Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/24

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Subject: [Leica] 21 mm Elmarit fringing
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:13:22 +1000
References: <aca72a432de8714276b743f5ae8d7756@cshore.com> <08699869-796D-462C-96CA-65026CC32470@verizon.net>

After responding I realised that Douglas may possibly be referring to
fringing from (lateral?) chromatic aberration too, since he has mentioned
aspherical correction.
To the best of my knowledge that is not corrected by the camera firmware.
There are options for that within Photoshop, naturally.
2009/4/25 Leonard Taupier <len-001 at verizon.net>

> Douglas,
>
> An uncoded 21mm lens with a UV/IR filter will give you the color fringing
> you describe.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Douglas Nygren wrote:
>
> I have been using a pre-Asph 21mm Elmarit on the M8 and notice on the edges
>> a subtle shift to light blue.
>>
>> My assumption is that this may be caused by vignetting, but I may be
>> wrong. Has anyone else noticed it.
>>
>> A friend suggested that having the lens coded for the M8 might cure this
>> problem. Does anyone know whether that is true or not?
>>
>> My friend maintains that coding helps wide-angle lenses. True?
>>
>> I assume the Asph 21 does not have this problem, but that's an assumption.
>>
>> Your help is appreciated, as always.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] 21 mm Elmarit fringing)
Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] 21 mm Elmarit fringing)