Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why do I like it? I guess I'm a damn fool. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > There is plenty wrong with the 21 per ASPH its incredibly high degree of > distortion is the main one. The Zeiss is way way better corrected on all > accounts. Its not a better deal its a better lens. By far. > When Leica's 21 came out it was a well known dog. People continued to ?use > their super Angulons on a camera without a meter. Or just used a ?hand held > meter. > But the ASPH version changed that. The ASPH version was a way whole > different ball game. ?Instead of being dismal; it was terrific. Probalby > the > best 21 out there certainly better than Canon Nikon. > > There is no reason to buy a pre ASPH 21. None. Other then someone's giving > you one for 10 bucks and you're making pictures for you blind grandmother. > It does not have creamier tones preferred by experts who don't like > supposedly ASPH's. > Its got nothing. You can use the meter with it. > Its the last 21 you'd ever want to use. You're better off with offerings > from Canon or Nikon or Minolta or Pentax. > Tamron. Spirotone. > Even an M8 deserves a better lens than this on the front of it. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Emanuel Lowi <manolito at videotron.ca> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:49:41 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] M lens 21mm F2.8 pre ASPH >> >> The 21/2.8 Elmarit-M is probably the least loved of the Leica M 21s, but >> it's playing in some tough company. The 21/3.4 was such a classic and a >> hard >> act to follow, but a new lens was needed to allow TTL metering with >> cameras >> from the M5 and afterwards. >> >> There's nothing desperately wrong with the 21/2.8 E-M -- many fine photos >> have been made with it -- and if you can get one in great condition at a >> bargain price (say, under $1K), it's a good choice. >> >> I bet the Zeiss ZM 21/2.8 is also a great value. >> >> For me, 21s are lenses for crowded and cramped interiors, so f2.8 as a >> maximum aperture is very useful indeed. >> >> These two pictures were taken with the 21/2.8 ASPH, the first under the >> Arctic sea ice at low tide, the second inside an igloo: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/emanuellowi/Nunavik-Inuit/5_G.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/emanuellowi/Nunavik-Inuit/17_G.jpg.html >> >> Emanuel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA