Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH.
11. Summary
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Pros:
- very solid, weather-sealed casing made of metal,
- sensational image quality in the frame centre,
- very good image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
- good image quality on the edge of full frame,
- lack of problems with spherical aberration,
- slight longitudinal chromatic aberration,
- sensational correction of lateral chromatic aberration,
- zero distortion,
- very low astigmatism,
- accurate and silent autofocus.
Cons:
- huge focus breathing,
- price.
If a lens comes with a truly cosmic price tag, that of about $5775, is significantly big and heavy, and is produced by a very renowned manufacturer, you expect an outstanding performance, nothing less. Meanwhile in our test it got several medium results – coma could have been a bit less pronounced, the appearance of out-of-focus circles of light could have been nicer, the autofocus could have been faster, the performance against bright light – a tad better. It's true that we didn't have a reason to criticise the Leica in any of these categories but if you handle a piece of equipment that is positioned at such a high price point you are fully entitled to extremely high expectations.
All my remarks don't change the fact that the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH. is an extremely sharp lens that will be listed as a record-breaking model of the L-mount system for a very long time. We should give it a particular credit for just that.
