Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Issues with those lenes not working so well with digital was not intended. They were obviously designed well before digital was in common use; or a reality with the Leica brand. The idea here is the 28mm Elmarit ASPH was designed with the sharp only in center parameters in mind at the get go. So somebody using it with film would hopefully not notice the difference. And that of course is not the way Leica has ever done business. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:52:27 +0000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The world is awash with M9....... > >> The idea that Leica would come out with a lens that although full frame >> was >> strong only in the center so best used for this new M8 simply goes against >> this and everything Leica has ever stood for since it started shipping in >> 1925. > > Original 35mm Summilux and f1.0 Noctilux at full aperture? > >> No \where in the Leica literature or on the box or the lens does it say >> "for >> digital" or "for the M8". > > Of course not as it will work with film. However some of the film era > lenses > (e.g. Noctilux, 75mm Summilux) usually need tweaking to work at their best > with digital. > > john > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information