RE: [Leica] Wide angle lens

[Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>]

>I like having the 28m and the 21mm, both are useful additions to have when
>the 35mm won't do.  Really like both but if I had to give up one it would be
>the 28mm, when you need a super-wide the 21mm is one terrific lens.  Had it
>3 years and I'm still getting the hang of it though.

I had the 15 mm Voigtländer for a while, and the main advantage of 
that lens was that it taught me how to use my 21mm. I have got rid of 
the 15 mm but now use the 21mm much more often than I did before. 
Having had the 15mm, the 21mm now seems quite normal. (My other 
lenses are 35 and 90mm.)

>When my wife and I
>were at Grand Canyon and Arches Nat'l Monuments we both were impatient to
>get the 21mm lens from one another.  Super quality for the angle of view -
>everything an M lens and an M6 should be.

Agreed.

>gold
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Duri Koenz
>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:10 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Wide angle lens
>
>Hello dear friends
>
>I have an M6 with 35, 50, 90 and 135mm lenses. Now I feel the need for a
>real wide angle lens. I was thinking of the 15mm Voigtlaender Heliar. Is
>the jump to big, are there alternatives, what do you suggest?
>
>Duri

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Christer Almqvist
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