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2014-02-24T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

just became my favorite lens

spectacularly sharp and even. 3.8 not a problem with the M240 higher ISOs this lens has not left my camera since I took delivery of it. great for environmental portraits, landscape, and street photography.

ERIC K.

2012-08-19T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Leica HIDDEN GEM

I mainly use the legendary 50 summilux asph in my m9. Once I thought about buying a wide-angle lens that fits in my work: Light, small and as sharp as possible. I used to use one of my 35mm to do the work, but as you guys know, 35mm is anything BUT wide-angle. So I compared 21 elmar, 24 elmar, 28 summicron, and... Well I discover 24 elmar an INCREDIBLE HIDDEN GEM!! I think 15mm, 18mm and 21mm are in a different category, they are crazy wide-angle, I`ll have some distortions using them. I mean, they are excellent but the proportions of the subjects are abnormal. 28mm is not wide enough. In the end I think 24mm fits very well. Its a CRAZY SHARP even full opened. Its so small, light and well made. The colors are impressive, as good as Leica`s best. I know 24 is not a popular Leica format and thats the reason I wrote this review. When you consider to buy a 28mm or 21mm please consider this one too. Right now my package is: 50mm Lux asph; 135mm Apo-Telyt; 24mm Elmar and 18mm Zelss ZM (another hidden Gem). I have others but I never use them.

Osvaldo S.

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Leica 24mm f/3.8 Specifications

General

General

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  • Lens Mount

    Leica M

  • Color

    Silver

  • Format Compatibility

    Full Frame

  • Focus Type

    Manual Focus

  • Closest Focus Distance

    2.3" / 70 cm

  • Focal Length

    90mm

  • Aperture Range

    f/2.4 - f/16

  • Filter Size

    49mm

Construction

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  • Lens Elements / Groups

    4 Elements / 4 Groups

  • Diaphragm Blades

    10

  • Dimensions

    Length (without lens caps) 58 mm (2.3")
    Diameter max. 69 mm (2.7")

  • Weight

    9.9 oz / 280g

Features

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  • Image Stabilization Type

    None

About Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M Aspherical, Manual Focus (6-Bit Coded) Lens for M System - Black

The Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH lens with its handy dimensions is distinguished by very high image quality and a very wide image angle - making it a particularly practical wide-angle lens. It is suitable for a very wide range of uses for everything from daytime reportage to landscape and travel photography.

Even at the initial f-stop of 3.8, contrast and detail rendering are already excellent. At the medium f-stops, the depth of field is so large that it can even reproduce entire scenes in sharp focus. That makes it excellent for use in combination with the snapshot mode of the LEICA M8.2.

Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M Aspherical, Manual Focus (6-Bit Coded) Lens for M System - Black Features

  • Used on the digital LEICA M8 models, an equivalent focal length of 32 mm is obtained due to the slightly smaller image sensor
  • This extremely practical focal length enables a wide spectrum of applications extending from true-to-life portraits to landscape and architecture photography
  • The LEICA ELMAR-M 24 mm f/3.8 ASPH is the ideal combination with the snap-shot mode of the new LEICA M8.2
  • The initial aperture of 3.8 can be used unrestrictedly as contrast and detail rendering are already excellent at this setting
  • Stopping down is practically only necessary for increasing the field depth. Stopped down to medium values, the field depth range is so great that entire landscapes will be depicted in sharp focus
  • Particularly suitable for photojournalistic reportage and architecture photography when utilizing the full 24x36 mm picture format