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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New 21mm 1.8 VC at Valley Forge
From: zoeica at mac.com (chris williams)
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:47 -0400
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I'll post some more once I edit my NYC jobs but my impressions so far are, 
well I'm impressed. The sharpness at 1.8 is very good, perhaps the sharpest 
"fast" VC lens I've ever used. Much better detail and sharpness over the 
50/1.1 or 35/1.2 VII (which I've tried and can't stand). The 35/1.4 falls 
into a different category IMO since it's an older design and I think is 
supposed to be soft wide open.

Yes, it was an M9P converted to BW in LR.

Distortion for a 21mm is very minimal.


Chris Williams
www.zoeicaimages.net
www.zoeica.com - blog
Washington DC & New Orleans 
504-231-6261



On May 20, 2013, at 2:53 PM, mehrdad wrote:

> hi chris, what camera did u use, if m9 have u shot in color, what did u set
> the lens coding/info to? thx. i have been looking @ this lens but the
> "modern" VC lenses live the  50 1.1, 35 1.4 was not to my liking.
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:32 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Whoa, this lens is pretty damn good!
>> 
>> http://zoeica.com/2013/05/20/valley-forge-arch-monochrome-monday
>> 
>> Enjoy,
>> 
>> 
>> Chris Williams
>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>> www.zoeica.com - blog
>> Washington DC & New Orleans
>> 504-231-6261
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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