Unique Performance
The very high-speed and compact Leica Summilux-M 24 mm
f/1.4 ASPH. gives photo- journalists a new tool for their work. The lens is
ideal for available light photography. Like the 21mm f/1.4, it consists of
ten lenses in eight groups. Until the advent of state-of-the-art blank-press
methods for aspherical lenses, it was not possible to create these new
Summilux-M lenses. Hand assembled in Solms Germany, this meticulous
craftsmanship also ensures long term reliability even in challenging
conditions. The correction of colour imperfections requires great deal of
effort. and to that end this 24mm lens incorporates five separate lenses
with anomalous partial dispersion. As a result, vignetting and distortion,
the parameters traditionally difficult to control in fast wide-angle lenses,
are corrected so well that they are hardly noticeable in practice. Even at
an f-stop of 2.8, in effect, only natural vignetting is present. Patented
rectangular lens hoods fit Series VII filters.