Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 21 SA is great for film, but on the M9 (and M8) it shows a lot of vignetting and cyan drift. I don't have an M9, but from what I read from users, the SA is almost unusable on the M9 because of its very close to film plane rear element, causing the light to hit at such a steep angle. The meter is usable only with several stops of exposure compensation. I lust after one of those SA lenses too, but if it's to be relegated only to film body use, then I'm going to stick with my 21 2.8 Biogon which is stellar. Phil Forrest On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:13:10 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I had one of those. It was indeed sharp, had extremely low > > distortion, was > well made and very compact. > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93445294 > I > > finally sold it as shooting directly against the light caused more > > flare > than > > I liked. > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/92958185 > As Frank mentioned, it > > has some shortcomings on the M8 and M9. You cannot > replace the lens mount with > > a coded one due to its design but you can get it > modified so that it brings up > > compatible frame-lines for agreement with > manual coding. > More importantly it > > is not recommended for the M9 as it has a bad case of > red > > edge-itis. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > The 21 which has always been on my wish list is the Schneider Super > Angulon. (the SA) > That was not supposed to work with digital M's yet does perfectly; a > true non retrofocal wide angle lens; like the 38 Biogon. > I see let Biogons be Biogons and preach tolerance to those of the > Angulon persuasion.. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information