David English explains why he believes the Leica M Monochrom and the 50 mm Leica APO-Summicron-M "seem to be made for each other:" http://bit.ly/1w2mJt5
CW Sonderoptic's optical designer Iain Neil and mechanical designer André de Winter explain how the Leica Summilux-C cine lenses came to be: http://bit.ly/1CTODdj #LeicaCine
The design of the Leica Summilux-C cine lenses took place over the course of several years in the late 2000s. But no measurement of time can accurately represent the efforts of various designers on the project. A virtual design team comprised of over a dozen people across multiple countries and time…