Exceptional Image Quality. The Leica 35mm f/2 ASPH APO-Summicron-M is a fast wide-angle prime with an apochromatic designation that produces the highest possible image quality. The 35mm focal length has long been a staple for landscape, street, and all around general photography. The reasonably fast f/2 aperture lets you shoot in low light while offering excellent focus control when using shallow depth-of-field techniques, the eleven-blade diaphragm lets you render smooth bokeh, and the 11.8-inch minimum focusing distance lets you get in pretty close.

Advanced Optics. This lens’s five-group/ten-element design includes six anomalous partial color dispersion glass elements that provide a common focus plane for the red, green, and blue light wavelengths, effectively eliminating chromatic aberrations. Three aspherical elements with a total of four aspherical surfaces contribute to edge-to-edge sharpness while combating spherical aberrations. A floating lens element ensures fantastic rendition across your entire image at any distance setting.

Manual-Focus Design. This lens offers smooth, full-time manual focusing for utmost precision. The focus ring has a generous 300° throw, there’s a focusing tab for even greater refinement, and the aforementioned 11.8-inch minimum focusing distance is very close for an M-mount lens.

High-Quality Build. This lens’s compact, lightweight design makes it great for everyday shooting situations, and the front of the lens barrel is threaded to accept 39mm filters. For situations where you require the highest possible image quality, the 35mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH is unbeatable.