Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:18 PM 01/09/99 -0500, you wrote: >...The great lens I >refer to is the 21mm f/4. It's optically better than the older 19, but I >would choose the 19 for ergonomic reasons. It is a pretty good lens as >well, especially stopped down. (And before someone jumps on me for my >complaint about the 21 being slow, it's best to focus wide open). Remember, >too, you shouldn't put filters on the old 19, but you can on the 21. >Eric Welch With the old 19, it isn't quite so much that you shouldn't put filters on it (although I believe Leica "don't recommend" it) but that you can't. That is unless you use a B+W wideangle filter or their wideangle filter holder, (virtually the same thing but it takes interchangeable glasses) which will screw into the filter thread and work without cutting off the corners. I used my old 19 recently for the first time for Ektachrome Infrared, which needs a yellow or similar filter, and I look forward to seeing how well I got away with it. I find the old 19 quite a nice lens to use if you don't mind a front the size of a dinnerplate once it has the filter on it. Joe Berenbaum mailto:joe-b@dircon.co.uk