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Subject: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:10:23 -0700
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I had one. It convinced me that I like the 21mm view. On the M9, use it for
B&W. -2 exp comp and you'll be OK.

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Philip Forrest
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote:

> The 21 SA is great for film, but on the M9 (and M8) it shows a lot of
> vignetting and cyan drift. I don't have an M9, but from what I read from
> users, the SA is almost unusable on the M9 because of its very close to
> film plane rear element, causing the light to hit at such a steep
> angle. The meter is usable only with several stops of exposure
> compensation.
> I lust after one of those SA lenses too, but if it's to be relegated
> only to film body use, then I'm going to stick with my 21 2.8 Biogon
> which is stellar.
>
> Phil Forrest
>
>
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:13:10 -0400
> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>
> > > I had one of those. It was indeed sharp, had extremely low
> > > distortion, was
> > well made and very compact.
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93445294
> > I
> > > finally sold it as shooting directly against the light caused more
> > > flare
> > than
> > > I liked.
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/92958185
> > As Frank mentioned, it
> > > has some shortcomings on the M8 and M9. You cannot
> > replace the lens mount with
> > > a coded one due to its design but you can get it
> > modified so that it brings up
> > > compatible frame-lines for agreement with
> > manual coding.
> > More importantly it
> > > is not recommended for the M9 as it has a bad case of
> > red
> > > edge-itis.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> > The 21 which has always been on my wish list is the Schneider Super
> > Angulon. (the SA)
> > That was not supposed to work with digital M's yet does perfectly; a
> > true non retrofocal wide angle lens; like the 38 Biogon.
> > I see let Biogons be Biogons and preach tolerance to those of the
> > Angulon persuasion..
> >
> > [Rabs]
> > Mark William Rabiner
> >
> >
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?")
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