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Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R f/2.8 ASPH - MACRO

By: Thorsten Overgaard. April 2007. Latest edit December 27, 2022.

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This is a very dear lens in more than one sense. It's a rare lens that was only produced in ca. 200 pcs. from 1998 to 2001, simply because it was very difficult to produce, and Leica eventually gave up making a profit on it. (And it wasn't because it wasn't an expensive lens in the first place to acquire).

 


The Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten in the garden of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ 100 ISO f/2.8.



But more importantly, it's simply a brilliant lens. In his Lens Compendium, Erwin Puts write about the 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 that "the 2.8 performance is better than the 2.8/35 and the 2/35
at 2.8", and compares it to it's 1997-littlesister, the 35-70mm Vario-Elmar-R ASPH f/4.0 (which is generally acclaimed as a lens with a fantastic picture quality) by saying, "the newer 2.8/35-70 has 11 lenses, many of
which are of exotic specification, proving the effort to go up just one stop. With this lens Leica introduces an interesting strategy and that is building a low aperture lens to very high optical standards of performance. The luminous energy flowing through a lens of aperture f/2,8 is twice the amount of a lens with an aperture of f/4 and the effort to control and manage this energy flow is very demanding. It is not well recognized how difficult it is for a designer to control aberrations when stepping up one stop."




The Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.
The Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

 

Let's be honest. This is a huge lens, and you will soon start questioning if you could do with one stop less in the much more compact (and much much more economical) f/4.0 littlesister. For my part I've never used the f/4.0 indoor, and that is where I do most of my shooting. So it's been a rather useless "sunshine lens" which I'm sure people living in more sunny parts of the world appreciate.


 


HRH The Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

After using the f/2.8 for a few days I got used to the extra "long tale" hanging over and behind my right shoulder and managed to move around so that the lens did not constantly hit walls and doors. And then I was sold. It's simply a nice lens to handle, fast to focus, and has a size and grip that made it easy for me to imagine I was already handing a Leica S lens (I was testing this lens in the days after the Leica S2 was released at Photokina, September 2008).

 

Leica R8/DMR with 35-70/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/90, 200 ISO, Processed via Lightroom. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica R8/DMR with 35-70/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/90, 200 ISO, Processed via Lightroom. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

As for weight, that was not an issue for me. The lens I use the most on the R8 and R9 is the 80mm Summilux-R f/1.4 which is not a huge lens, but still weights 700 g.

In general it was very soon "my lens" and went where I went, and I appreciated the flexibility of being able to zoom where I would normally shift between my two preferred lenses, the 35mm Elmarit-R f/2.8 and the 80mm Summilux-R f/1.4. Being a special lens, it has the "love factor" that the f/4 doesn't have, likewise the 80mm Summilux-R, the 50mm Noctilux-M, the 75mm Summilux-M and other special lenses. It's in that special category of "lenses like no other".

 


HRH The Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.



The relatively good depth of field, along with a very smooth and fast focusing mechanism, make it easy to obtain sharp pictures, even when in a hurry, and it captures extreme details in crisp colors. Only disappointment to me is that I love to shoot against the sun, and the zoom is simply not made for that; too much glass for the strong light to reflected in under such extreme conditions. As can be seen in the Erwin Puts qoute in the buttom of this page, it does well in handling light; but only when the light source (the sun) is just outside the frame.

 

Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard. Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

The first RED EPIC users started playing around with the Leica adapters in January 2012 which will enable RED EPIC video cameras to take Leica R and Leica M lenses. As if it wasn't hard enought to get Leica M lenses, this won't make it easier. And the R lenses that seemed to have dropped a little in price are likely to go op again, especially on the more exotic ones that are suitable for video.


The 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro on the Leica M240 (left) and on the Leica R8 (right).
The 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro on the Leica M240 (left) and on the Leica R8 (right).

