Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If it is corners that interest you, I would advise that you refrain from any rtangefinder system. Fine as the Leica M lenses may be, the imprecise framing endemic to rangefinders preculudes knowing in advance just what may be in the corners and extreme edges of your final image. >From: Martin Krieger <krieger@usc.edu> >Date: Wed Mar 23 08:37:22 CST 2005 >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] Edges and Corners, best lens for this... >I am interested in detail in the edges and corners, just where most lenses >fall off. Perhaps you discover afterwards you are interested in some detail >(maybe what is written on the wall) that happens to be in the outer zones >of >the negative. Right now I use the 19mm Elmarit-R new for most of my work, >not at all closeup. Often wide open indoors, no flash. I know that I should >be on a tripod, etc. But for my work that is precluded. Can I do better? >Maybe a faster lens (albeit less wide), maybe a different system (Leica M, >Contax G, Canon, Nikon,...) offers a gem. > >I also use a Hasselblad SWC/M with the Biogon T*. Its being f/4.5 is >sometimes a real problem unless I use film rated at 1600. > >Also, is there any thoughtful comparison the main normal lenses for the >various camera marques. From what I can see, very roughly, the Summicron-M >beats them all, but I am no expert. If it is in the archive or someplace, >just point me to it. > >Thank you, >Martin Krieger >krieger@usc.edu > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information