Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Geoff, The 21 Super Angulon F3.4 is very usable on an M8. You do have to use the histogram as a light meter but otherwise does very nicely. On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Mark as I understand it we were talking about 3 possible issues, which > were: > Light fall off towards the edges of the frame The pre ASPH. Elmarit shows > 2.5 stops vignetting, the same as the ASPH. version > The Angulons look to have more than that and further, being non-retro focus > have deeply intruding rear elements. I looked at some and was not confident > that they would be usable on the M8 at all. I did not try it. > Possible colour fringing (from chromatic aberration???). Doug Herr tells > us > that this is more an issue with teles. > A cyan corner effect. This can occur with any wide angle on the M8 when the > UV/IR filter is used. Equally applicable to all of the wider lenses. > When the lens is coded and the camera set to detect the lens with filter, > the camera firmware corrects this. > . > 2009/4/27 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > > Curious if the current ASPH version of the Elmarit 21mm has had any of > > these > > issues. > > > > The lens in question the pre APSH 21 is the single most hotly critized > > widely regarded DOGS in the history of any Leica M lineup. An > > embarrassment. > > You'd use the SA 3.4 that was until the ASPH came out which was widely > > regarded as a landmark optic. > > > > With the excepted of two maybe one people on the LUG who swear by their > pre > > apshs have we seen images? This comes up on the LUG every 3 years. > > > > I'd use a Cosina Voigtl?nder 21 WAY before I'd use the pre apsh Elmarit > 21. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On' > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com