Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] The big event
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:29:20 +1000
References: <p0623091dc5f0506c071c@10.0.1.199> <p0623091fc5f05abb7155@10.0.1.199>

Henning can make a Leica stack all on his own! And people accuse ME of
inciting technolust ;-)
Get well soon and post lots of photos for us.

2009/3/26 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>

> Here is the Summilux on an M8 on the left; then the WATE on an M7, the
> 21/2.8 ASPH on an M6 and the CV21 on the other M8. My 21/3.4 SA is away for
> a bit, so it didn't get to pose.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/Stuff/20090325-IMG_1293.jpg.html
>
>
>
>
> Well, I'm sick with pneumonia and I still had to go out and do some work
>> today. On the way back I stopped at my photo dealer, and....
>>
>> The 21 Summilux has arrived. He held the price even though the Canuck buck
>> has sunk a fair ways since I ordered it, so I managed a 20% discount.
>>
>> The lens looks great; everything seems as good as hoped for from my short
>> time with one at Photokina. Nice feel to everything, with slightly heavy
>> focussing that I'll try to limber up as soon as possible. The UV/IR filter
>> had come in a couple of months ago, so I have that as well.
>>
>> I'll be shooting on the M8's mostly, but also on the M6.
>>
>> First indications are that using the aperture only influences dof and
>> vignetting; other image parameters are for all practical purposes the same
>> at any f-stop, and it performs essentially identically to the 21/2.8 ASPH 
>> at
>> common apertures.
>>
>>
>
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Cheers
Geoff
'Life's too short for mediocre glass'
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