Compare Leica APO-Summicron-M 90mm F2 vs Leica Summicron-M 50mm F2 vs Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm F2
Construction
Aperture Blades
11 blades, with clickstops (including half values), manual diaphragm
8 blades, with clickstops (including half values), manual diaphragm
11 blades, Preset, with click-stops, half values available
Form Factor
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Normal Prime Lens
Normal Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Lens Mount
Leica M-mount
Leica M-mount
Leica M-mount
Material
metal barrel, metal mount
Optical Formula | Elements
5 elements
6 elements
8 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
5 groups
4 groups
5 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 aspherical element2 high refraction glass elements groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
55 mm / 2.17 in
39 mm / 1.54 in
39 mm / 1.54 in
Size | Diameter
64 mm / 2.52 in
53 mm / 2.09 in
53 mm / 2.09 in
Size | Length
78 mm / 3.07 in
44 mm / 1.73 in
47 mm / 1.85 in
Weight
500 g / 17.67 oz
240 g / 8.48 oz
300 g / 10.60 oz
Function
Angle Of View
27.1° Diagonal | 22.6° Horizontal | 15.2° Vertical
46.8° Diagonal | 39.6° Horizontal | 27.0° Vertical
46.8° Diagonal | 39.6° Horizontal | 27.0° Vertical
Aperture
f/2 ~ f/16
f/2 ~ f/16
f/2 ~ f/16
Autofocus
No
No
No
Focal Length
90 mm
50 mm
50 mm
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.11x
0.087x
0.088x
Min Focus Distance
1000 mm / 39.37 in
700 mm / 27.56 in
700 mm / 27.56 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2012-05-10
Made In
Germany
Germany
Germany
Reviews
Neofiliac score
86%
93%
78%
Pros
- Superb build quality
- High micro contrast
- Rather compact for what it is
- Apochromatic
- Short barrel
- Light in the hand
- Very sharp
- Short barrel
- Wonderful construction
- Exceptionally sharp
- Apochromatic
Cons
- Hard to focus manually
- Low maximum magnification
- Not as sharp as the apochromatic version
- Low maximum magnification
- Lacks weather sealing
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