Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/21

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Subject: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:49:58 +0930
References: <78360B7C-76FD-4E7A-A744-C1F95F887902@charter.net> <CA26873F.1095D%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20110622030649.GA63482@selenium.125px.com> <BANLkTikB+aa3cQM49hjJQppmFubQmW29zQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110622042815.GB63482@selenium.125px.com> <BANLkTikcr+t9qgfuxdbD4+nQcdpR9-=Dww@mail.gmail.com> <20110622044205.GC63482@selenium.125px.com> <20110622012416.6795650b@linux-xljf.site>

The colour shift can be fixed, but it was the increase in noise and
loss of sharpness towards the edges that got to me with the Zeiss 21
4.5.

Marty

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Philip Forrest
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:
> With the new M9 firmware, the colored vignetting is diminished in
> almost all lenses but the 21mm SA. The Zeiss 21 4.5 is a bit better, I
> hear.
> Anyways, it's very easy to either create a cornerfix profile for that
> lens or just create a generic inverted mask for addition in photoshop
> or your preferred post prod. editor.
>
> I love my SA on the M9 and have used it in color a bunch of times for
> some important assignments.
>
> Phil Forrest
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:42:05 -0400
> Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 21, 2011 at 09:34 PM -0700, mehrdad wrote:
>> >do i feel a like bashing every time there is news from leica on a new
>> >camera/lens? why is that?
>>
>> Haha. ?I was just hoping for something different with this lens.
>> While a lot of Leica's prices are astronomical now, many of the
>> lenses they offer are pretty amazing and/or offer something unique.
>>
>> There are just some VERY good options at 21mm.
>>
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