Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is plenty wrong with the 21 per ASPH its incredibly high degree of distortion is the main one. The Zeiss is way way better corrected on all accounts. Its not a better deal its a better lens. By far. When Leica's 21 came out it was a well known dog. People continued to use their super Angulons on a camera without a meter. Or just used a hand held meter. But the ASPH version changed that. The ASPH version was a way whole different ball game. Instead of being dismal; it was terrific. Probalby the best 21 out there certainly better than Canon Nikon. There is no reason to buy a pre ASPH 21. None. Other then someone's giving you one for 10 bucks and you're making pictures for you blind grandmother. It does not have creamier tones preferred by experts who don't like supposedly ASPH's. Its got nothing. You can use the meter with it. Its the last 21 you'd ever want to use. You're better off with offerings from Canon or Nikon or Minolta or Pentax. Tamron. Spirotone. Even an M8 deserves a better lens than this on the front of it. Mark William Rabiner > From: Emanuel Lowi <manolito at videotron.ca> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:49:41 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M lens 21mm F2.8 pre ASPH > > The 21/2.8 Elmarit-M is probably the least loved of the Leica M 21s, but > it's playing in some tough company. The 21/3.4 was such a classic and a > hard > act to follow, but a new lens was needed to allow TTL metering with cameras > from the M5 and afterwards. > > There's nothing desperately wrong with the 21/2.8 E-M -- many fine photos > have been made with it -- and if you can get one in great condition at a > bargain price (say, under $1K), it's a good choice. > > I bet the Zeiss ZM 21/2.8 is also a great value. > > For me, 21s are lenses for crowded and cramped interiors, so f2.8 as a > maximum aperture is very useful indeed. > > These two pictures were taken with the 21/2.8 ASPH, the first under the > Arctic sea ice at low tide, the second inside an igloo: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/emanuellowi/Nunavik-Inuit/5_G.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/emanuellowi/Nunavik-Inuit/17_G.jpg.html > > Emanuel > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information