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Thats a good point. I would say if you shoot people or subjects with shallower DOF the 21/2.8asph can be great.I can whole heartedly recomment the 24 Elmar as well... Especially paired with a Monochrom.
To answer your question I've tried both lenses and preferred the Elmarit personally but as Paratom says it has a more "organic" rendering and I mostly shoot people candidly and rarely pixel peep corners (landscape is not my primary photographic subject so it's usually an afterthought to be honest.)
I eventually settled on a 21/1.8 Ultron and that's not to say it's a better lens than either but it was good enough for me (actually it's excellent out to mid ranges but lack some microcontrast in comparison to say - the 21SE or 21Lux at infinity) at mid and closer ranges and offered the benefit of a lager aperture (important on the M9 based bodies.)
I did some vignetting correction (more to the Elmarit images).Thank you very much for these samples. At 1200 pixel it's difficult to evaluate corner sharpness, but I trust you!
Vignetting is a l little more on the Elmarit, and the distortion is comparable.
Angle of field looks a bit wider on the Elmarit.
It is strange though the brightness of the 4th picture, the SEM at 6.8, that looks brighter than the 3rd one, Elmarit at 5.6. Did you post the jpg with some post production?
I think for people it is a god choice. And formladscapes its normally not a problemmto stopmdown.Thank you very much for your effort. I checked the Hires you sent, and the SEM is sharp from f/3,4, while the Elmarit catches up from f/5,6.
I love the look of the Elmarit at f/2.8, it has that dreamy look at the edges that might be useful with people. The SEM is very analytical, perfect for landscapes, less appealing with people I think.
They are equally sharp at f/8, with the Elmarit having a hint of purple fringing at the far edges until f/8, while the SEM stops fringing from f/5.6.
Those pictures were really helpful, and I think I'll look for a Silver Elmarit (chrome addiction..), as my work is mostly people. Thank you again!