Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: CV wides -- an object lesson
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Wed Nov 30 00:25:11 2005
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>I have the VC 4/21. You have to stop it down to about f11 to really 
>make it sing.
>It lacks 'sparkle' below that.
>
>I shot a lot of K64 with mine and the color was very good. Contrast 
>pops nicely,
>when you stop it down. Af f4 it's a little muddy.
>
>That said it's one heck of a bargain for the price. They even 
>include a bright line finder.
>
>feli

I think you might possibly have a dud. Mine, and Tom A's that I 
tested against the 21 ASPH, 21/3.5 Ricoh and 21/3.4 SA were 
definitely at their best between f/5.6 and 8, and were down by f/11. 
Difraction was becoming apparent.

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