Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fred The pre-aspheric 21mm Elmarit M is my lens of choice when that focal length is called for. I gave up a mint 21mm f4.0 Super Angulon to buy a beat up 21mm f2.8 Elmarit. Wow, what a lens! Jerry Fred Sears wrote: > I have used (and loved) the Leica 21mm asph. lens but I don't want to spend > the $$$ required to go that route. As a lover of Sieff's work, I can't help > but think that he wasn't using the Leica aspherical lens (it wasn't around > in his earlier days) and that, obviously, he wasn't using the Skopar either. > So, a couple of questions have come to mind: > > 1)what do we think of the 21mm Skopar? > 2) do we know which 21mm Sieff used for the majority of his work - perhaps > it is worth spending the $$$ to purchase an older 21mm Leica glass, in other > words. > > I'm probably wrong to say this, but all of the pictures I've seen taken with > the Skopar seem much more distorted than those I myself have taken with the > asph. Leica glass (and believe me, I'm no great shakes with the lens but I > do try to keep it level on both planes and that seems to help a lot) so, > question number 3 is: > > 3) does the Skopar distort a lot more than the Leica glass? (This would > include earlier versions of the Leica glass too). > > Obviously Sieff was the master with this lens and perhaps, many of his > tricks died with him, but I maintain, that a well controlled photograph > taken with a 21mm lens can sure be a thing of beauty. > > Thank you, > > Fred Sears > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html