Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8 (I)

Sharp, small, undervalued 28mm Leica This is a great Leica lens as far as Leica goes. The image is sharp, even for digital, the lens is durable, and the color rendering is excellent. It is extremely portable and light and will therefore stay on your camera for street photography most of the time. For me, the objective test is to put it up against my other higher end mirrorless lenses on my Sony A7riv and Fujifilm X-Pro3 with adapters and in this regard the Elmarit 28mm stood out as superior or equivalent to much larger primes. The edge to edge sharpness on a full frame was excellent and it is extremely sharp at its modest wide-open aperture of f2.8. You can find 28mm that are close to this image quality in the Voigtlander ultron 28mm or Sigma 28mm f1.4 ART on DSLR/mirrorless at a substantially lower cost, but if you are investing in Leica glass at least you know the quality and resale is very high.Read full review

Great performer The Asph version on the 28 Elmarit is a great performer. Good sharpness in a small lens.

Jewel of a lens!! This is an amazing little jewel of a lens. It is everything you would expect from Leica glass!!!!!