Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jean-Claude, Greg, Eddie, Wilbur Thank you! Your comments are VERY helpful. There are plenty of numbers about 28-24-21 lenses but surprisingly little subjective prose about their application. That the focal-lengths and angles of view are so close to one another makes evaluation -- without making photos with each -- hard. I found Eddie's remark 'BTW, I use this lens without the additional finder attached on my M6' and Jean-Claude's 'IMO, a 24 mm is still an ordinary lens.' to be particularly useful in understanding what the difference might be between the 24 and the 21. I am indeed looking for an 'ordinary' lens (albeit very wide) for general use, mostly for photos of people with lots of context. I haven't been able to find photographs of similar views taken with each lens -- the Brian Bower book's photos are not very helpful in this regard since they are landscape/architecture. Can anyone point me to good examples for comparison among 28-24-21mm M lenses, either online or in print? AUSTIN. >Sure. > >IMO, a 24 mm is still an ordinary lens. The one you can use for all >kind of subjects, for landscapes, reportages, even portraits. A 21 mm >is, IMHO of course, much more difficult to use. The edges of the >pictures begin to take a strange perspective, you need a strong >foreground in landscapes, etc.. So I concluded that I would use the 24 >more often than a 21. > >Moreover, I carefully read the Erwin test of both lenses, Chasseur >d'Images tests and some more magazines reports. I have the feeling >that the current 21 is not at the top of what I would expect from a >(pricely) Leica lens. > >The last but not least reason is that I got a good price on the 24 >that has been too long on the seller's shelf (don't forget that a good >price in France is a very bad price in the US, though). > >PS : I forgot. I have an adapter to mount my 18 mm Nikon on the Leica >M bodies and I expected to buy the 15 mm Cosina when I want to go >really wide. > >Hope this helps. > > --- > Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) > Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE), Lyon, France > http://www.jcberger.com > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of AUSTIN >> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 7:51 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: [Leica] 21mm vs 24mm >> >> >> >That's why I decided to buy a 21 or 24 mm (I finally made my >> mind for the 24). Jean-Claude Berger >> >> I'm still trying to figure out whether to get a 21mm or a 24mm. >> Could you talk a little about why you chose a 24 over a 21? please. >> >> >