[Leica] Leica M8 hands on

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Wait, Henning - Don't you mean that a 21 is a 28 on the M8?
>Sounds like a neat camera, needless to say.

Nope. As in '21' refers to 21mm, not a specific angle of view. A 21mm 
lens on an M8 is the same angle of view as a 28mm lens on film.

>
>On 9/14/06 4:27 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>
>>>  Thanks much for the first hand information, Henning.
>>>
>>>>   My favourite lenses on the M8 were the 21 and 35/1.4 ASPH and 75/1.4
>>>
>>>  Did you frame the 21 with an accessory finder, or were you able to
>>>  use the regular
>>>  viewfinder effectively despite the missing frame lines?
>>>
>>>  Thanks again,
>>>
>>>  Clyde Rogers
>>
>  > Used the little 28/35 CV finder. 28 on film is exactly 21 on M8.

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