Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Justin, Welcome into the light. With images like the one you directed us to, unlurk much more often. Very few of us really bite. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/10/06, Justin Viiret <jviiret@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Bernardo, > > I had the good fortune to borrow a CV 21mm from a good friend a > couple of months ago, and put a few rolls of film through it. It's a > great lens, you'll not be disappointed. As a LUG lurker, here's an > image taken with it mounted on an M3, my first posted to the list: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/136920436/ > > I'm not much of a wide-angle expert, so I'm not sure I can offer much > in the way of compositional tricks (other than watch your horizons > unless you want converging verticals!), but as far as flare's > concerned, I don't think you'll have a problem. Even using it in > bright beach lighting, with the tiny included hood (not the big one > that's sold separately), I couldn't get it to flare at all. The lens > has a filter thread of 39mm, too, so all my existing filters worked > with it, which was a nice feature. > > You can probably use it without the VF once you get accustomed to its > field of view -- since your M4-P has 28mm lines, you can probably use > the whole frame and assume you're going to get at least a few degrees > more on the outside of the frame. Just crop a bit too tight when > you're composing. :) > > jv > > On 11/08/2006, at 12:45 AM, bernardo feio wrote: > > > Voigtlander 21m use. > > > > hi > > > > After your advices I just bought a Voigtlander 21mm from an ebay > > seller from Taiwan. > > > > Any recommendations about it's use? Composition, light, flare,? > > > > One thing that I notice is that the view finder is really bright > > and the lens really small! (the same size of a collapsed 50 mm elmar!) > > One question: in the view finder composition lines there is, in > > the top, a not continue line. What is the use of it? > > > > Is there any trick to use the lens with out the view finder? I > > don't like is protruding out of the camera and with my M4P I can't > > use it because of the light meter. > > > > B regards from Portugal > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Search > > M?sica para ver e ouvir: You're Beautiful, do James Blunt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Justin Viiret <justin@sprawl.com.au> :: http://jv.sprawl.com.au/ > PhD Student, nomadic network consultant, jack of some trades. > Adelaide, Australia > Mobile: +61 412 222 585 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >