Comments on: Light Lens Lab 35/1.4 Double Aspheric Replica reviewed https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Eric https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-77413 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:16:01 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-77413 In reply to Ed Schwartzreich.

Hi Ed and Kannan, if it’s timelined for 2025 I am extremely excited for it and will hold out on my first 35mm F1.4 till then. I’ve been consistently hunting for a unique 35mm F1.4 that’s not Summilux or Nokton and light lens lab is something I’ve been eyeing. I missed out on the LLL 28mm elmarit v1 due to a seeing a good deal on a Leica Elmarit 28mm V3. Would love to grab a 35mm F1.4.

]]> By: Ed Schwartzreich https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-77396 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:31:32 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-77396 In reply to Eric.

I am waiting eagerly too. The next two lenses to appear will likely be a updated Rigid 50/2 Summicron, and LLL‘s original take on the 35/2AA, using their own lens formula. And probably much else.

Ed

]]> By: Kannan https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-77395 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:22:54 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-77395 In reply to Eric.

Hi
I hear from a dealer in HK that it is slated for next year. Not sure when.
Meanwhile i got the cooke panchro 50 and have been really happy with it. (My first LLL lens)
Best
Kannan

]]> By: Eric https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-77393 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:04:10 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-77393 Does anyone have an update on this len’s progress? I’ve been hunting for a 35mm F1.4 for the longest time and this is extremely unique and interesting. Would love to have this for my first LLL lens.

]]> By: Ed Schwartzreich https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-73733 Fri, 17 May 2024 00:03:28 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-73733 In reply to Kannan.

If these are with the original 35/1.4 AA wide open, then they do not show any CA that I can see. Interesting. We will have to await the commercial lens from LLL I guess.

Thanks for the input.

Ed

]]> By: Kannan https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-73731 Thu, 16 May 2024 20:18:43 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-73731 In reply to Ed Schwartzreich.

Hi Ed
just saw this
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12tn49tJ2vnQ7ojUKsnaiM2Ww3pd7BszA?usp=sharing

there are some DNGs here in the link
unfortunately i no longer own the lens. but i hope these files are good enough

]]> By: Ed Schwartzreich https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-73536 Mon, 06 May 2024 12:28:16 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-73536 In reply to Kannan.

Thank you for your reply. I had of course wished I had my old 35/1.4AA to make a direct comparison. I had not seen any obvious CA with my original lens.

I had previously read the Reddotforum article too. It did not say the CA was absent, merely that it had less.

Mr. Zhou implies that one sees more CA with older lenses and new high res digital sensors. The CA I found was subtle, and I know would not have obviously shown up on film for me, or likely not with a 24MP sensor, because it would have been lost in the blur on images enlarged 300x.

If you yourself own an original 35/1.4AA, please shoot tree branches against the sky with an M10 or M11 and show us the results on high enlargement.

Ed

]]> By: Kannan https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-73534 Mon, 06 May 2024 11:22:55 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-73534 having used the original AA i can say that it has no CA even in adverse conditions. the comparison by reddot forum as well confirms this.. AA ia a very unique and superior lens… https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2012/08/the-leica-35mm-f-1-4-summilux-aspherical-vs-asph-fle/
the ASPH (pre-fle)version comes very close to the AA version and a great lens. some internet rumor on focus shift has caused a bad reputation for it ! i have had few copies of the pre-fle version but none of them had a focus shift issue.

]]> By: Ed Schwartzreich https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-71849 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:14:59 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-71849 For Mike – perhaps I was wrong about that glass and Peter!!

Ed

]]> By: Mike Evans https://www.macfilos.com/2024/02/26/light-lens-lab-35-1-4-double-aspheric-replica-reviewed/#comment-71846 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:03:29 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68224#comment-71846 In reply to Ed Schwartzreich.

I can’t find the reference although I am sure PK has done a video. All I remember was the “90xx” but that could be a common factor in designations. I know nothing about glass types. I know there is one particular glass, starting with 90, that makes PK weak at the knees (as he told us).

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