Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/23

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Subject: [Leica] Retrofocus 28mm, Was:f 1.0/21
From: "Lucien_vD@compuserve.com" <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:54:06 -0500

 =

Henning J. Wulff wrote:

>I'm not much
>of a 28 user, so I haven't used all the 28's, but I believe the present =
28
>is close to if not better than the first 28/2.8 (non-retrofocus) design.=

>With respect to the 21's, the old 21/3.4 SA (non-retrofocus) is still
>better than the newest 21/2.8 ASPH, so going to a retrofocus design pure=
ly
>for better illumination is usually not advisable.

I also always found the 21mm SA better than the following retrofocus 21's=
=2E
But I find the actual retrofocus 28/2,8 much better =

than the first non retrofocus (german & canadian) version.

Why is that?

Lucien
BELGIUM