Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Well I'm afraid I don't agree as they've in effect come out with a line of >wide angle Noctili. I mentioned the ratio, not the absolute size. I agree that those are large lenses for a compact RF camera, but they are very compact _for what they are_. It gets harder to make a lens compact and perform well as speed increases - harder than the physical aperture size increase dictates. It also gets very hard to keep the lens compact when the designs are required to have very wide fields of view. The Nikkor 28/1.4, for example, which has a narrower field than either of the new Leica wides, especially since it is about a 31mm lens, weighs 520g, has a 72mm filter ring and is about 85 mm long (I can't find an official figure so I measures mine with a tape measure). The Leica M 24/1.4 weights about the same but takes a Series VII filter, which is about 49mm in diameter, and is 58.5 mm long. If you put the Leica 24/1.4 next to the Nikkor 28/1.4 you'll see why I mentioned the size:specification ratio, not simply the size. The same applies for the Noctilux and the now defunct Canon EF 50/1 lens, the 35 Summilux asph and the Canon EF 35/1.4 and so on. Leica are putting a lot of effort into keeping things compact, while retaining performance. Marty Gallery: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com