Amazing BARGAIN Leica Clone Is A LEGEND KILLER!! Unbelievable! Light Lens Lab 35mm Eight Element

Good day you awesome war torn YouTube camera geeks!! I haven't done many lens reviews but this lens has developed such a cult following around it that I had to see for myself!

The lens we are looking at today is the Light Lens Lab 35mm f2 Eight Element. This lens is supposedly a clone of the famous version one Leica 35mm f2 Summicron Eight Element, a fabulous lens that was produced from 1958-1969. Does it really have the Summicron look, feel, and image quality? You'll find out the answer to this and more on this episode!

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[johnpoulter]

Love the shots on your M9. Grain/noise is such a taboo these days. If only Henri Cartier-Bresson had known how important sharpness was, he might've got somewhere.
It's all about atmosphere for me, like your night shots and the beach scene at 5:44. The lens sure can do sharp if you need it, though. Interesting, but not at that money, not for me at least. I have couple of old vintage pieces from Leica and Zeiss that do some sweet magic, and a wide from 7Artisans that is flawed, fun and a gem. Cheers & thanks!👍

[SpaghettiPaparazzi]

Great job 👍🏽 this looks like a worthy alternative to the Leica. I would like to see that comparison video when you get the summicron. Keep up the good work your view counts are rising🤙🏽🙏🏽

[Grain_Damage]

Was waiting for this one brother! Love this lens - will deffo be happy to see a comparison video keep em coming! 📸🥳

[Rnder]

It's cool that these lenses are being produced, the more options the better, sharpness is over rated. I have a mid 50's summicron for the Leica M3, mine is has the goggles, as Christopher Walken would say googly eyes make thing less scary.

[numbersix]

Yeah, man don't get into that "content creator" bag, man, it's a bad trip. Just turn on the thing, and you know the thing, just rap for a while. You're cool, not into it for the big green and we can dig it. We just groove on your raps. Alright? Alright. Yeah. Stay good Mr Legend. Thanks for another cool and. thought-provoking video. Yeah that is nice boke, that's how they write in in Japan, it means blurry. Japanese vowels are exactly like Spanish, a, i, u, e, o. I like infinity lock, if it really is infinity, ha ha, because some aren't.

[andystenhouse]

Great video and some beautiful photos as always. I’d love to see the comparison video too !

[christopherrodriguez]

What a rendering, I’m not a 35mm guy, but that 50mm f2 and 1.2 catches my eye.

[markmarshall]

Great Lens, render is exact to the original but a little sharper. Well worth the money.

[TCMx]

good condition non-goggled originals are going for like 3000 US. the LLL is actually a tiny bit better towards the periphery, too. And given what Leica is asking for steel rim reissues, I gotta say I think this lens is a crazy good deal. I mostly own modern glass and do prefer it generally, but my LLL 8E has gotten TONS of use since I got it; it's unreal sharp at f5.6 in the center 2/3rds it just has noticeable field curvature even at infinity but oh well, the rendering more than makes up for it IMO. plenty sharp enough for the M11 IME.

[marcp.]

Yes, at just over 1K, i've read everything about this lens since ever then. I'd love to own it. But i don't own a Leica M, but a CLE, with the Heliar 40/2.8...it is really excellent, both from size, IQ and price - into correlation to each other, and very tiny...ideal for street. 🙂 The 1st edition of the 7A 35/F2 wasn't that great, really. Too much optical flaws, distortions, vignetting...but therefore it was way cheap, well...for an M mount lens.

[SourPlanet]

I don't think it does enough to warrant the cost different from the 7A 35/2. Slightly better in the transitions/bokeh...but not like the difference between either the LLL or 7A compared to a Summicron. The 7A is also definitely sharper at lower apertures and appears to have more contrast. Not that those things are "better, " just worth noting for some people.

Plus the 7A is $180 (or less!) used. Making it a pretty absurd bargain.

[ezragonzalez]

they are now $830 bucks usd now screw that!

[Janihonkalaxx]

Leica, its only brand🤷‍♂️ nothing special🤷‍♂️ with stupid prices.. there is many perfect lenses other brands👍🏻💪💪💪