Re: [Leica] 28 mm-R PC Super-Angulon

[Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>]

SP wrote:

> 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?

Oh yes, most certainly. As "what you see is what you get" as SLR cameras
get, this lens will show you all the effects it renders in the
viewfinder. You can see the image move up in the viewfinder, as well as
downwards (when you're shooting downwards from a balcony, or a flight of
stairs, for example).

Bernard.

>
>
> 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