Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/19

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Subject: Re: 21mm, Super Angulon etc
From: "Garbutt, Robert" <RGarbutt@ncrpexec.telstra.com.au>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 10:06:00 +1000
 
Henning,

Thanks for your 21mm post -  it was informative *and* I enjoyed reading
it.

Can you please explain retrofocus for me?

>of illumination seems to be very slightly better than the old Elmarit,
and
>a lot better than the SA, which is handicapped in that regard by its
>symmetrical, non-retrofocus design. Distortion is still there if you
look


 . . .  and your metered/meterless body comment?

>In conclusion, I'm selling my old Elmarit and keeping the SA. For
general
>convenience with an M6, M5 or CL the new Elmarit asph. is hard to beat,
but
>if you have a meterless body, your best bet is still to get a SA. Note
that

Regards,
Rob.