Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 20, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > Greg: I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures, particularly > from the Pentax 43/1.9. > > AFAIK, the lens codings only compensate for "cyan corner" syndrome > and classic vignetting. And the compensation doesn't vary with > aperture--it can't, since the camera doesn't know what stop you have > set. So it's just a question of which coding avoids cyan corners > without adding pink ones, at the stops you shoot at. Lens sharpness > has nothing to do with it. > > As for lens-body miscegenation, hey, HCB used a Sonnar for years, > David Douglas Duncan used Nikkors. Part of the fun of Leicas is that > lots of companies made lenses for them, and it's fun to try them. > Some of them are actually quite good. I suspect that being able to use other brand lenses will sell leica camera bodies, and ultimately more leica lenses... Steve > Really. > :-) > > --Peter > >> Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> My Pentax 43/1.9 lens is at the top of the list. The Zeiss 25/2.8 >> lens seems to work well using the Leica 24/2.8 Asph setting. I'm >> taking the Pentax out tomorrow and plan to initially try the Leica >> 35 and 50 Summicron settings but in that this lens is sharper then >> both Summicron's it will be interesting to see which, if either, >> setting works well. >> >> >> My mention of using non-Leica M mount lenses was not that well >> received in Seattle by some. >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> >> Calgary, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information