Leica 35mm 1.4 ASPH. While the older Leica lenses are well know for their mechanical and optical performance this particular lens did not quite meausre up to "my expectations". No doubt Leica makes the best manual rangefinder in production today but over the years others have caught up with them...
Smooth Focusing mechanical operation, solid professional construction, no doubt better than anything on the market designed for any rangefinder; Optical performance is great under the right conditions.
The lens hood blocks to much of the viewfinder image for me and makes it difficult to compose the image on the fly; Flare on this lens is horrible! (even with the lens hood on) It acts like a lens with no coating, and you cannot see this until you get the results back from the lab, due to the nature...