside and outside Leica. People I've talked with through the years just love Peter Karbe. This private person in front of 100 people, so enthusiastic about the details of the design that he can keep talking about it. I rememeber when he was doing a talk some years ago about the Noctilux f/0.95. He obviously loves everything about lenses. What keeps him busy and enthusiastic in his office is funny enough also what can get him out of the office and speak enthusiastically and forget his shyness: They were both released in May 2012 in Berlin, and promoted a new level of resolution in details and sharpness. The Leica M Monochrom "Henri" with the Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 lens. He reminds me of a shy school boy that avoid s eye contact, but then when you ask about the airplane he is holding in his hand, he forgets his shyness and explains enthusiastically all about it. "Well, I haven't been missing it", he replied with a big laugh and an attitude that overall show the nature of Peter Karbe. When we met in April 2014 in the new canteen in Wetzlar, I told him this was the reason the interview hadn't been published. Unfortunately the sound was so bad (made on the D-Lux 6), I decided to do a written interview and not use the video. When I visited the old Leica Camera AG factory in Solms in Germany in January 2013 I video-recorded a talk I had with legendary lens designer Peter Karbe. The Peter Karbe Interview that almost didn't happen Leica 50mm APO-Summicron LHSA Video Review In this article I will try to define what is so wonderful about it, and I will also give the backstory as to how this lens became reality. He knew it was possible to make it, but unfortunately at the same time he also knew it would be impossible to demand from customers what it would cost. The story of the ridiculously normal looking $8,250 Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 lens for the Leica M cameras is the vision of a perfect lens, dreamt of for years by the master lens designer Peter Karbe. I asked myself "how is it the best?" and when I came up short, I interviewed the designer of the lens himself, Mr. Prefer shooting with older more vintage lenses as I tend to feel the newer Leica glass draws an image too sharp/harsh in comparison to their earlier lenses.The Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 has been labeled “The best 50mm lens in the world”. Rigid Summicron, 50mm f/2.8 Elmar, 50mm f/2.0 Summicron APO amongst a handful of others. I own a few different 50mm lenses as well. Rarely if ever do I use 50mm focal length on the street. I prefer the IQ from my summicrons and summilux lenses.Īnything from 21mm – 35mm lenses for my street photography. but it’s also subject to significant chromatic aberration.which is easily taken care of in recent photo editing softwares.
I also use it with various Heliopan ND filters for shooting in the daytime. I recommend picking up a solid used copy if you’re in the market for one. It’s useful when needed in dusk to extreme low light. The M10 viewfinder also makes shooting with it significantly easier.
I own one f/.95 with a lens taab attached to it which makes focusing with it so much easier.