Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg: I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures, particularly from the Pentax 43/1.9. AFAIK, the lens codings only compensate for "cyan corner" syndrome and classic vignetting. And the compensation doesn't vary with aperture--it can't, since the camera doesn't know what stop you have set. So it's just a question of which coding avoids cyan corners without adding pink ones, at the stops you shoot at. Lens sharpness has nothing to do with it. As for lens-body miscegenation, hey, HCB used a Sonnar for years, David Douglas Duncan used Nikkors. Part of the fun of Leicas is that lots of companies made lenses for them, and it's fun to try them. Some of them are actually quite good. Really. :-) --Peter > Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> wrote: > > My Pentax 43/1.9 lens is at the top of the list. The Zeiss 25/2.8 lens > seems to work well using the Leica 24/2.8 Asph setting. I'm taking the > Pentax out tomorrow and plan to initially try the Leica 35 and 50 > Summicron settings but in that this lens is sharper then both Summicron's > it will be interesting to see which, if either, setting works well. > > > > My mention of using non-Leica M mount lenses was not that well received in > Seattle by some. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada