The Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar M is a relatively compact super-wide angle lens. Key features include:

Super-Wide Angle Prime. The Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar M’s aspherical element gives you high resolving power with wonderful image quality. While the f/3.8 aperture doesn’t allow for extreme low-light shooting, it does provide simple focusing due to its large depth of field.

Great Corner Sharpness. Despite being an 18mm, this lens has very little optical distortion, making it a great option for architectural and landscape photography. The retrofocus design allows for great corner sharpness at all apertures while limiting color shift.

Manual-Focusing Design. The 18mm f/3.8’s manual-focusing design gives you smooth, precise control over focus placement, and a 2.3-foot minimum focusing distance.

6-Bit Coding. The 18mm f/3.8 has Leica’s 6-bit coding, which allows the M9/Leica M-E Typ 240 to correct for vignetting.

Please note: To get the most out of this lens, we suggest using an external viewfinder to aid in shot composition.