Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doc, You are a lucky man, getting a 21/3,4 S-A. I am a confirmed fan of that lens and I use it mainly on an old M2 without the finder. If you take the extreme edges of the finder in the M2 or M4 you are pretty close to 24 mm and the rangefinder was never meant for tight framing anyway. I usually put some black gaffer tape over the frame illuminating window of the camera to block all frames, only the rangefinder patch remains. No confusion with lines and just expect to get a little bit more than you see. The 21 S-A is razorsharp, has a somewhat dramatic fall-off ( you never need to edgeburn a print) and puts even the new 21/2,8 ASPH to shame, at least when you shoot black/white. Good Luck and enjoy it. Tom A