Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks very much for the details, Bernard. One question, though: Upon turning the knob to shift the angle, is the change visible in the R8 viewfinder? Bernard wrote: > 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