Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 24mm Leica-M
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:32:42 -0800
References: <000101c08a54$eb3d1a30$617079c0@drt4>

>  > Comparable to the superwide would be the 21 though.
>
>Oh, Mark...you know better.  Nothing is comparable to the SuperWide ;-)  The
>Biogon 38 is, as far as 'normally available' lenses go, the lowest
>distortion, widest angle there is.  The 21 surely has more distortion than
>the Biogon 38.  Not that there is anything wrong with the 21, and I do have
>a 24, and think the world of it...but they are different than the Biogon
>(which I also have).

The Biogon has less distortion than the 21ASPH; the 21 has higher 
contrast and resolution. The 21/3.4SA has as little distortion as the 
Biogon and higher resolution and about the same contrast.

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In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> (RE: [Leica] 24mm Leica-M)