Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:40 PM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote: > Any wide angle lens that >covers an angle greater than 90 degrees may create a problem. Yes, he's right. And on top of that, when you get into very wide lenses, like the 19 or wider, light travels so much farther through glass at the corners than in the center that distortion occurs. Thus the reason why Leica won't put filter threads on the front of lenses wider than 21. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Canadian DOS prompt: EH?\>