Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]faneuil wrote: > > To refine my original question - what Leica 35mm lens would be considered > in the nearest to the "pancake" category? - IE, very slim profile. > ><Snip> > The pre Asph's are all pancakes they look pretty much the same for a few decades back. Some of us have been calling them pancakes that for some time. When you go from version to version back in time i doubt they change in size very much at all. Those are lenses which you see people who look like they know what they're doing use without lens shades. They are doin a lot of fast moving around and getting surreptitious shots on the fly at a moments notice. Nice nice. The reason being that they make for such an amazingly compact camera that that is the major feature you are happy about and you hate to ruin it with this piece of plastic or metal. When compactness became less of a big deal on a shot you could just put your lens shade on again. And when the sun's coming at you from that side angle where the shade would be doing some real good perhaps. I think of wide angle lens shades as lens protectors. I cant see them chasing off that much unwanted light. They're too small and way off to the sides. But they do get in the way and catch on to things. I use them though. I'd love someday to have a pre Asph just for the compactness as i do lots of pretty long distance walking with a camera. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html