 

Leica R to EPIC RED converter   RED EPIC with the worlds best zoom, the Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8
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Christine Astrupgaard with Leica M9 DMR with the Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica M9 DMR with the Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Marco Onorato receives an EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2008 award at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/Getty Images). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Marco Onorato receives an EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2008 award at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/Getty Images). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

   
   

British soul singer and songwriter Seal in an exclusive photo session at The Soho Hotel in London, promoting his new album “SOUL," October 2008 (AP Photo/Thorsten Overgaard). Leica R8 DMR with Leica Vario-Elmarit-R 35-70mm f/2.8, 200 ISO, 1/15 sec (with mirror up which create more movement of the camera as the mirror and camera is shooting in turn, fast after each other). Converted to b&w (and contrast increased dramatically) in Hasselblad/Imacon FlexColor 4.6 RAW converter. © Thorsten Overgaard.
British soul singer and songwriter Seal
in an exclusive photo session at The Soho Hotel in London, promoting his new album “SOUL," October 2008 (AP Photo/Thorsten Overgaard). Leica R8 DMR with Leica Vario-Elmarit-R 35-70mm f/2.8, 200 ISO, 1/15 sec (with mirror up which create more movement of the camera as the mirror and camera is shooting in turn, fast after each other). Converted to b&w (and contrast increased dramatically) in Hasselblad/Imacon FlexColor 4.6 RAW converter. © Thorsten Overgaard.


Kylie Minogue. Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Kylie Minogue. Leica R8 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.



Miss Kolkata, Sheena Chohan. Leica M240 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4.0

   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4.0

 

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/2.8

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4.0

 

   
   
    Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/5.6. Here's a detail from that, ca. 80% of full-size:
     
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 200 ISO

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4.0, 200 ISO (shot out through the car window; you can see the blur from the window edge in the buttom of the frame)

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/2.8, 200 ISO

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/2.8, 200 ISO

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/2.8 , 200 ISO

 

   
    Marselisborg, the Royal Summer Residence. Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4, 200 ISO
   

Marselisborg, the Royal Summer Residence. Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/4, 200 ISO


Leica M240 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.
Leica M240 with Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 Macro. © Thorsten Overgaard.

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 as MACRO @ f/8

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/2.8 (see f/8 below for comparison of DOF)

 

   
   
   

Leica R8 with DMR, 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 @ f/8

 

   
    American actress Kelly Preston is wearing a Chanel creation by French designer Karl Lagerfeld from the AW08/09 Chanel ready-to-wear collection, Sunday, Oct 26, 2008 at the Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead where she handed over a charity check of £ 50,000 to the Sussex Air Ambulance Service on behalf of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation and the Church of Scientology at the 12th annual Gala Charity Concert. With Kelly Preston was husband John Travolta and daughter Ella Blue who flew in from Paris in their private jet for a few days in UK. John Travolta is currently filming
   

American actress Kelly Preston wearing a Chanel creation by French designer Karl Lagerfeld, at the Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead where she handed over a charity check of £ 50,000 to the Sussex Air Ambulance Service on behalf of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation. (AP Photo/Thorsten Overgaard). Leica R8 DMR with Leica Vario-Elmarit-R 35-70mm f/2.8, 200 ISO, 1/25 sec. Converted in Lightroom 2.0 RAW-converter.

 

   
   

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    American actor Tony Curtis
   

American actor Tony Curtis in London, October 2008. Leica R8 DMR with Leica Vario-Elmarit-r 35-70mm f/2.8, 400 ISO, 1/60 sec, converted with Lightroom 2.0. As you can see, the lens actually handles the light coming in through the window to the left quite bad; stray light is all over the picture field. It seems a problem at 70mm where the light reflectons seem to fill the full frame, whereas at 35mm it only fills part of the frame, usually the center.

 

   
    American actor Tony Curtis being interviewed at The Herrods in London by Niel Sean of FOX Entertainment and Emma Brumpton, October 2008
   

American actor Tony Curtis being interviewed at The Herrods in London by Niel Sean of FOX Entertainment and Emma Brumpton, October 2008. The guy in the background is Mr. Curtis' designated wheelchair driver! Leica R8 DMR with Leica 35-70mm f/2.8, ISO 400, 1/45 sec. Lightroom 2.0 conversion of RAW.

 

   
    British actress Judi Dench receives an honorary LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/Getty Images)British actress Judi Dench receives an honorary LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/Getty Images)
    British actress Judi Dench receives an honorary LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/Getty Images). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion.
   
     
     
   
    Marianna Faithfull arriving at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage)
   

Marianna Faithfull arriving at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion.

 

   
    Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt and husband arrives at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage)
   

Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt and husband arrives at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion.

 

   
    President of EFA, film director Win Wenders and wife arrive at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage)
   

President of EFA, film director Win Wenders and wife arrive at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion.

 

   
    Lifetime Acchievement Award nominee Judi Dench arrives at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark  (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage)
   

Lifetime Acchievement Award nominee Judi Dench arrives at European Film Awards at Forum on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Thorsten Overgaard/WireImage). Leica R8 DMR with 35-70mm f/2.8 @ f/3.4, 400 ISO, 1/125 sec, Lightroom 2 RAW-conversion.

