Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True, but one of the limitations Leica said there was with the M lenses was the need for them to be small and not block the viewfinder (too much). The R lenses were less constrained, bigger and, often, better. The new Zeiss super quality lenses are vast. The Noctilux is only f1 in the very centre of the image, if you look at the Leica light falloff curve. FD On 8 Mar, 2014, at 03:36, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > The size of the lens isn't as much of a problem if you allow the optical > engineers to use costly glasses, forming techniques and assembly processes. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento