Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey, come on, Daniel - It isn't rangefinder coupled not because it 'isn't necessary,' but because leaving off the coupling is a way to produce a much less expensive lens. I somehow doubt that Leica would tell you that the coupling on it's 24 is unnecessary. And I know that when I'm shooting wide open and close - which is how I use wide angles, I sure as hell want to be able to focus accurately. Yes, I know that I've got some room for error - but I really don't want to guestimate at f 2.8 at, say, 28 inches. ;-) But that doesn't mean that you aren't probably right when you say that a 21 being a whisker off is won't be a problem..:-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:02 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Peter widens his horizons Peter, The 24 Skopar isn't even rangefinder coupled because it's not really necessary. With the 21, I doubt that the gnat's eyebrow will make any difference at all. I'm curious about the lens. Keep us posted. Daniel Ridings On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Peter Klein wrote: > > I've just widened my kit a bit. I received a CV 21/4 Skopar in the > mail yesterday. No pictures yet, obviously. > > Last night's full moon was a tempting target to howl at. . . excuse > me, focus on. The 21/4 focused to inifinty perfectly on my Leica > bodies, and a gnat's eyebrow past infinity on my Zorki 4. I'm hoping > this is not enough to matter, depth of field being what it is. I'll > have to shoot a couple of tests. If they are compatible, I might want > to dedicate the Zorki body to the 21. > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information