Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SP wrote: > I am considering buying the 28 mm PC for architectural work and have > never seen this lens in use. Will it work fine with my R8? Does it > require any special steps before pressing the shutter release button? > Thanks for responding! I have one and it works great on my R8. It's a total joy and razor sharp. It's most especially a total joy if you don't forget to stop down manually, because there's no automatic diaphragm. Come to think of it, this gorgeous lens is not a total joy at all. When I shoot a variety of lenses (I use three bodies, so that I don't have to change lenses), I keep forgetting to stop the PC down. But somewhere along the roll of film I remember and re-take the pics. Hey, architecture isn't in a hurry to go anywhere, is it! Important: when you shift with this lens you *must* stop it down to at least f8 and better f11. If you don't, the shifted part of the picture will not be sharp. It says so in a book I have about the R6 camera and I've seen it confirmed the hard way: apertures below f8 are worthless when shifting. But buy it, by all means. It's a purchase I've never regretted and the lens is one of my most treasured photographic assets. I don't see how people can shoot architecture on anything but a view camera without having a shift lens. Bernard