Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: SHARPNESS cont.
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:47:28 -0600

>It sold me on not getting the 19 (and a R8 to shoot with
>it). I'm just going to get a 24 and that will be my wide end. 

That had to be the old 19, not the new one. The new one will blow the old
one, and the 21 out of the water, wide open. No question about it, this is
one of the best wide angle lenses Leica makes. Period. The tests as well as
every single person I've talked to who used one will agree no this point.
It's not just me. The 24 isn't even close. (And I've owned two of those and
used them professionally for years.) If  you give up on the 19 (new
version) you are losing out. 
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Eric Welch
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