Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Wides, 28 and shorter
From: frank.dernie@btinternet.com
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 07:17:47 +0000 (GMT)

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
> 
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