Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/4/99 9:22:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dmorton@journalist.co.uk writes: << Intriguing. Given the *shocking* pincusion distortion this lens has from the middle of the range to the long end, I wonder *why* they gave it high marks? >> I'm pretty familiar with George Lepp and his workings. That kind of distortion is most evident with vertical lines near the outside of the frame and Lepp is a nature photographer specialist, birds and wildlife in particular, so his subjects are usually in the "rule of thirds" area and the backgrounds are soft. His use of focal lengths in the 28-135 range is only occasional, plus he's a big proponent of the TSE lenses (24-45-90) so any landscape shots he's most likely to choose one of those. I suspect he's used the 28-135 lens *just* enough to satisfy his personal code of ethics so as to be able to endorse it in print. DT