Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Charles, The 24mm is an amazing lens, by far the best wide angle I have ever held in my hands (I have not tried the new 28mm, but I do not consider that sufficiently wide for me). And one of its greatest characteristics is the relative absence of distortion. Of course you will see some if you include a person in the corner of the frame, but much less than you would expect. I would buy it, chrome or no chrome. Nathan Charles Mégnin wrote: > I recently found out that there is no such thing as a chrome > 24mm lens for my (chrome) M6TTL (maybe I shouldn't care, but I > do). It's a real bummer as I am interested > in landscape photography. So the choices are between > a 35 and a 24 but I am concerned the 24 will distort the image > too much and the 35 isn't wide-angle enough. > I'd love to hear your opinions on the topic. > Thanks > Charles - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/