Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the M21 being a big lens. When the 35 f2 and 1.4 came out in aspheric versions it was sharp wide open but lost its compactness and light weight in the process. Not the case with the M21 which when it came into an ASPH version was made slim and gorgeous. And lighter weight. However come to think of it when the 90 Summicron was made into an ASPH with an APO added to it as well it became much more sleek and I think lighter. And a hell of a lot more gorgeous in design. If I had a windfall now and was abet to swing an M9 with my choice of lens the lens I would get for it would be the new SUPER ELMAR-M 1:3,4/21mm ASPH.. It should be out in the next few weeks or months. This lens excited me. The 21 focal lengh excites me. And my 21 Elmarit ASPH is such an incredible performer but I don't need f 2.8 nor do I need the weight and bulk. I need the SUPER ELMAR-M 1:3,4/21mm ASPH. In my side bag. All day. Its a lens the M9 deserves to have in front of it. And Marky deserves one. I value glass more than a body not less. Or at least as much. I just know what modern Leica glass can do. I've printed darkroom 16x20's. And my inkjets are looking pretty darned good and could go to 17x20 someday. We think we're just going to be making 8x10's all our lives or now uploading to screen shots maybe maxing out at 1200 pixels across but comes a day when we're asked to hang a show. And we go out and buy some packs of large maybe 17x20 inch paper. And that's when we see some of our images fall apart and we wished we'd used better glass and higher shutter speeds and better technique. Shooting Leica gives us an opportunity to leave Nikon and Canon shooters in the dust becuae its glass is on a much higher premium level. So having gotten a Leica saving money on glass is really such a damn shame. So having paid big bucks for a Leica (7 grand) and than going for shaving money and glass is damn shame. I'd buy a cheaper camera and use that companies best glass instead. Which is come to think of it what I'm doing at this point in time. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:41:00 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M lens 21mm F2.8 pre ASPH > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > >> I have been listening to this debate with great interest. >> > > It isn't a debate. It is Mark reading data from 2001, having never used the > lens on a digital camera, > > I described real world experience with a Leitz-coded CLA's 21mm lens on an > M8 camera that was not invented in 2001, using post production software > that > was also not invented (Lightroom) and finished in Photoshop CS4. I showed > pictures > > The lens acts as a 28mm on the M8, so any edge softness is lost, and the > coding adjusts most other issues. None of this is addressed is the Putts > material. I can't speak to an M9. > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information