Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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 What I saw were black and whites taken with an m8 and projected in Rochester 3 years ago. Ok it was Sy Johnson: ?Jazz, Leicas & Me? on October 13,2007. (Mr. Johnson is a well-known jazz pianist & Leica photographer) The glass yes goes right up to the film or sensor plane. But I saw them projected big. Black and white though. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner