Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] Super Angulon
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:07:25 -0600
References: <C92DE3B5.7D00%mark@rabinergroup.com>

from 1969 to 1977
my 21 SA 3.4 lived on my M2
when I carried them
along with an M3 with 35 and 90 crons
24/7/365

Regards,
George
(from iPad)

On Dec 15, 2010, at 2:17, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> I've used the 3.4 SA with film for 2/3's of a roll. Really did love using 
> it
> and the results. I guess the way a lens makes you feel counts!
> 
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>> From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:47:10 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Super Angulon
>> 
>> I've gotten to play with a SA and love it. It's half the size of the ZM
>> 21mm that I have. About a full stop slower but at 21mm that doesn't
>> make that much of a difference. The rendering of the SA is just
>> amazing. Something in it that the ZM lacks maybe. I've been using the
>> ZM for about 18 months now and while I love the focal length, the lens
>> doesn't do something, but I'm not sure what. What it DOES do is
>> definitely stick into the viewfinder at the bottom of the field of
>> view. That's annoying. It renders great but I think it just might be
>> time for me to move to what I regard as a better lens. (and I talk the
>> 21mm ZM up till the cows come home. It's awesome.) Since I got the
>> chance to use the 21mm SA though, I really loved the way it made an
>> image. It's like an inspiration or something that I don't find with my
>> ZM 21mm.
>> 


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