Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bernardo, I had the good fortune to borrow a CV 21mm from a good friend a couple of months ago, and put a few rolls of film through it. It's a great lens, you'll not be disappointed. As a LUG lurker, here's an image taken with it mounted on an M3, my first posted to the list: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/136920436/ I'm not much of a wide-angle expert, so I'm not sure I can offer much in the way of compositional tricks (other than watch your horizons unless you want converging verticals!), but as far as flare's concerned, I don't think you'll have a problem. Even using it in bright beach lighting, with the tiny included hood (not the big one that's sold separately), I couldn't get it to flare at all. The lens has a filter thread of 39mm, too, so all my existing filters worked with it, which was a nice feature. You can probably use it without the VF once you get accustomed to its field of view -- since your M4-P has 28mm lines, you can probably use the whole frame and assume you're going to get at least a few degrees more on the outside of the frame. Just crop a bit too tight when you're composing. :) jv On 11/08/2006, at 12:45 AM, bernardo feio wrote: > Voigtlander 21m use. > > hi > > After your advices I just bought a Voigtlander 21mm from an ebay > seller from Taiwan. > > Any recommendations about it?s use? Composition, light, flare,? > > One thing that I notice is that the view finder is really bright > and the lens really small! (the same size of a collapsed 50 mm elmar!) > One question: in the view finder composition lines there is, in > the top, a not continue line. What is the use of it? > > Is there any trick to use the lens with out the view finder? I > don?t like is protruding out of the camera and with my M4P I can?t > use it because of the light meter. > > B regards from Portugal > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Search > M?sica para ver e ouvir: You're Beautiful, do James Blunt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Justin Viiret <justin@sprawl.com.au> :: http://jv.sprawl.com.au/ PhD Student, nomadic network consultant, jack of some trades. Adelaide, Australia Mobile: +61 412 222 585