[Leica] Peter widens his horizons

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Hey, come on, Daniel - It isn't rangefinder coupled not because it
'isn't necessary,' but because leaving off the coupling is a way to
produce a much less expensive lens. I somehow doubt that Leica would
tell you that the coupling on it's 24 is unnecessary. And I know that
when I'm shooting wide open and close - which is how I use wide angles,
I sure as hell want to be able to focus accurately. Yes, I know that
I've got some room for error - but I really don't want to guestimate at
f 2.8 at, say, 28 inches. ;-)

But that doesn't mean that you aren't probably right when you say that a
21 being a whisker off is won't be a problem..:-)

B. D. 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Ridings
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:02 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Peter widens his horizons


Peter,

The 24 Skopar isn't even rangefinder coupled because it's not really
necessary. With the 21, I doubt that the gnat's eyebrow will make any
difference at all.

I'm curious about the lens. Keep us posted.

Daniel Ridings


On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Peter Klein wrote:

>
> I've just widened my kit a bit.  I received a CV 21/4 Skopar in the 
> mail yesterday. No pictures yet, obviously.
>
> Last night's full moon was a tempting target to howl at. . .  excuse 
> me, focus on.  The 21/4 focused to inifinty perfectly on my Leica 
> bodies, and a gnat's eyebrow past infinity on my Zorki 4.  I'm hoping 
> this is not enough to matter, depth of field being what it is. I'll 
> have to shoot a couple of tests.  If they are compatible, I might want

> to dedicate the Zorki body to the 21.
>
> --Peter
>
>
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