Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-24 • SEND FEEDBACK |
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Can a ultra compact 18mm lens deliver solid results on the Leica M11? And at what aperture?

This aperture series from f/3.8 through f/11 looks at near-far and across-the-frame sharpness for the Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH on the 60-megapixel MP Leica M11.

Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek

Includes images at up to full camera resolution from f/3.8 to f/11, plus size match for Leica M10-R.

Leica has discontinued the 18/3.8 SEM, and I’m glad I kept mine. The nearest things are the Leica 16-18-21mm f/4 Tri-Elmar-M ASPH, Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Elmar-M ASPH, Voigtlander M 21mm f/1.4 Aspheric, Zeiss ZM 15mm f/2.8 Distagon, Zeiss ZM 18mm f/2.8 Distagon (discontinued), Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8 Distagon.

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f8 @ 1.0 sec electronic shutter, ISO 64; 2022-01-15 16:09:40
LEICA M11 + Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH
ENV: Alpine Creek, altitude 500 ft / 152 m, 58°F / 14°C
RAW: LACA corrected, vignetting corrected, pull 0.17 stops, +20 Whites, +10 Clarity, diffraction mitigating sharpening

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