[Bayonet] I purchased the Black-Chrome edition of the Summilux 50mm with the matte black finish. It's nicely weighted/well balanced on my M10r. It's a beautiful lens.


According to the literature, this is a limited 500 piece run. Although a hefty price for a lens, I'm sure it will appreciate in value over the years and after several photoshoots, I found it one of the best Leica M lenses I have ever used.

The resulting pics look great. I see no chromatic aberrations or distortions. I've used it for portraits and the images are sharp with that distinct 'Leica look'.

The lens comes with a matching metal lens hood that complements the black matte finish and classic look of the lens. The lens hood stores away on the lens in the backward position. You need to press the two lens hood tabs to release it, turn it around, align it properly, and press the tabs again to mount it on the lens. It was a little awkward at first, but I got used to aligning the lens hood to where it mates with the lens.

The lens was on backorder but became available within a couple of days. As usual, great job of packaging and timely shipping by B&H.


I love this lens!

[0.26 lb] Very sharp! I use on my M6 and my M11! I've discovered I'm a 50mm man. Usually the only lens I carry. Light, sharp and easy. I highly recommend!

[0.26 lb] Awesome lens. I am getting adaptors for my Sony bodies just to be able to use this lens outside of the Leica world. Too juicy!!

[Bayonet] I just love this lens and leave it on 90% of the time- I do practice with it and that's vital- but the results are well worth it! Get this lens!!!

[Bayonet] Added this to the lenses for my Leica M9-P, great quality as always, so worth the rather higher cost of the brand... and they keep getting more expensive, so....

[Bayonet] Leica M shooter for decades (now M10P), I decided to try the SL system with the Panasonic S1R coupled with this Summilux-SL 50mm. The combo impress with unconventional size and weight. Once working on the 47 Mpx raw files in Lightroom, your efforts are rewarded: I never had this type of resolution with any f/1.4 lens! No softness at all. The smoothness of the out of focus areas is remarkable, bokeh is really unique and makes this lens part of best practices for any portrait photography. AF could be faster, but at this point, I am glad that it is precise enough to get the image perfectly sharp where I want, mostly when I want it. Truly a master piece, this lens should be on your to-shoot-with list. I did some side by side comparisons with the Leica M Apo-Summicron 50mm f/2 and it seems to me that the SL is over performing it in overall clarity/definition at same aperture. A-MA-ZING. The real issue, after this one (almost) everything looks kind of faded, so you have no choice but to carry the load!

[Bayonet] The feeling of operation and texture is the best among the current 50mm lenses.  The used lens of summilux 1st is different from the used summcron and price is more than  $ 20,000 lens are badly damaged and it is too late to buy from now.  This lens is brand new, high performance and compact and very nice.  I recommend this UN filter https://www.un-satellite.jp/html/products/detail.php?product_id=308.  The genuine hood can be used with SCHOTTs glass protection filter 43 mm.

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[Bayonet] Small, unmatched quality of optics and build

[Bayonet] I’ve been debating getting this lens for a very long time, and I’m very glad I did. I think what held me back was a handful of the negative reviews about how the hood didn’t fit with a filter on. While this is true, I’ve found there isn’t really a need for every day street photography. The only reason I used hoods in the past was to protect the lens and an occasional heavy sunshine day, but my filter has got the lens protected so I don’t have a need for a hood. As far as the lens itself goes, it’s seriously a work of art and is pretty hefty for its size, a big chunk of well sculpted brass. Anyway, if you’ve been holding off due to the hood issue you might want to reconsider. Once this is sold out it’s only going to become more collectible.

[Bayonet] Even wide open in bright daylight the level of clarity and the amount of contrast is amazing. Clearly the Portugal manufacturing process is equal to the German one.