[Leica] Super-Wide suggestions

[sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)]

David, your post reminds me of an anecdote from a Masai Mara tour my wife 
and I did 30+ years ago. We had returned to camp from a day of bouncing 
around the plain in a hard-sprung Land-Rover, washed and were walking to the 
dinner tent; passed a fellow sitting on a low wall with bits of a Vivitar 
tele lens in his hands glass elements, tubes, rings, diaphragm blades, tiny 
ball bearings. As I was wearing an M4,  he looked at me pitiably and asked: 
do you know how to put these together? I assumed he had made the mistake of 
setting his camera bag on the floor of his vehicle rather than cradled and 
cushioned in his lap. Bigger mistake of course was no Leica gear.

Seth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers at casefarms.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Super-Wide suggestions


>>>Sigma 20mm F1.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL RF <<
>
> Yet another lens I considered. I had a bad experience with two Sigma
> lenses years ago. OTOH, I think Sigma has made some pretty fine optics;
> the Vivitar Series 1 90 Macro for one (which I owned); and several Leica
> lenses, if I'm not mistaken. Still, if it says Sigma on it, I'm suspect.
> Plus, what's with the EX DG RF designations? It's like they're trying to
> hard in the name to make the lens seem really special. Whatever happened
> to brevity and letting performance speak for itself? OTOH, the CV 20 has
> a pretty long name, too.
>
> Dave R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:36 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Super-Wide suggestions
>
>> Depends on the job, I'd rather have a 20 glued to one D3, but that's
> just
>> me.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> The 20mm lens is a blazingly mediocre example of nikon optics.
> Sure it does the job.
> On a nikon I'd rather shoot with a Sigma 20mm F1.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL RF
> than
> a nikon 20
> http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3280&navigato
> r=4
>
>
> " The use of aspherical lens elements in both of the front and rear lens
> groups effectively compensates for distortion, spherical aberration and
> astigmatism."
>
> $519.00
>
> A gorgeous lens. I like the look of it. Great rubber.
> Has all kinds of cool features to justify not getting a Nikkor lens for
> a
> nikon.
> Focuses real close.
> F1.8 and be there.
> And its cheap as hell.
>
> The 9-bladed iris diaphragm obtains beautiful out of focus image
> characteristics.
>
> Its Filter Size is a 82mm Pioneer platter!
> Room for lots of pot roast and plenty of gravy!
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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