Jonas B wrote:
After having compared the CV35/1.2 to the Lux35/1.4 ASPH pre-FLE, and compared them quite thorough, the sad truth is that you need both of them.
The Lux has less LoCA and better bokeh in most situations. The CV aperture blades are nicer (imo) though. The CV is sharp edge to edge when stopped down while the Lux can\'t render anything sharp from border to border to save its place in the bag. As you mentioned, wide open the Lux beats everything, stopped down to f/2.4 or f/2.8 the CV is as good or better.
This is my experience from one copy of the CV and two different 35Lux lenses, on the Nex-5 and then the 5N.
EDIT: I forgot to mention the CV35/1.2 has zero focus shift. It\'s sometimes convenient being able to focus at f/2 (higher contrast and easier focus in some situations) and then open up. The Leica has to be focused at the working aperture all the time.
Jonas, I agree with nearly everything you wrote, but not about the bokeh. The Summilux 35 has in some situation a really nervous bokeh (comparable to the Zeiss 2.0/35ZE), while my experience with the VC 1.2/35 was, that the bokeh of this lens is always smooth (wide open).
But I\'ve personal experience only with the VC Version 1 and Summilux Version 2 (FLE) and both second version (VC and Leica) seem to have a slightly better sharpness combined with a slightly less smooth bokeh.
And you are absolutely right about the focus shift, even my Summilux FLE is not useable at f/2.0 at close distances due to focus shift, although on a NEX this should not be problem.
Boris
Mar 01, 2012 at 02:54 AM
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