[Leica] 21 mm lens for M9

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I hear you Frank but they said that about the 21 Super Angulon a lens I"m
not going to die not using. Always a top choice. I saw the slides on the
screen big as life and there was not a thing wrong with them. Just stuff
right with them.  Ok it was on an M8.
People are very tuned into the principle of the thing and they let that
affect their eyesight if they actully see the results at all. The thing
should NOT works so well as its so close to the film plain. Well I'm betting
it can work. Even if it takes some added software to smooth out the edges.
The elegance and simplicity of a symmetrical non retrofocal lens will always
draw me in. it has to work. Those little image grabbers are pointed inwards.
And they get better at making them every day.


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> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:00:27 +0000 (GMT)
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 21 mm lens for M9
> 
> Be aware that symmetrical lenses are -much- less suitable for M8 and M9 
> than
> they are for film cameras. The 21mm f4.5 is reputed to be stellar on film 
> but
> poor on the M8 and M9 since the exit pupil is too close to the sensor. 
> Haven't
> tried it myself but there are internet tests out there showing this.
> FD