Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The latest R 19mm f2.8 is the best wa lens I have used. None of the R cameras have 100% viewfinders. Frank > from: Luc Bourgeois <luc@forcemajeure.qc.ca> > date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:02:46 > to: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > subject: Re: [Leica] Wides, 28 and shorter > > Hi again. > > Prelude: > > ''Yet another very though question appears here before the wise > Leicaists of this Leica list. But exhausted by the relentless onslaught > of Digitalia, one can wonder if they will be able to yield the swift > blades through which they focus the knowledge of the Knights of Leitz.'' > > Question: > > I'm presently thinking that anything wider than 35mm on a .72 M is > uncomfortable to use. (And I don't want a wider viewfinder M). > Experience with my 28 has proven the framing is very tight; I almost > have to press my eyeball well into the eyepiece (painful after 20 to 30 > minutes, I say), and I still sometimes get my shadow or some other > useless and unnoticed detail in the frame. > > This 28 stuff is workable for static subjects or during rare tripod use > where I can take my time. But for live action, it's difficult... And > I'm not mentioning the sixth of the frame that's always hidden by the > hood. Yes, life is though. So I've been loving up my 35, and that's > fine, but... I need wider views sometimes. > > I'm thinking I've got three options: > > Plan A) Nikon F2 and a good old Nikkor super-wide > Plan B) Leica R, (100% framing?) and an R lens in the 18 to 24 range > Plan C) 21mm ASPH-M with viewfinder > > I think I'd prefer the 21m option, but... is the 'viewfinder on the > shoe' totally accurate? I mean pretty much dead on? It would have to be. > > Are the Leica R super-wides as good as the Leica Ms lenses, or would > some Nikkors be good enough for 16x20s to my extremely difficult, > Leica-loving eye? (Yes, I only have one Leica-loving eye, the other one > is non-committal). > > Your thoughts, O! Wise Ones, are awaited. > > Draped in unpixelized reverence, I thank you in advance. > > Luc > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html