Leica unveils $4,495 limited-edition matte black Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH M-mount lens: Digital Pictures Evaluation

Leica has unveiled the main points of its new limited-edition matte black model of its Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH M-mount lens.

Apart from the matte black paint job, the brand new lens stays principally unchanged from the unique model, which was launched again in 2016 and obtainable in each black and silver colorways. The one bodily distinction is the lens hood, which is now built-in and will be pulled out when wanted. The unique Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH used a screw-on lens hood.

Internally, the lens remains to be constructed of 9 components in six teams, together with an aspherical component. Different options embrace an aperture vary of F2 by way of F16, a ten-blade aperture diaphragm, a 70cm (2.3′) minimal focusing distance and a 46mm entrance filter thread.

Leica says the matte black paint provides extra scratch resistance and, not like the unique, which highlighted the aperture numbers and distance scales in white and yellow paint for the black mannequin and black and purple paint for the silver mannequin, this matte black mannequin makes use of what Leica refers to as a ‘impartial inexperienced’ shade.

Leica says solely 450 matte black Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH models have been produced, all of which will likely be obtainable completely at Leica Shops for $4,495.