Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 1.4 R lenses
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 16:41:10 -0800

YES, I forgot to say "visible," there was no visible vigneting in the night
scenes at 1.4
because the background was quite dark.

At 03:55 PM 1/22/98 -0600, Richard W. Hemingway wrote:
>Francesco,
>
> >stellar performers.  The 35 introduced visible corner vignetting
>
> [snip]
> 
>>The 35/1.4 also worked very well wide open at night to capture scenes
>>of a street market in Bangkok, lit only by street lamps.....no 
>>vignetting
>
>How can this be??? You mean no "visible" vignetting???  Isn't vignetting
>a physical property of the lens due to construction parameters??  Or am I
>wrong or missing something (again)???
>
>Dick Hemingway
>Norman, OK 
> 


Francesco Sanfilippo,
Five Senses Productions
webmaster@5senses.com

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