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Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0 Review

By: Thorsten Overgaard, September 6, 2023. Last edit September 19, 2023.

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In 2023, Leica Camera AG introduced two "low price" Summicron lenses for the Leica SL2 camera system: A 35mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0 and a 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. This is a short review and proof of performance on these.


Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2
with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

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Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

 

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In the 50mm range, the Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-SL ASPh f/2.0 is the optimum, and the Leica 50mm Summilux-SL f/1.4 is the more narrow depth of focus alternative. Both of them cost more than double. And as if that wasn't enough, there are also the Leica S lenses that will fit onto the Leica SL2 via an adapter.

The new "economical" editions will do, and I can say as many nice words about them as I want. It will still make you wonder and dream of the better editions. Because that is what I do as well.

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Clearwater Beach blue hour. Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

         
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Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

It's never been easier

The 50mm Summicron-SL f/2.0 is a leight-weight lens (402g) compared to any of the other 50mm SL lenses (704g) ; and the autofocus is faster than the previous models. And yet it is less expensive ($1,895.00 compared to $5,095.00 for the APO version).

If you are familiar with the ease of using the Leica Q that "is always ready", the Leica SL2 equipped with this lens is just as easy: Turn the camera on, point it and take the photo.

 


Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 



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Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 


Leica SL2
with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 


Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 


Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica SL2 with Leica 50mm Summicron-SL ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica 50mm Definitions

 

APO
stands for "apochromatically corrected" lenses. In most lenses, optical design concentrates the focus of blue light and green light into a single plane, but red light falls slightly into another plane of focus. Red subjects, therefore, would be ever so slightly out of focus compared to blue and green subjects in the same frame. In APO lenses, the design and expense has been put in to making red light focus on the same plane as blue and green. Under a microscope you would see that all light subject is now in focus, creating a sharper image overall. Many manufacturers offer APO designs, but in most of these only the very center of the lens is APO corrected. Leica prides itself on making most of the frame APO corrected.

     
Before correction   APO lens
Before correction   APO lens

 

ASPH
… stands for "aspheric design". Most lenses have a spherical design - that is, the radius of curvature is constant. These are easy to manufacture by grinding while "spinning" the glass. This design however restricts the number of optical corrections that can be made to the design to render the most realistic image possible. ASPH lenses, however, involve usually 1 element that does *not* have a constant radius of curvature. These elements can be made by 1) expensive manual grinding, 2) molded plastic, 3) Leica's patented "press" process, where the element is pressed into an aspherical ("non-spherical") shape. This design allows the manufacturer to introduce corrections into compact lens designs that weren't possible before. Practically, the lens performs "better" (up to interpretation) due to increased correction of the image, in a package not significantly bigger than the spherical version.

ASPH is a method where the glass is pressed, and if you think about it for a little while, it means that you can make shapes that you can't possibly grind: With grinding you can make a curved shape. With pressing (ASPH) you can make the shape of circles in the water if that is what is required.

     
Normal speric lens (grinded)   ASPH (note the shape of the glass as result of pressing reather than grinding)

There is another Aspherical lens manufacture technique: an uneven coating layer is applied to a spherical lens. The coating is thicker on the edges (or on the center, depending). Canon "Lens Work II" calls these "simulated" aspherical lenses. Simulated and Glass-Molded (GMo) asphericals show up in non-L Canon lenses, while the L lenses have actual ground aspheric elements.

 

Bokeh
the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens : It's a matter of taste and usually photographers discuss a 'nice' or 'pleasant' bokeh (the out-of-focus area is always unsharp why the quality discussed is if one likes the way it renders or not by a particular lens).
ORIGIN from Japanese 'bo-ke' which mean 'fuzziness' or 'blur.'

 

Summicron
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f2.0 . There are many guesses how this name came about, a popular one being that the "summi" came from "summit" (summit means the highest point of a hill or mountain; the highest attainable level of achievement) while the "cron" came from "chroma" (ie. for colour). Not so: The name (Summi)cron was used because the lens used Crown glass for the first time, which Leitz bought from Chance Brothers in England. The first batch of lenses were named Summikron (Crown = Krone in Deutsch). The Summi(cron) is a development from the original Summar (the 50mm f2.0 lens anno 1933)

 

Mandler, Dr. Walter (1922 - 2005)
Legendary Leica lens designer. Read more in Leica History.

Otto Geier, supervisor of the Optics Department of Ernst Leitz Canada (on the right), with the legendary lens designer Dr. Walter Mandler.
Otto Geier, supervisor of the Optics Department of Ernst Leitz Canada (on the right), with the legendary lens designer Dr. Walter Mandler.

 

 

Other resources for the Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0

Erwin Puts' few precise words on the precision and technical accomplishments the new 50mm implies:

"I cannot repeat it often enough, but high-quality imagery with a lens of small dimensions is very difficult to achieve. The 50mm APO-Summicron-M needed to have a front lens diameter of 39 mm (the normal filter size for Leica Summicron standard lenses). The new 50mm APO-Summicron-M has eight elements that have to be fitted in a small-sized mount and there is indeed hardly room for air in this mount. This is a second problem: when lens elements are packed as closely as in the 50mm APO-SummicroniM the potential for aberration correction is restricted. It is a triumph of optical and mechanical design" - Erwin Puts
See his Page 1 and Page 2 of his article on the 50mm APO.

