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Looks pretty faithful. At least in the center of the frame, bokeh seems slightly smoother-edged in the replica. Reminds me of the 35 Cron replica.
Unfortunately I don't have first-hand experience with the original 35 Cron v1, but I think my 35 Cron replica renders slightly differently than the original, based on images I've seen from it. At least my 'production' version. LLL made a bunch of tweaks during the preproduction stage to modify contrast, flare resistance, etc. I made my purchase decision based on their preproduction photos and feel like some of the characteristics may have changed very slightly in the production version. That said I'm still generally happy with the lens, considering it's a 50s-60s era design, with certain inherent optical weaknesses. IOW, character.
With the 50/1.2, I would wait to see user feedback once actual production units start shipping, to be sure things haven't changed much.
Regarding my repair concern above, that is for warranty servicing (assuming LLL even offers a warranty). Given these are quite faithful reproductions, any reputable Leica service technician, such as DAG, should also be able to service these. That said, IIRC, LLL makes small dimensional changes to the replicas to prevent parts being used to service the originals, so likely also vice versa.
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