Just following up from my experiment as I had the 50 APO for a few days to test it out alongside the 50 Lux CF.
Is the APO sharper than the 50 Lux CF? Yep! For sure, especially at close distances.
It also seemed to have a touch of Leica "glow" to it as well which surprised me.. I had expected very clinical rendering going in, and I think you get that, but I didn't expect it to have a "character" so to speak..
I couldn't really do a proper test with a tripod with family visiting and the short amount of time I had with the lens, but here's an example of what I'm talking about. One is with the Lux and one with with the 50 APO.
Now, having said all of the that, I did not personally find the 50 APO worth the extra cost, and I did notice how painful not having CF capability was for sure with the APO. I did get the 50 Simera in the same day I mailed back the 50 APO, and I'm really enjoying that.. it's actually sharper than the 50 Lux CF at near distances wide open. I'm going to give it a few more days, but so far it has me leaning to making a decision...
... which is, not buying the 50 APO, and actually selling the 50 Lux CF and just keeping the 50 Simera. Need to think about that a bit more, but I'm really quite impressed with the IQ out of the Simera. The build quality is bugging me a big, it's not in the same league IMO as the Leica, but IQ certainly is..
I'll post the detail of which image is which in the next post, just to avoid spoilers or if you want to try your hand at guessing.
Jan 03, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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