[Leica] Re: 21mm or 24mm?

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

My personal experience is: I had a 21 ASPH for a week. I gave it back and
bought the 24 ASPH. I can use the 24 without a finder when I am not
photographing scenics. I could not do this with the 21. Also, I didn't like
the 21 finder. I guess I'm just not a 21 kind of guy...

JMHO

Jim


At 10:38 PM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I would appreciate advice and opinions about this happy dilemma.
>
>I want to get one of the very wide-angle lenses -- the 24mm ASPH or the
>21mm ASPH -- for my M6. Although I've read Erwin Puts articles and looked
>at the scanty materials on the Leica site, I'm having trouble working out
>which would be better. (I used to have a Canon F1 and a 20mm and I liked
>the compositions, although the quality and speed of the lens left much to
>be desired. I like the emphasis and the context whic a very wide angle of
>view gives. I've also used a 28mm lens, which was not wide enough for the
>look and feel I enjoyed with the 20.)
>
>My first inclination would be -- all other things being equal --  that
>'wider is better'.
>
>But are all other things equal? Is the linear distortion of one
>significantly less than that of the other? Vignetting? Other qualities?
>
>And, is wider indeed better? What would be the thing you prefer about the
>look of a 24mm composition, as opposed to one formed with a 21mm lens?
>
>And, among those of you who have already made such a choice, between the
>24mm and the 21mm, what were your considerations?
>
>AUSTiN.
>