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Plenty of people still shoot the M8, which is a crop sensor body released 13 years ago. And the M9, which is a decade old and fraught with sensor corrosion issues.

The Q is one of, if not the, most-successful and accessible Leica products of the last decade. Like every other business, they do not tend to make sequels to flops.

I don't personally care about...

> the 24/1.7

Leica has never made a 24/1.7 prime. The closest would be the 24/1.4-M, which is relatively huge and doesn't support autofocus. They have made a lot of 28mm M-mount primes, and...

No, it is that the highest MTF levels are achieved at the widest focal lengths. Which is to demonstrate that high-resolution wide lenses are an extremely approachable endeavor. Especially as...

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> Panasonic and Olympus haven't produced any -f2 lens at any wider a field of view than 12mm so to think they will pull it off at 10mm f1.7 and as a zoom seems improbable to say the least.

The...

Definitely the best I've seen as well 👌

(razor) sharpness isn't a prerequisite of *any* lens, strictly speaking. The test-validated claim here is simply that the Rokinon/Samyang/Bower MFT 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens is sharp AF.

> I would take the phrase, 'razor sharp', with a grain of salt when used to describe a fish-eye lens.

I wouldn't. Are you conflating sharpness and *distortion*?

Eh, what?

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?sts=ma&setNs=p_REVIEWS%7c1&Ns=p_REVIEWS%7c1&sortType=default&fct=fct_lens-format-coverage_3332%7cfour-thirds&srtclk=sort&N=0&Ntt=fisheye& 128...

I've never shot an M9, although I'd note that it was released ten (10) years ago, and was Leica's first-ever full-frame digital rangefinder. In addition to the concern you're describing appearing...

It's about resolution and how well-corrected it is. Leica has a 50/1.4, also ASPH, and also even APO, which sells for less than half the price.

According to several reviews of what, against what?

Literally pasting from myself: "It's plausible, apples to apples, that the GM 24/1.4 beats the M 24/1.4. The M APO 50/2, though? Not a...

Leica does make a 24/3.8 and 24/1.4. The 24/3.8 is considered to be the most well-corrected of their wide angle lenses, slightly edging out the 21/3.4. It's plausible, apples to apples, that the GM...

> The M series diagonal resolution is much much smaller than a FF lens. About 1/4.

What? The M lenses are film lenses. Full-frame. 1/4 would be 2/3", or below the sensor of a Sony RX100.

Spending [x] for a piece of glass to take pictures with it, while also likely receiving the incidental benefit of it increasing in value. All digital bodies (inc. Leica) tend to lose value,...

What is a better 50mm lens?

Are you talking about shutter lag in LIVE VIEW? It's instant when using the rangefinder, which is the normal/intended way to shoot.

> Better performance

Nope.

> and 5 times cheaper

Yep.

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"The Summicron APO kicks some very serious butt in this test, as it should for $7,000. It’s sharper at the edge than all but one other lens are in the center."

"I can see some...