Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark wrote: >Articles recently by Erwin Putts have removed the wool from the curtain >of the Schneider Super-Angulon's in my eyes. My dreams mainly end in ASPH. >But now that I'm coming right down to it i'm just going with the 24 >which I have no doubt will outclass my Nikon and is in more appropriate >wide angle category of use: a non Retrofocus lens on a Rangefinder camera). Please note that all Leica M lenses below 35mm are now retrofocus lenses, although only to a slight degree in comparison to SLR lenses. This is to allow the M5 and M6 metering. On the positive side, this makes it easier to design a lens that has even illumination over the field, but on the negative, it makes it harder to control distortion. As a consequence, the new 21/2.8 ASPH has more distortion than the 21/3.4. These differences are slight, but they do exist, and might possibly make some difference in your shooting. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com