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"Standing on my own two feet" - Bondi Beach in Sydney. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard. 
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The 21mm low light lens
Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

By: Thorsten Overgaard. March 25, 2013. Latest edited January 30, 2025.

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A tool for the artist

The Leica 21mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4 and the Leica 24mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4 sister lens were introduced in 2008 as a revolutionary new idea of narrow depth of field for super wide angle lenses.

 

 


My Leica M 240 with the Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. Th strap is a Mada1432 camera strap from Indonesia with painted edges.

 


Napier, New Zealand, April 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4.

 

 
 

 

 

 


Napier, New Zealand. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 

Leica 28mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 (left) and the Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 (right). © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica 28mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 (left) and the Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 (right). © Thorsten Overgaard.

 


The Danish Prime Minister visits a school class. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


Birgit Krippner at her exhibition in Napier, New Zealand, April 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


My daughter Robin Isabella, June 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 

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Saturday morning inside Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in Boston: This place was just around the corner of where I stayed in Boston and had become part of my morning ritual. The chef there has three old Leica M3, M2, IIIf cameras and 15 old school lenses that he said he would send me more info on. I think I can get him upgraded to Leica M9, at least. The place features great food, resulting in a waiting line outside on Saturdays. Obama was here, and so was Al Gore and Sammy Davis Jr. (not at the same time, though). Charlie's is also known for serving Afro-American musicians when nobody else would, back when. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


Inside an automobile, Napier, April 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 

Street portrait of a family in the cafe. Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Street portrait of a family in the cafe in Hong Kong. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Layla Bego at Hotel Chelsea. Leica M11 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Layla Bego at Hotel Chelsea.
Leica M11 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 


West 4th Street Basketball Courts. New York, June 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4


Manhattan, New York, June 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


Inside an automobile, Napier, April 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


Brooklyn Bridge, New York, June 2013. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


"Your Rainbow Panorama" by Olafur Eliasson on top of the ARoS International Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 


Leica M 240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

 

Mike Canaris is a doorman at the real Hotel Chelsea, as well as a poet. Leica M11 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Mike Canaris is a doorman at the real Hotel Chelsea, as well as a poet. Leica M11 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.


 

 

 

   
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