Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 9/16/06 7:07 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> typed: > Thanks for backing me up there, Henning ;-) > > I can see that setting 16, 18 or 21 for the tri lens will give you exactly > that (with the crop factor applied). On the M7 and > earlier it gets interesting. > I can't see the secondary pointer on the dial. I've only seen the > illustration, of course, not the hardware. > I see that there is a second dial for parallax correction. Also a very neat > little bubble level. > >snippet< I'm having problems with the part of the hype which right off right up front states that this lens is for ARCHITECTURAL WORK. Maybe I'm an old fashioned guy but there's no way I'm going to use a multifocal or varifocal or zoomifocal lens of any multikind to do such stuff. I'm going to pick a focal length and fly with it. Anyway, Henning or any other building specialists around here would know I wonder how often ultra wides (21mm on 24x36) are really used for architectal work anyway. Seems like it just turns everything into a point then the rest goes far away. And looks small. Although I did use mine to shoot every interior wall of my house. My ASPH 21. Which didn't seem very retrofocal to me I may have well been using a Super Angulon for all I could tell. But that's interior work and interior work is a sub set of exterior work. :) Especially basements. You can use that one. Mark Rabiner 40?46'58.65"N 73?49'31.68"W Whitestone NY 11357 http://rabinergroup.com/