Re: Advice on 21 S/A

[Claes Bjerner <claes.bjerner@pi.se>]

Tom Abrahamsson wrote:

>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


Tom,

How come you don=B4t use a 21mm S-A with goggles? After all it was =
you who got the idea for  that modification.

Claes