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Examples: Dusk and Night Shooting
This page shows examples at dusk and night with the Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH on the Panasonic S1R. Images have been chosen to demonstrate the lens at its best.
Images at up to 125 megapixels. Some images have variants; toggle to compare.
Church at Night
On an iMac 5K display, the 126 megapixel image looks fantastic. But the right side of the church is noticeably less sharp than the left side, including the pavers—a small but noticeable optical asymmetry.
Overall, this is a remarkable world-class performance that few lenses can match. It shows that if the Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH is focused properly (accounting for focus shift), the results can be spectacular.
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Panasonic S1R + Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH
RAW: Enhance Details, LACA corrected, distortion corrected, push 2.4 stops
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