Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never heard it called that, usually WATE (Wide Angle Tri-Elmar) to complement the MATE (Medium Angle Tri-Elmar) ;-) john ________________________________________ By the way I check its not what I put down on the email: a 35-50-28 I find its the LEICA TRI-ELMAR-M 16-18-21 mm f/4 ASPH. Called by some the Super Wide Tri Elmar or Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ On 9/18/13 11:54 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > And a very fine tool for the street as demonstrated by Lluis on the streets > here right now. I tried it briefly on the new camera too and it could > become very addictive. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 19 September 2013 00:22, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at > btinternet.com>wrote: > >> It focuses fine between focal lengths, though I can't say I have >> deliberately checked infinity, but have taken Leica at their word. >> >> The MATE is not a zoom, and Leica advise against using between FL click >> stops (unlike their advice on the WATE). Since the standard sequence for >> focal length of the frame lines is 35-50-28 the FL ring goes from 35 to 50 >> to 28 which makes impossible smooth transition through the focal lengths, >> so it has rapid ramps and detents on the FL cams for just those 3 focal >> lengths. >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 11:34 >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT. Nikon screen brightness and contrast >>> >>> >>> Does it focus to infinity in between fixed focal lengths? The MATE will >> not focus over a couple of metres when between FLs... >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> As it happens, it is a zoom lens and is perfectly useable with in between >> focal lengths, it just has no viewfinder appropriate, though the new >> camera >> has a live view function which resolves that. >>> FD >>> >>> On 18 Sep, 2013, at 07:24, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>> >>>> For the M there is the TRI-ELMAR-M 16-18-21 mm f/4 ASPH >>>> And I could convince myself it was a zoom. Its just missing a few of >> the in >>>> between focal lenghs. >>>