Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Jim Brick wrote: > At 05:37 PM 6/10/98 -0700, you wrote: > >I am in complete accord with Greg. In addition, Ed wrote: > ><<does this Leica marvel of slow lens speed exhibit typical pincushion > and/or barrel distortion?>> > > > >I shot a newspaper taped to a wall, and did observe some distortion at > 35mm, none at 50mm or 70 mm. > > > >I no longer shoot newspapers taped to walls with this lens. > >:-) > > > >Bob > > > > > I agree with you Bob, the world has few newspapers taped to walls. People, > places, and things, all 3D subjects, all successfully hide distortion. To > the point that... who cares. If you are a commercial photographer > photographing architecture, then get an appropriate lens. But for 99.9% of > the rest of us, distortion is not a photographic factor to worry about. > > > Jim Brick > > http://www.photoaccess.com > Of course this is not a lens for architecture. However, some lenses exhibit only slight distortion and others lots of distortion. Slight is better than lots. Where does the f/4 Leica lens fall into? Ed