[Leica] Who will purchase the 21 and 24 mm ?

[ejcaliguri at comcast.net (ejcaliguri@comcast.net)]

I can see Mehrdad's point; we don't know how they will perform. I as well 
know the Canon's are miserable, but my point is that , for my humble intents 
and purposes, I like to get in close with a wide,; photograph the action 
there. With a Rangefinder wide at these speeds (and I use a 'old' Noct and 
like it) you'll need the external viewfinder, and to monitor your focus, the 
photographer will constantly be shifting from external finder to 
rangefinder. Even with an 'add on eyepiece', the DOF will be nil, and focus 
best be right on the money, and this may prove troublesome. They are large 
pieces of glass as well. 

My point essentially is that I am both an M and R user - and using the M 
with a 21, 24 or 28 I like to get the grab shot right in the center of the 
action. With the current 2.8 and 2.0 objectives, I can pre-focus, use f/8.0 
or f/5.6, even f/4.0, get right in there and shoot away. I can do that also 
with the new glass; but then I am paying for light I am not using. Hence the 
thought that I'd rather have them in an R version on my DMR (or better R10) 
than on my M8/8.2. Wide open at f/1.4, shooting within a group of moving 
people, I'm constantly framing and focusing with different finders. See my 
point? Then there are the 'corner cyan blues' to contend with - maybe.

Edward
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Edward J. Caliguri 
ejcaliguri@comcast.net