LEICA ELMARIT R 35-III(3rd)
Review and photo examples of the third generation Elmarit 35mm wide-angle lens in Leica’s R mount
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Gallery
- Sample photos were taken with LEICA SL Typ006.
Review
The third-generation Elmarit was released in 1978, and is a wide-angle lens with an R mount and a focal length of 35mm.
Like all previous Elmarits, the third-generation Elmarit produces solid, flawless images. In terms of image quality, there is not much difference between it and the second-generation Summicron-R 35mm, and there is no clear difference when looking at the results of taking the two together. The Elmarit’s maximum aperture is F=2.8, which is half a stop darker than the Summicron, but there will be almost no difference when used digitally.
The lens design looks similar to the second-generation Summicron-R 35mm, but it has almost the same lens barrel as the second-generation Summicron-R 50mm. The front lens is small and compact. If you are using it with a lightweight mirrorless camera, the third-generation Elmarit-R 35mm is also inexpensive, so it is a recommended lens for beginners to Leica SLR lenses.
The lens configuration is the same as the first-generation Elmarit, with 6 groups and 7 elements, and the weight has been reduced from the second-generation Elmarit to 300g, the same as the first-generation Elmarit. There are three types of mount shapes for lenses: 3-cam, R-cam, and ROM-equipped.
Specification and Competitor
| Lens name | ELMARIT-R 35-I | ELMARIT-R 35-II | ELMARIT-R 35-III |
| Focal length(mm) | 35 | ← | ← |
| Max aperture | 2.8 | ← | ← |
| Min aperture | 22 | ← | ← |
| Leaf blade | 6 | ← | ← |
| Lens Construction | 6群7枚 | 5群7枚 | 6群7枚 |
| Min distance(m) | 0.3 | ← | ← |
| Lens length(mm) | 40 | 40 | 41.6 |
| Max diameter(mm) | 63 | 63 | 66 |
| Filter Size(mm) | 43.5 Series 6 | 48 Series 7 | 55 |
| Weight(g) | 310 | 410 | 305 |
| Lens hood | 12564 Cylindrical shape, iron hook, reversible Shared with SUMMICRON-R 50mm Lens cap is 14163 | 12509 Rectangular shape, screw and pin-fixed Shared with ELMARIT-R 28mm | Build in |
| Production number*1 | 31,950(end of 1971) | 8,250(end of 1977) | 15,000(end of 1992) |
| Release date | 1963- | 1972- | 1978- |
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- 2024.7.28
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