 

   
   
   

Confirmation portrait. This photo session was done with both the 90mm Summicron-R f/2.0 and - as the above - 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R f/2.8 @ 2.8 on the R8/DMR. 200 ISO, RAW conversion in Lightroom 2.0. Click here to see the counterpart in the 90mm Summicron-R site.

   
     
     
    35-70mm Leica Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8
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Further quotes from Erwin Puts' Lens Compendium on this lens:

"Night pictures are quite demanding as specular highlights, deep shadows and large bright light sources
generate secondary reflections and veiling glare and halo effects . The Vario-Elmarit-R is outstanding here. No coma at all: in the critical zone in the negative (2/3 from the axis that is the zone of 12 to 18mm from center),
light sources are cleanly delineated, hold their shape and are without any halo rings. Light sources very close together at far distances are separated clearly and without fuzzy rings and have a brilliantly clear luminance. Dark shadows are clean black and the darker colors have fine color hues."
"It is always possible to take photographs with secondary reflections and veiling glare. No lens I know of is
immune to forced glaring effects. More important is the performance in more 'natural' circumstances."
"The Vario-Elmarit-R can be used without any reservation in strong backlit situations and in oblique lighting when the sources are just outside the lens elements. When forced you will notice an occasional strongly colored secondary reflection in the image. Efficient coating on the almost twenty free lens surfaces is evident. Optically this lens brings the vario
performance a few steps higher. The 70 position is the best and has Apo qualities."

 

   
   
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The Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH f/2.8 is a 1,000 g lens, 145 mm long and 89 mm in diameter. The smaller 35-70mm Vario-Elmar-R ASPH f/4.0 is only 400 g, 84 mm long and 70 mm in diameter.
Interestingly enough, this huge lens feels nice and natural after a while. As comparison, the 80mm Summilux-R 80mm f/1.4 is 700 g, yet the size of the 35-70mm f/4.0.

Also see my Leica Lens Compendium which is a complete list of Leica lenses  since 1908.

For detailed technical information about the 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R f/2.8, download the original brochure as PDF here.

 

 

 

 

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Sterling Silver Camera Necklace

Leica Definitions
Leica History
Leica Lens Compendium
Leica Camera Compendium
Leica 21mm Super-Elmar-M ASPH f/3.4
Leica 21mm Super-Angulon f/3.4
Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4

Leica 28mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4
Leica 35mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4
Leica 35mm Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0
Leica 35mm APO-Summicron-M f/2.0

Leica 40mm Summicron-C f/2.0
Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95
Leica 50mm Summicron-SL f/2.0
Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M f/2.0
Leica 50mm Summicron-M f/2.0
ELCAN 50mm f/2.0
Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4
7artisans 50mm f/1.1
Leica 75mm Summilux-M f/1.4
Leica 75mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/1.25
7artisans 75mm f/1.25
Leica 80mm Summilux-R f/1.4
Leica 90mm APO-Summicron-M f/2.0
Leica 90mm Summilux-M f/1.5
Leica 35-70mm Vario-Elmarit-R f/2.8
Leitz Cine lenses
Leica L lenses

Leica M6

Leica M11-P
Leica M11
Leica M11 Monochrom
Leica M10
Leica M10-P

Leica M10-R
Leica M10-D
Leica M10 Monochrom
Leica M9, M9-P and Leica ME
Leica M9 Monochrom
Leica M 240
Leica M 240 for video
Leica M 262
Leica M-D 262

Leica M 246 Monochrom

Leica SL
Leica SL2
Leica SL2-S

Lecia SL3
Panasonic Lumix S1R
Leica R9 dSLR
Leica / Kodak/ Imacon digital back
Leica Q
Leica Q2
Leica Q2 Monochrom
Leica Q3
Leica CL
Leica TL2
Leica Sofort
Leica S medium format
Leica X
Leica D-Lux

Leica C-Lux

Leica V-Lux

Leica Digilux

Leica Digilux 1

Leica Digilux 2
Leica Digilux Zoom

Leica Digilux 4.3

Leica Digilux 3

Light metering
White Balance for More Beauty
Color Meters

Screen Calibration
Which computer to get
Sync'ing photo archive to iPhone
The Story Behind That Picture
"On The Road With von Overgaard"

Von Overgaard Masterclasses:
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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.


 


 

 






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