LEICA ELMARIT R 19mm(Type-2)

Review and Photo example of ELMARIT-R 19mm type-2.

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Gallery

LEICA R8 +DMR（Digital module R）

CANON EOS-1DsMKIII

Review

The Elmarito 19mm type 2 is a 19mm wide-angle lens for Leica R, and the 19mm type 2 has a modern lens barrel and comes with a nice square hood.
Like the Super Elmar R 15mm, Super Elmarito R 15mm, and Fisheye Elmarito R 16mm, it has a rotary filter change function (4 types: NDx1, Or, YG, and KB12) at the tip of the lens.
Filters cannot be attached because there is no threaded groove at the tip of the lens and a series filter cannot be inserted into the hood. To protect the front of the lens, you will rely on a cap that fits over the hood.

It’s a well-corrected wide-angle lens, and I have no complaints about it in normal use. Even with a hood, strange colors can appear in backlit situations, so you need to be careful about the lighting conditions. Additionally, when the aperture is wide open, vignetting can be seen.
The minimum shooting distance is 30cm, which allows you to get close enough.

When used with DMR, the focal length is equivalent to 19×1.37=26mm, making it a wide-angle lens that is not too wide, which is just right.
The lens has a dark overall color, so increasing the contrast a little will improve the look.

When using this lens with an optical viewfinder, I find it difficult to focus, which is typical of wide-angle lenses, perhaps due to the synergistic effect of my poor eyesight and the EOS viewfinder. In the Leica SL that I used previously, the EVF had a magnification function that allowed me to reliably check the focus. EVFs surpass optical viewfinders in terms of reliable focusing.
I owned the older 19mm F2.8 I type for a short time, but due to its larger body, I often use the newer II type if the focal length is the same, so I sold it.

When I shoot this lens with my ESO-1Ds MKIII, an error 20 (Err20) occurs every time I take a photo. This is the second time this error has occurred, following the SUMMILUX-R 35mm F1.4. You can take a picture again by removing the lens and turning off the power, but it is cumbersome to do so for each shot, so it is not used with the 1DsMKIII.

Specification

Item	Value	note
focal length(mm)	19
Maximum aperture	2.8
Minimum aperture	22
Lens configuration	10groups 12elements
Minimum distance(m)	0.3
Lens length(mm)	60	Distance from mount flange
Lens max diameter(mm)	71
Filter diameter(mm)	Could not use.
Weight(g)	560