Leica Summilux 24mm F1.4 ASPH | Leica M Lens | Black | 11601

Description

The high-speed and compact LEICA SUMMILUX-M 24 mm f/1.4 ASPH. givesphotographers a new tool for their work. The lens is ideal for available light photography. Like the 21mm f/1.4, it consists of ten lens elementsin eight groups. Until the advent of our state-of-the-art blank-press methods for aspherical lenses, it was not possible to create these new Summilux-M lenses. Hand assembled in Solms Germany, this meticulous craftsmanship also ensures long term reliability even in challenging conditions. The correction of colour imperfections requires a great deal of effort. and so to this end the24mm Summilux lens incorporates five separate elementswith anomalous partial dispersion. As a result, vignetting and distortion, the parameters traditionally difficult to control in fast wide-angle lenses, are corrected so well that they are hardly noticeable in practice. Even at an f-stop of 2.8, in effect, only natural vignetting is present. Patented rectangular lens hoods fit Series VII filters. The effective focal length with Leic M8 series cameras is 32mm, making it a highly useful standard wide lens.