Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! I can't wait to get out and test my 24 this weekend! At 10:17 PM 5/16/98 +0200, Sander van Hulsenbeek wrote: >Francesco, > >I tested the 24 mm asph last weekend on my M6HM > >I am very satisfied with the quality of my Velvia slides. Very sharp to the >very corners >and very nice 'bokeh'. I found a little vignetting at full aperture, that >does not bother me, taking in account that I deliberately underexposed. >Actually, in such situatiuons my R19 mm/2.8(new model) also showed a little >vignetting, and that should be the best wide-angle available. > >I see no difference in color with my 50/2. > >Now the finder. The Leica finder, on loan, is dreadful. It shows you what >you take but what you see geves no pleasure. I have therfor tried the finder >that comes with the Ricoh 28mm GR >lens for the M (Yes!) I think that finder, very similar to the Contax >finders, shows, in total, a fine 24 mm fied, when you forget the 28mm lines. >My dealer is trying to get me one. It is less expensive ( my dealer always >says: Leica is not expensive, but does cost a lot of money) and nicely >crafted out of metal. Not out of uninpiring plastic. > >Sander van Hulsenbeek > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- >Sander van Hulsenbeek >at work: sander.vanhulsenbeek@solvay.com >at home: vanhulsenbeek@wxs.nl >and also: http://home.wxs.nl/~sanderva/home.html > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/