Anyone using an M8 with a current 35mm Summilux

Does anyone have links to photos, or opinions on how this lens 'works' with the M8?

My understanding is that, due to the crop factor, the 35mm Summilux would lose some of its wide angle features and produce more 50mm lens-like images. Other than that it should work fine. That's too bad. 35mm Summilux is a very nice wide angle lens.

I took a bunch of shots with this lens on the M8 last night. Excellent balance and feel on the camera; very good performance in extremely dim light at ISO 640. Smooth handling and very unobtrusive. About the same field of view as a 50 on a film M, so good for shots of 2 or 3 people in a crowd or party setting, where you're about 10 to 15 feet away.

I will post some shots this weekend. Short answer is I love it. (But you need to have the UV-IR

cut filter!)

It is the lens I leave on the camera. I love it. My lens is uncoded but otherwise current, and I

don't use the cut filter. My M8 ISO 2500 noise test was shot with that lens, sorry it's so

boring and at 2500...

 

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Here ya go Dave; taken this weekend with the M8 and 35 Lux ASPH. Click the pictures to see bigger versions.

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<i>M8, 35/1.4 Summilux, 1/15 @ f/1.4, ISO 640, JPEG fine</i>

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<i>M8, 35/1.4 Summilux, 1/45 @ f/1.4, ISO 640, JPEG fine</i>

Dave - I have shot a few photos with my M8 here in NY yesterday. Go to www.carstenwoehrn.com, then to Gallery, then Leica M8, all shots were taken with a current 35 Summilux. Carsten