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Subject: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 01:55:00 -0400
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On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:46:41 -0400
Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> I'd like to see Leica make a compact ultra sharp slow 21 like the
> Voigtl?nder Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 which sells for $ 379.00
> With a 39mm filter size. Not 82mm.

Zeiss makes that lens: 21mm f/4.5 Biogon C 
one of the best optics ever made with regard to distortion, flatness of
field and even illumination, as well as being incredibly sharp.

Phil Forrest


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