Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 7:25 PM -0500 12/22/05, Mark wrote: >I wonder if the new lenses will work on the Film Bodies, M7,MP,M3 ect ? > >Right now the widest I have is a 35 and I was going to buy myself a wider >lens for christmas, but I think I will wait until we learn more about what >new >lenses are coming. > >Mark > >On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:51 PM, pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote: > >>Tina, >> >>The article in the German edition of LFI seems clearer: Leica is going to >>present new wide-angle lenses at the same time as the Digital M. The reason >>is that the current lenses will become "longer" on the DM due to the crop >>factor. The 21 behaves like a 28 and the 28 like a 35. Therefore there will >>be the need for new, shorter (wider) lenses to fill the gap. These lenses >>will be usable on both the Digital M and the film M bodies. >> >>Peter According to Stefan Daniels, Yes! Particularly with the above in mind, expect them to be expensive. -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com