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Product Highlights
- f/3.8 - f/16 Aperture Range
- 8/7 (Elements/Groups)
- Full-Frame Format
- Leica M Bayonet
Leica 18mm f/3.8 ASPH Super-Elmar-M Black Lens
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Overview
The LEICA SUPER-ELMAR-M 18 mm f/3.8 ASPH. will help you capture the expansiveness of space like few other tools. Nominally larger than a standard lens, it boasts an extreme angle of view of up to 100 degrees and reaches far into the field of super wide angle lenses, at the same time guaranteeing the outstanding lens qualities that are typical for LEICA. The LEICA SUPER-ELMAR-M 18 mm f/3.8 ASPH. broadens the horizon not only in architecture and landscape photography but in many other areas as well.
Excellent performance and compact design
The LEICA SUPER-ELMAR-M 18 mm f/3.8 ASPH. successfully merges ambitious wide angle photography with the very best of optical quality and compact design. This is achieved thanks to a patented, spacesaving, yet extremely effective lens hood. The lens corresponds to a universal 24 mm wide angle lens when mounted on a LEICA M8 model and a super wide angle lens with an impressive angle of view when mounted on an analogue Leica M model. Its retrofocus-like architecture features eight lens elements of which one boasts two aspherical surfaces to ensure outstanding image quality already at open aperture.
Key Features
- Outstanding optical performance
- Phenomenal angle of view of up to 100 degrees
- Exceptional compact design
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Product Specifications
| Detailed Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Lens Item No. | 11649 |
| Angle of View (diagonal / horizontal / vertical) | 100° / 90° / 67° for 35 mm, 84° / 74° /53° for LEICA M8 models (18 x 27 mm) |
| OPTICAL DESIGN | |
| Number of lens elements/groups | 8/7 |
| Position of entry pupil | 19.8 mm |
| Focusing range | 0.7 m to infinity |
| DISTANCE SETTING | |
| Scale | Combined meter / feet graduation |
| Smallest object field | 827 mm x 1241 mm (35 mm), 620 x 931 mm (LEICA M8 models) |
| Largest reproduction ratio | 1 : 34.6 |
| APERTURE | |
| Setting / Function | Click-stop aperture ring, adjustable in half stops |
| Smallest value | 16 |
| Number of blades | 9 |
| Bayonet | Leica M bayonet with 6-bit encryption for digital Leica M cameras |
| FILTER | |
| Filter Mount | Male thread, non-rotating and with stop for filter holder or lens hood. Accessory filter holder for E77 filters available |
| Lens Hood | Separate, screw-on type, included in delivery |
| MEASUREMENTS & WEIGHTS | |
| Length | 58 mm (2.28 in) |
| Largest Diameter | 61 mm (2.4 in) |
| Weight | approx. 310 g (10.93 oz.) |
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Leica 18mm f/3.8 ASPH Super-Elmar-M Black Lens
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