Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/01

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Subject: Re: Leica Wide Angles? / Contax vs Leica
From: "Jacques Bilinski" <jbilin@axionet.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 18:48:07 -0700

> Try to get a used Super Angulon. Although slower, the older f 4.0 or 3.=
4
are
> even better than the 2.8 (sharpness, contrast), and the Super Angulon i=
s
> better than the Elmarit (sharpness).

This points out an advantage of the Contax Gs over the Leica. The Contax
have both a TTL and a non-TTL meter. The Leicas (M6, M5, CL) only have TT=
L
metering so the lens designers are forced to design their lenses around
this. This probably accounts why the 21mm lenses went 'backwards' instead
of 'forwards' in terms of optical performance.    =20

Jacques Bilinski           =F4=BF=F4          =20
Vancouver, Canada        ~    =20
jbilin@ NOSPAM axionet.com                    =20