Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:11 AM 9/26/96 -0400, Ken Wilcox wrote: >The 20mm Russian will work with the camera but is not optically >up to Leica standards. It is, however, MUCH less expensive than the >21mm Super-Angulon. I'm really not certain I'd agree with this, as it depends what optical characteristic you're analyzing. The Russar is a Topogon clone, and as such suffers from the slow speed inherent in that design. But it is a bit sharper, has less distortion, and less edge fade-out than the Super-Angulon design. The Topogon is a superlative design and, for all its slowness, is quite competitive today. Of course, Russian quality control is sloppy, sloppy, sloppy, and some of these lenses are undoubtedly dogs. But the most of them seem quite sound performers and certainly most of those who use them seem content with their qualities. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!