Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barrel distortion is present in flat planes with the optical axis perpendicular to the subject plane. The lines of the building ( for example) are bowed out from the center. If you then make the optical plane not parallel, the convergence issue takes over and seeing barrel distortion is quite hard to differentiate. Personally, only fisheye lenses, TV cameras, lower quality primes or older zooms, and really cheap wide angle lenses have shown this side to me.... Something may bother you, and I can believe that the V4 lens does not make you happy all the time. If the iris ring does break off ( I am told by Sherry it happens when the lens is dropped on its lens shade....). It does not fall off nor break on its own. I should have been more clear on this subject. I have the F1.4, F1.4 ASPH, and a V3 F2. I am probably a 35 junkie.....I usually have the V3 in the camera as the best overall around the town lens. Its NOT alright to own 3 35mm lenses! I should join 35mm Anonymous. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net