[Leica] ZI 25mm on M8

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

These aren't the lines that come up. These are the equivalent focal lengths
when putting the lenses (on the left) on an M8. Unfortunately, only the 21
translates to a conventional focal length (28).

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Barbour
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:14 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] ZI 25mm on M8


according to Lucien the ZI 25mm opens the 28mm frame lines on  the M8...

Steve


On Mar 22, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I did this in Excel a week or so ago.
>
> 35mm  M8
> 15    20
> 21    28
> 25    33
> 28    37
> 35    47
> 40    53
> 43    57
> 50    67
> 75    100
> 80    106
> 85    113
> 90    120
>
> So, the 25 would be an odd-ball for which there are no external
> finders. In
> a pinch, I'd probably use a 35 finder a realize that it was a bit  
> wider in
> reality.
>
>
>
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G
> Hopkinson
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:21 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] ZI 25mm on M8
>
>
> Jeffery, I've read and marvelled over those quoted figures from  
> Zeiss as
> well. Not likely to see this sort of resolution in any normal  
> situation, let
> alone print, though! Still I've read nothing but positive reviews  
> on this
> lens. Don't know that I would be keen to take a file to it for  
> frame-line
> reasons, however. An external finder seems a little more civilised  
> solution.
> What should it be on the M8, very close to the FoV of a 35 on an M6?
> Hasn't Tom A got this lens and an M8? I'm sure that he can fill us in.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: RE: [Leica] ZI 25mm on M8
>
> As I recall, the Zeiss Biogon T* 2.8/25mm broke some sort of record  
> for
> sharpness (400 lines per mm?). That seems incredible, considering  
> that there
> are only 1000 micrometers in a millimeter. Does that mean it can  
> resolve an
> object the size of a red blood cell?
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] ZI 25mm on M8
>
>
> It has been, so far, my standard lens.
> Amazing lens. Great value (in the Leica scheme of things)
>
> Eric
>
> On 3/22/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>> Has anyone used the Zeiss Ikon 25mm 2.8 lens on the M8?
>> Does it pull up the correct ie. 24mm frame lines ?
>> thank you,
>> Steve
>
>
>
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