Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The sun came out today - I've been wanting to compare a couple of wides for while, but I never thought the difference would be so much, and in this order. A view from our skylight window across the frozen canal: Yashica 3.5/21mm at f3.5 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0738.jpg.html Leica Super-Angulon-R 4/21mm at f4 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0741.jpg.html Yashica 3.5/21mm at f8 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0740.jpg.html Leica Super-Angulon-R 4/21mm at f8 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0743.jpg.html If you take a look at the large versions, the Yashica lens is quite a bit better at the edges both wide open and at f8. I had heard that the SA21 was supposed to be not one of Leica's best lenses, but that a very reasonably priced Yashica lens is its equal or better was something I hadn't expected (I had suspected that it was pretty good, but I had never shot a direct comparison before). Technical details: Canon 20D at ISO equivalent 100 The shots have only been corrected for the exposure differences you get when shooting at different f-stops with a Canon DSLR, sharpening is the camera default setting. Cheers Douglas