[Leica] Super Angulon

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

Give me hell Ted!

I hear and obey.

John

PS: Still don't like the corners of the 2.8A wide open ;-)


On 2010-12-15, at 2:16 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> Given there are so many seemingly negative comments about this lens?  Let 
> me say one simple thing!
> 
> I got mine, put it on the camera and never ever ever thought of any of 
> this negative stuff.
> 
> Hell I just shot pictures, they worked beautifully without any techie 
> bafflegab and I always received more assignments...
> 
> What counts more than all this stuff about corners, centers or whatever 
> else is.... "The success of the content in the exposure and does the 
> client like your stuff? You get paid and assigned another shoot!!! And 
> that my friends is really what the hell all this picture taking is about! 
> Not whether the corners are pinky, twinky whatever?
> 
> Dr. ted. :-)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier at shaw.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Super Angulon
> 
> 
>> I had a SA 3.4 for a few years. Certainly all Henning and the others have 
>> said but it is susceptible to flare wide open. Curiously, it's fine by 
>> f4. I sold mine and bought the 21 f2.8A as I shoot mostly wide open. 
>> Another great lens but with decidedly soft corners which become 
>> acceptable at, you guessed it, f4. So I traded for a 24 f2.8A and it's 
>> fine wide open with more than acceptable corners. I'd like to try a 21 
>> Summilux but no one has offered to lend me their lens or front the 
>> purchase price.
>> 
>> John
>> 
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