[Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/02/09: another lens test

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Nathan, I'm sure that you will enjoy the dramatic perspectives the 18 brings
for you. Actually it looks like it has done pretty well in this case (as has
the sensor) with the sun at the edge of the frame.
Let us know your experience with the coding. Mine is coded as the WATE as
you know. Before Mark gets cross with me, WATE means the Leica 16-18-21.
I don't know what you mean about a problem fitting the UV/IR and hood
together. My lens has a B+W 58mm 486 filter and the hood fits neatly over it
with no problem at all (on the exernal bayonet). As you know Leica don't
make a 58 UV/IR.
My Zeiss 18 with the B+W filter (and hood). No vignette correction post
processing. The camera firmware is treating it like the WATE at 18mm.
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/101813580
You can see from the EXIF that the camera has recorded 18mm with maximum
aperture of f/4. The WATE coding defaults to 18mm if you don't make a
selection in the menu for it.
What setup are you using? The Zeiss hood is pretty tiny of course. Being a
wide angle flower design it really only offers any shading at the top and
bottom edges.You have to give Leica credit for a much more efficient design
on the new Super Elmar. That one needs a specialised UV/IR though.

2009/2/21 Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>

> I got my 18mm Zeiss lens this week, so yesterday I took it on a walkabout.
> Not bad, except that it has the annoying feature that if you put on a UV/IR
> filter, you cannot put on the lens hood. In this particular picture the 
> lens
> hood would probably me more useful:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#477623426_TkgZb-O-LB
>
> Still, it is nice to have a real WA capability on the M8 at a reasonable
> price. The lens is well made and as sturdy as a Leica lens.
>
> Nathan
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