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The Leica Super-Elmar-M 18 mm F3.8 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.
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.
| Angle of view (diagonal, horizontal, vertical) | For 35 mm: 100?, 90?, 67? For Digital: 84?, 74?, 53? |
| Optical design | |
|---|---|
| Number of lenses/groups: | 8 / 7 |
| Focal length: | 18.3 mm |
| Position of entrance pupil: | 19.8 mm |
| Focusing range: | 0.7 m to infinity |
| Distance setting | |
| Scales: | Combined meter/feet graduation |
| Smallest object field: | 35mm: 827 mm x 1241 mm Digital: 620 x 931 mm |
| Largest reproduction ratio: | 1:34.6 |
| Aperture | |
| Setting/Function: | With click-stops, half values available, manual diaphragm |
| Lowest value: | 16 |
| Number of blades: | 9 |
| Bayonet | Leica M quick-change bayonet with 6 bit lens coding |
| 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 |
| Dimension and weight | |
| Length: | 58 mm (2.28 in) |
| Max diamater: | 61 mm (2.4 in) |
| Weight: | approx. 310 g (10.93 oz.) |
