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Examples, Various (M240, Fruit Bowl)
June 2013 lens sample, which suffered from poor flare control.
Various images from the Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH on the Leica M Type 240.
Fruit bowl
Stopped down to f/16 for depth of field and sharpened appropriately, image quality is stunning.
This image taken at the closest focusing distance of the 50/2 AA and cropped, corners “burned”. Click for a larger version which is at 60% of actual pixels.
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Leica M240 + 50/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH