Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 21, 2015, at 1:03 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jay, > I've always loved the 15mm lens on the Leica SLRS and I bought one to use > on > my M8. HOWEVER?????? > Me not being a techie I was with Bob Adler in Yosemite and praising my 15mm > on the M8! :-) And Bob says "No it doesn't cover 15mm!" > Me? "But it says 15mm right on the lens and that is why I bought it!" > Bob says again, "But it isn't a 15mm lens on an M8!" Techie dumb-ass me > challenges him verbally. " HOW CAN THAT BE WHEN IT'S ADVERTISED AS 15MM ? > > Bob smiles nicely and offered... "But on an M8 it isn't a full frame body > so > it doesn't record a 15mm image!" > Me, "becoming more ticked off!" When for several years any time I used the > 15mm lens on my M8's the image always looked wider." > Bob smiles nicely again and offered. "Well the image would look a little > wider, maybe 16mm? 17mm? But not 15mm. So finally it came together sort of > and I said? "OH you mean the hole in the body to the sensor isn't big > enough > to allow a 15mm image recorded???" Bob smiled, nicely nodded his head > realizing "techie dumb-ass Ted finally got the reason!" :-) > Then I got completed frustrated ( use of unrepeatable words here ) about > Leica not building the camera correctly!! Please don't bother explaining it > to me as Bob most kindly did. Thanks again Bob! :-) > Now I feel ripped off that I don't really have a 15mm recording device! > "Device?" Heck I can't call it a camera anymore because it cheats me every > time I want a 15mm shot! :-( > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) Ah, however, The 15 mm remains a 15 mm; no matter what size film or sensor you put in back of the damn thing. Just as when I photographed with view cameras. I could put the 165 mm Super Angulon on the camera; and use 8x10, 5x7, 4x5, 6x9, 6x7, 6x6, and even a 35 mm body. It always performed as 165mm lens. Always. The focal length never changed. Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist