Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]