Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Image Circles
From: roark.paul at gmail.com (Paul Roark)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:51:07 -0800
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I think it's safe to assume it will not.  Leica is not about to built the
best, most compact lens for a "35" film/sensor size (minimum image circle
about 44mm) that would cover the 55mm image circle you need.  All else
being equal, the larger the circle the lower the quality/$.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 4:22 PM Robert Adler via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> I need some technical help please. I'm trying to find what the size of the
> image circle on both the 75mm f/2 ASPH and the 135mm f/3.4 ASPH. The real
> question is will the image circles of these lens cover a sensor size of
> 43.8mm X 32.9? Is the image circle different at f/2 than f/11?
> Thanks for your help,
> Bob
>
> Bob Adler
> www.robertadlerphotography.com
> *"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"*
>
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