Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark the specs and brochure are released, at least to user forum members. I guess they must be in wide circulation by now. It does look yummy. Its Dimensions and weight Length to bayonet flange approx. 63mm Largest diameter approx. 55mm Weight approx. 350g For us metric folks. But you are going to have to buy the horrendously complex and expensive super finder thingie to go with it. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 10:44 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens http://www.dpreview.com/articles/leicam8/ !!!!!!!~!!!!! I'm not seeing any mention of this mouth watering hot little volcano of an item as part of the dpreview article on the M8. I wonder if anyone bothered turning the page!!!?!. I think we're all to busy playing with our DSLR's to bother with what's happening with Leica. On your M8 it becomes an 21-24-28 mm. Film M users might clamor for a 21-24-28 mm. Putting it mildly. Could get them to learn to love the digital revolution. To go with their 16-18-21 mm which has revolutionized their Leica film shooting. Not that THAT would NOT also revolutionize their film shooting. As they've promised it covers a whole hunk of 24x36mm flim. But sooner or later it will be interesting and I think it will be after another year that Leica makes a lens optimized for the 1.33 "format". With advantages in the compactness end as well as the quality of the other end as its an optic designed around a much smaller image circle. And can thus be made to produce a higher quality image in that area. Smaller the circle the higher the resolution and so on are going to be. Some of us may not know that. Glass which covers medium format as in 6x6cm do not have the rez in a 24x36 area tat a lens designed for that format has. And its obvious a medium format lens is nowhere near as compact as lenses made for 35. I've been loving using my 55-200mm F/4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens. Featherweight and incredibly compact. Its an 80-300 which looks like a 105 2.5 or 80 or smaller. Especially if you leave the lens shade off. The guy across the street would have no idea you were getting a tight headshot of his Pomeranian. Or Shih Tzu. Or Brussels Griffon. Mark Rabiner 40?46'58.65"N 73?49'31.68"W Whitestone NY 11357 http://rabinergroup.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information