 

Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.

 

Steve Huff also have reviewed the Leica 50mm APO-Summicron in his Part 1: "Technically, the best 50mm lens I have ever shot with. Period. End of Story. Done Deal. No contest. Really!" – Steve Huff.

Howard Shooter wrote this article, "Copenhagen with the Leica M 240 and 50 APO-Summicron" article.

 

Peter Karbe interview on the Leica 50mm APO-Summicron ASPH f/2.0


Peter Karbe & the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 ASPH. from Leica Camera.

 

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One last image to sleep on: The Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 on my Leica M 240.
One last image to sleep on: The Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0 on my Leica M 240.

   
   

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Thorsten Overgaard
Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish-American multiple award-winning photographer, known for his writings about photography and Leica cameras. He travels to more than 25 countries a year, photographing and teaching workshops to photographers. Some photos are available as signed editions via galleries or online. For specific photography needs, contact Thorsten Overgaard via email.

You can follow Thorsten Overgaard at his television channel magicoflight.tv.

Feel free to email to thorsten@overgaard.dk for questions, advice and ideas.

 

 

 




 

Thorsten Overgaard photo workshops and masterclasses for Leica photographers and digital photographers

     
     

Join a Thorsten Overgaard
Photography Workshop

I am in constant orbit teaching
Leica and photography workshops.

Most people prefer to explore a
new place when doing my workshop.
30% of my students are women.
35% of my students dotwo or more workshops.
95% are Leica users.
Age range is from 15 to 87 years
with the majority in the 30-55 range.
Skill level ranges from two weeks
to a lifetime of experience.
97% use a digital camera.
100% of my workshop graduates photograph more after a workshop.

I would love to see you in one!
Click to see the calendar.

     
St. Louis   Chicago

Hong Kong

 

New York

Shanghai

 

Boston

Beijing

 

Washington DC

Tokyo

 

Toronto

Kyoto

  Montreal

Taipei

  Québec
Seoul  

Seattle

Jakarta

 

San Francisco

Bali

 

Los Angeles

Manila

 

Las Vegas

Singapore

 

Santa Barbara

Kuala Lumpur

 

Santa Fe

Bangkok

 

Austin

Sydney

 

Clearwater

Perth

 

Miami

Melbourne

 

Cuba

Auckland

 

São Paulo

Napier

 

Rio de Janeiro

Moscow

 

Cape Town

Saint Petersburg

 

Tel Aviv

Oslo

 

Jaffa

Malmö

 

Istanbul

Stockholm

 

Palermo

Aarhus

 

Rome

Copenhagen

  Venice

Amsterdam

  Wetzlar

Frankfurt

  Mallorca

Berlin

  Madrid

Münich

 

Barcelona

Salzburg

 

Amsterdam

Vienna

 

Paris

Cannes  

London

Reykjavik   Portugal
Roadtrip USA   Milano
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     







 

Thorsten Overgaard photo workshops and masterclasses for Leica photographers and digital photographers



 


 


 

 

     
Buy eBooks by
Thorsten Overgaard
     
"A Little Book on Photography"   "A Little Book on Photography"
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"The Leica Q Know-All eBook"  
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"Finding the Magic of Light"   "Composition in Photography - The Photographer as Storyteller"
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"The Freedom of Photographic Expression"   "The Moment of Emptional Impact"
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The Portrait Book
How to Make People Beautifu
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Preorder: The Noctilux Masterclass
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Extension Courses
     
The New Photography Extension Course"   "New Inspiration Extension Course"
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Lightroom
Survival Kit 11
 


Workflow
Masterclass

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Video Classes
     

eBook
+Video

This is Street Photography

  Street Photo
Masterclass

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Leica Q2
Masterclass

  "Leica Q Video Masterclass"
Leica Q
Masterclass

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"Leica TL2 Quick-Start Video Course"
Leica TL2
Quick-Start
Video Course
  "Leica Q Video Masterclass"
Preorder:
Leica M9
Masterclass
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"Leica M10 Video Masterclass"   "Leica M 240 Video Masterclass"
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Lightroom Presets
     
Lightroom Presets Leica M10   Lightroom Presets Leica M9
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Lightroom Presets Leica TL2   Lightroom Presets Leica Q
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Lightroom Dutch Painters Presets by Thorsten Overgaard   Leica Presets for Lightroom by Thorsten Overgaard
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"Hollywood Film Presets"
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Hemingway Presets for Lightroom by Thorsten Overgaard
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201 Lightroom Presets
+ 4 Export Presets
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Capture One Styles:
     
"Capture One Pro Survival Kit"
Capture One
Survival Kit 22
  Leica Styles for Capture One by Thorsten Overgaard
Leica Styles for
Capture One
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17 Capture One Styles
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