ItвЂ™s looks and вЂugly ducklingвЂ™ reputation started to grow on me, and also I got used to the long focus throw. I started to think that my v3 wasnвЂ™t so bad after all. Because of the way people wrote about this lens I wasnвЂ™t expecting much, but the images actually looked great! They were sharp and contrasty, and I loved the way that the 35mm focal length could get more into a frame, which really helped me tell a 'story' with my pictures. In a good way! Online this lens is generally considered to be sub-par and soft wide-open, at least in comparison to the ASPH versions. In the mean time I used my v3 every day, and I was genuinely surprised. This was mostly because the v4 costs nearly twice as much so I needed the money. So I put the v3 up for sale, but I wanted a good deal. Also it has a pretty irresistible name (which is actually pretty unfounded): вЂњThe King of BokehвЂќ. What I actually wanted was the v4 as this is the smallest and lightest Leica 35mm. This might be superficial, but part of the Leica-charm is how beautiful, solid and slick everything is, which just makes you want to pick up the camera and shoot! So itвЂ™s actually pretty important.ДЄlso, the focus throw of the lens is weird, as it is much longer than that of other lenses with a focus tab (about 160 degrees in total) meaning you need to push the focus tab pretty high up (toward the top of the camera) if you want to close-focus, which felt awkward. Only the version 2 (v2) looses from the v3 in the looks-category, as it has a weird looking aperture-tab-thing. It just looked less cool than the old retro 50вЂ™s version 1 (v1), and not a slick as the version 4 (v4). Immediately, I didnвЂ™t like the look of the lens.

Leica 50mm summicron v5