Why the zeis 35mm 1.4 ZM still wins today!

Jorge Torralba
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p.1 #1 · Why the zeis 35mm 1.4 ZM still wins today!

Ok,

last week i posted some 35 Zeiss 1.4 ZM images and summed it up to why I still love that lense 10 yers later.

That prompted me to write a review.

While the Summilux FLE is the "bench-mark," I�ve found that this 10-year-old Zeiss design actually pushes the 60MP sensor of the M11 much further in terms of micro contrast and 3D pop. I skipped the MTF charts to focus on real world results.

The full review is here: https://www.purerangefinder.com/blog/9/zeiss-35mm-f14-zm-vs-leica-summilux-fle-why-the-distagon-still-wins-on-the-m11

Thanks

JT

Jan 20, 2026 at 05:01 PM

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p.1 #2 · Why the zeis 35mm 1.4 ZM still wins today!

Nice descriptions and pictures, but you or your AI overused the sentence structure: "it's not just X, it's Y". I lost count after about 10 occurences.

If I had $100 for each use of "it's not X, it's Y" I could probably afford the Zeiss 35/1.4!

Jan 21, 2026 at 03:24 AM


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