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Leica Releases an APO-SUMMICRON-M 50mm f2 ASPH With a Red Finish (No, They Really Did This…)

Chris Gampat
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11/15/2016
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Last Updated on 11/15/2016 by Chris Gampat

One of Leica’s most popular lenses is their 50mm f2 Summicron; and so they just went and completely ruined it oh my god why would you do something like this it makes no sense painted it all red–you know, just in case you want that. It’s a special anodized Red version that will be available in December for $8,950.00.

On the inside, it’s the same as the silver and black versions. It has eight elements in five groups, and focuses as close as a little bit under a meter away from the subject. Of course, it’s also a Leica M mount lens–which means that it will mount to Leica M cameras, some Voigtlander Bessas, and some Zeiss Ikon rangefinders. It’s also compatible with pretty much any and every mirrorless camera system out there via adapters.

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The lens opens up to f2 and stops all the way down via half stops to f16. For many Leica shooters, this lens is considered to be one of the best on the market due to its sharpness. Along with the company’s 90mm f2 Summicron and their 35mm f1.4 Summilux, these three are amongst the most highly sought after for those with the pockets deep enough to add them to their collection. Of course, if you manage to snag a lens like this then you’re most likely not going to go out using it for serious work. It’s going to draw a lot of attention to you, your camera, and the lens in the same way that red lipstick, red apples, red roses, etc tend to stick out. But if you want to grab it and use it to document the human condition going on around the Trump Tower here in NYC, then be our guest!

This is a very interesting move for Leica overall though because many of their recent M series cameras haven’t incorporated the red dot at all to go along with the low profile look of the device. A red lens is a complete slap in the face to that ideal to the point where I honestly didn’t think that I’d be sitting here after a trip writing a story like this.

But like all things Leica, they’re best experienced in person. It may actually look nowhere as fugly IRL.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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