Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/22

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Subject: Fw: [Leica] 21mm finder distortion (was 21mm Super Angulon)
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:27:44 -0500

- -----Original Message-----
From: Michael Volow <mvolo@acpub.duke.edu>
To: Michiel Fokkema <mfokkema@pop3.worldaccess.nl>
Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, December 21, 1997 10:04 PM
Subject: [Leica] 21mm finder distortion (was 21mm Super Angulon)

>This is a general question about distortion in finders for ultra-wide
lenses
>for M-Leicas.
>
>Of all the 21mm finders for rangefinder Leicaas, are there any that have no
>barrel distortion out at the edges of the finder?
>
>I do not have a Leica 21mm but I do use a Canon 19mm/3.5 LTM/M-adapter on
>my M6. Although the Canon 19mm finder is metal and extremely rugged, it
>does have considerable barrel distortion around the edges of the images,
>making it difficult to align the camera with verticals.
>
>I surmised that Leica might have better finders, but when I tried out a
>21mm finder accommpanying an (old style) 21mm/2.8, it too had barrel
>distortion. Is there freedom from barrel distortion in anyone's (Russian
>20mm, Contax G) 21mm finder.?
>
>Michael Volow (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu)
>Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
>919 286 0411 Ext 6933
>
>