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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:14:42 +0930
References: <i2xeb6799211004161323g3714ecb0j9cd514e95478d48d@mail.gmail.com> <C483C4A3-185A-4E87-A781-5106B45242F8@frozenlight.eu> <u2xeb6799211004162340ne444c3d0sd7f01513d4e7c8f@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, and the 24 has a lot less distortion if you are willing or able
to take a half a step back.

Marty

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
wrote:
> They have to make compromises. Even the wizards of Solms cannot do magic
> beyond certain points. It has horrible purple fringing around tree branches
> and the distortion makes it not too useful for full on architectural work.
> But then again, this is why Leica makes the Super Angulon and the other 21,
> heck, even Zeiss makes a very good one :-) This is a lens made for low 
> light
> shooting...
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>
>> That's a surprising amount of distortion for a Leica lens--but an
>> impressive piece of glass nonetheless.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>
>> > This lens has more distortion than the Super Angulon and about 4 times
>> the
>> > size, but if you want to shoot at 1.4, what choice is there?
>> > http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/L9995407.jpg
>> >
>> > BTW, all but one photos from previous link are shot with this lens as
>> well.
>> > http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/tmp/SFMOMA-people/
>> >
>> > --
>> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
>> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
>> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4)
In reply to: Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4)