Leica is resurrecting the soft-focus Thambar 90mm F2.2 portrait lens from 1935

Leica is getting into the lens resurrection game, announcing earlier today that it will bring back the Thambar-M 1:2.2/90: a portrait lens from 1935 that's famous for exceptional spherical aberration that creates extremely soft images. The Thambar-M will be an accurate reproduction of the original lens, only this time around in the M mount instead of the L screw mount. The lens features a 20-bladed iris that produces round, out-of-focus highlights, and only four elements arranged in three groups...