Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, Use a bubble level in the hot shoe to avoid converging lines as much as possible. Also, with the 19R lens, I often use the scale on the top of the lens. It never fails to be correct. Bill Christensen - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:27 AM Subject: [Leica] W-i-d-e enses.... query > Fellow LUGgites; > > Since I had been pondering the use of WIDE angle lenses, and was afraid to > spring for a 21mm Elmarit right off, or even a Cosina-Voigtlander, I bought > a $90 MIR 20mm/f3,5 lens, and bolted it to the front of an old Spotmatic > that I had in my shelf collection. > > Not a bad lens, really, considering the low cost, and not as shabby as I > thought it might be. I will say this- that even though the lens is pretty > rectilinear, even a slight upward or downward pointing results in some real > dramatic converging lines!!! Do any of you wide angle users have some tips > for keeping 'things in perspective', so to speak? > > Also- focusing is a bit problematic- I am so used to the split image of a RF > that I am finding it hard to tell when this darn thing is in focus! Usually, > I have been literally zone focusing when outside, and estimating when > inside!! > > Thanks for any insights you might care to share! > > Dan (Wideload) Post > >