Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 21mm. lens
From: henningw@archiphoto.com (Henning J. Wulff)
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:35:04 -0700 (PDT)

>I'm trying a new 21mm Asph. lens and found that the corners are soft and
>with poor focus.  I tried at all the apertures and the problem has been
>always there.  Is that a characteristic of this lens?  The center of the
>image is very sharp and with very nice contrast and as the image
>progress outwards it starts loosing sharpness and contrast.
>
>I've used the lens without any filter on it, on a tripod, on a Leica M6.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alberto

I think you got a dud. Mine's great, and I did comparisons with my old
21/2.8, 21/3.4 and a whole bunch of other lenses with similar angles of
view, including those covering larger formats at the same time.


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