Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M8 sensor, being smaller, has a less oblique angle on rays from the lens at its edges of the sensor.....thus it is more forgiving of wide angle non-retrofocus lenses.... OTOH, if you take into account the smaller angle of view, would a 15mm Lens on the M8 create more or less problems than a 20mm lens on a M9? If it were the same design, then the problem seems to be the same or close..... if the designs were different, ( which is what I would guess) the answer would be only a guess. You would need to test it to find out. The answer to the 21 SA on the M9 would be interesting... anyone have a lens and a M9 to try it out? Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net It was pretty obvious that the Zeiss >> 21mm f4.5 would be unsuitable for digital > > I'm sorry Frank, I don't follow... why is that and does it apply to the Leica > 21/2.8 Elmarit ASPH on the M9....? > > Does that apply to use with the appropriate external viewfinder? > > > > thanks, Steve The glass which has problems seems to be the most non retrofocal. Those are true compact wides which tend to protrude backwards close to my heart. Though I don't know how the 21mm 2.3 Super Angulon performs on the M9. They said it wound work on the M8 and it did. Mark William Rabiner