Leica M Lens System with Peter Karbe 

Brilliant presentation. Peter Karbe is an absolute master and I’m proud to own some lenses that he designed.

I never tire of Peter’s presentations. Thank you Nick.

Thanks for this video - Mr Peter Karbe is a great prof and gentleman

Wonderful presentation by Peter “Shoot wide open!!!” Karbe. AKA: The lens god ❤️

Very impressive presentation. Liked the cut away & explanation about the Noct lens.

Very informative talk. Now I know why images from my M are so amazing. Thanks

Thank you for this incredible presentation.

Great presentation. I helps me to understand what is Leica Look, and why Leica lenses are so good and expensive.

Keep them coming! Huge thanks to Peter Karbe that he is giving this great insights in Leicas camera and lens developments, wether it’s for the Leica Store Singapore like in July or here.

Hello from the UK! What an excellent presentation - I learnt so much watching the Maestro at work.

Great video and lot of interesting facts. Nick, thank you for sharing - I enjoy your videos very much. Cheers from Poland from a Leica enthusiast (M10, 50 APO, 50 summilux)

Thank you for a most informative presentation. Particular;enjoyed the history of Leica and the 35mm format.

What a wonderful presentation We all now have a far better understanding of what makes the Leica so different from all other camera systems

Really interesting to hear about the design decisions behind the M system lenses, and the various technologies that allowed improvements over the years. The information about sensor package thickness also explains in detail why my M lenses perform better on my Leica M body than if I adapt them on my Fuji GFX (besides obvious image circle limitations). Horses for courses :-)

This was incredibly informative and helpful. Thank you! I wonder if you could set something up to do the same thing with the Leica R lenses. I would like to know the how the R compares to the M in terms of the grading system he used in this video.

Excellent session, I learned a lot

Great, graet video. Thanks !!!!

Thank you very much!

Superb.

Wonderful! Can you follow up with a question for Peter? Who does he trust to make the lenses in his eyeglasses?!! I want to go to that place!

When was the follow up session? Please post link

When is the CL webinar? can you send a link? Thanks

Amazing Peter, great video both.

Very informative video. I would like to know specifically which 90 mm f/2 lens Peter was using for his macro photography.

The link to the second seminar is broken. Was it cancelled?

Did he mentioned the Summarit lenses?

I'm very impressed by Dr Karbe : a life dedicated to Leica lenses. I understand the challenge : size, performance, robustness, ease to use = not easy to build ! But why aren't M lenses weather sealed then ? Other question : constant aperture Zoom are not Leica's choice to preserve size and weight. However SL zooms are big and heavy. So I don't understand the point.

Early on in the presentation some confusion over the term ‘depth of focus’ when really Peter K means ‘depth of field’. Depth of focus occurs inversely to depth of field, so in a large format camera where you have less depth of field in the subject field (due to a greater image magnification) you actually have more depth of focus at the film plane, whilst the inverse is true with the smaller Leica format, where you have naturally more depth of field in the image field (due to less image magnification) but less depth of focus at the film plane, which means, amongst other things, that the camera needs to be built to a higher standard of precision, a natural for Leitz since the beginning. On a different note, people talk about ‘Leica glass’, which usually is very good, but I also think that Leica have always generally produced 35mm-format lenses, especially for their RF cameras, which have had, and still have, the most attractive and stylish external physical forms, that is, the size and shape of the lens barrels, iris rings etc. Like their rangefinder cameras, Leica lenses look and feel good even before you shoot with them.

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Are Sony G Master lens better optical quality than Leica M glass?

Not quite ready for prime time…🤣