Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16

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Subject: [Leica] Who will purchase the 21 and 24 mm ?
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Tue Sep 16 14:38:17 2008
References: <31424392.1221480558525.JavaMail.root@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <6AC1927C-F084-4C2A-97FB-0E004DE91E9C@frozenlight.eu> <200809161127.AZY62694@rg5.comporium.net>
 
but we don't know how the leica will perform wide open.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote:
> At 01:32 AM 9/16/2008, you wrote:
>>
>> I have personal experience with both the Canon and Sigma 1.4 lenses,
>> and frankly, they will do the job but their optical quality is nowhere
>> near Leica.  You buy a Summilux to shoot it at f1.4, otherwise it is
>> just a waste of money.
>>
>> Nathan
>
> I totally agree.  The Canon 24/1.4 doesn't begin to match Leica for wide
> angle performance and especially wide open.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Who will purchase the 21 and 24 mm ?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Who will purchase the 21 and 24 mm ?)