[Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Thanks for backing me up there, Henning ;-)

I can see that setting 16, 18 or 21 for the tri lens will give you exactly 
that (with the crop factor applied). On the M7 and
earlier it gets interesting.
I can't see the secondary pointer on the dial. I've only seen the 
illustration, of course, not the hardware.
I see that there is a second dial for parallax correction. Also a very neat 
little bubble level.

Really this is an interesting bit of hardware. My initial impression was 
that it was quite bulky. However when you consider the five
frame lines for wide lens, I think it is pretty clever. Certainly for guys 
that use those wides a great deal. (to state the bleeding
obvious)
I think if I had a need (could justify!) wider than the 28 for a film M this 
combination is awfully attractive. Bring it on. Think
about heading out to do the landscapey thing with one of each Tri Elmars and 
your trusty film M. 16, 18, 21, 28, 35, 50. Add the
macro 90 and you would be king of the f4 world. Also in debt for a thousand 
years.

It really seems as though Solms have hit just the right notes to excite M 
folk. I'd make special mention there of the new compact 28
asph. Given the posted prices I can see this one being very popular for all 
M'ophiles.

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
Henning Wulff
Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2006 08:29
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens

>Actually Hoppy, you set the finder for the focal lenght of the lens 
>you are attaching, as Tom alluded to several posts ago.
>
>Gene

Actually, it is a bit more complicated. You do have to set the 
'equivalent' field of view (or use the secondary pointer on the dial 
so thoughtfully provided).

After all, the finder has no idea whether you've mounted it and the 
lens on an M8 or pre-M8 film type thingie.

>
>-------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
><hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: --------------
>
>
>>  And the quoted price for lens and universal wide angle finder is 3,500 
>> Euro.
>>  Actually when you read the spec more carefully, that finder will display 
>> 5
>>  frames (all singly), being 16, 18, 21, 24 & 28. Since
>>  there's no interface with the camera (except for a mounting foot) 
>>I guess you
>>  need to remember which to select on the M7 etc or M8.
>>
>>  So for M8:
>>  with the new Tri-Elmar you set 16, 18 or 21 but you actually get 
>>21, 24 or 28
>>  effectively.
>>  If you fit the current 21 you'd need to set 28. For the 24, 28 and 
>>up you use
>>  the camera's finder.
>>
>>  For the M7 and earlier, you can use 16, 18 or 21 as 16, 18, or 21
>>  For the current 21, 24 and 28 you can set 21, 24, or 28
>>  For 28 (.72 & lower) and up you can use the camera finder.
>>
>>  My brain hurts, I need to lie down now.
>>
>>  Cheers Hoppy
>  > 51 this year or 68 effective with crop factor.
>  >

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