Zeiss ZM lenses give photos a sharp constrasty look with a 3D pop subject-background separation and nice rendering from the softer corners of the image.The Zeiss ZM Sonnar is smaller and lighter and does not block the bottom right hand corner of the viewfinder.I found it very difficult to tell what lens I had used for most of the photos The ZM Sonnar is 2.5x cheaper yet produces just as good a Lux photo at 0.9M when shot wide open.No focus shift issues so can be used at ease at any aperture and can be relied uponģ Reasons why I prefer the Zeiss ZM Sonnar 50mm vs Leica Summilux 50mm.Edge to edge sharpness across the image.This gives a more shallow DOF and nice bokeh The Summilux will focus slightly closer than 0.7M whereas the minimum focus distance of the Zeiss ZM Sonnar is 0.9M.6 Reasons why I prefer the Leica Summilux 50mm vs Zeiss ZM Sonnar
I think I was hoping the Zeiss ZM Sonnar would win but no, it seem the LUX ASPH 50mm is as good as the rave reviews make out. Of the 17 photos taken so far 10 of those were with the Leica Lux ASPH, 4 with the ZM Sonnar and 3 with the CV Nokton 35/1.2. I did not check the EXIF data until afterwards. Once I got back I selected some of my favourites from the thumbnails images to post. The 3 lenses selected were the Leica Summilux ASPH 50mm f1.4, the Zeiss ZM Sonnar 50mm f1.5 and for wider shots the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.2 ASPH ii. I tried to rotate the lens I was using through the day however there are no real side by side comparison shots as I still had the fashion shoots to do. I took 3 lenses to London for some model test shoot street photography. Can the Leica Summilux 50mm really be that good? I use Russian lenses such as the Jupiter 3 50/1.5 (Soviet clone of the 1930s design Zeiss Sonnar) and Voigtlander glass such as the great value for money Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton Classic.
50MM SUMMICRON ASPH PRO
I am almost pro non-Leica glass as like anyone I like to back the underdog. The Summilux 50mm 1.4 had to beat these at its high price tag to secure a place in my Leica camera bag. I have other nice lenses such as the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AI-s on the Nikon D800 and the Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f2 and Zeiss ZM Sonnar C 50mm f1.5 for the Leica M9. It had to impress me first with its capabilities. To be honest I had no real emotion or excitement in buying the lens or even holding it when it arrived. I bought a used Lux on eBay really to see if all the Leica hype was justified. Here are a few examples with my most expensive Leica M mount lens, the Leica Summilux ASPH 50mm f1.4 (‘Lux’). I bought a Leica Lux! (Leica Summilux 50mm) Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, a photo by MatthewOsbornePhotography_ on Flickr.
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