Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R Superwide Questions
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:57:15 +0100

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