[Leica] Why don't we see more large-aperture wide-angle lenses?

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Or 24mm f1.4 at the same price - US$2000!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reasonable?  14-24 2.8.  2k.
>
> Leo Wesson
> www.leowesson.com
>
> On Mar 28, 2012, at 19:08, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Nikon and Canon both sell them....at reasonable prices....  They must be
> > retrofocus lenses to work on an SLR.
> >
> > Maybe the problem is ... reasonable prices....
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> > To do a wide angle fast lens, you will need retrofocus design, even for
> > rangefinder where there's no mirror box. The mostly symmetrical designs
> like
> > the Biogon do not scale to fast aperture. If I understand it correctly, a
> > retrofocus would be like putting a reducer at the back of a longer than
> wide
> > angle lens, thus adding complexity. And since fast lens make the
> aberration
> > situation worse, further complex design is needed to control them. So
> it's
> > sort of like a double whammy.
> >
> >
> >
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