Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH
From: "Rafael Alday" <rafaelalday@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 07:50:27 +0200
References: <03E63C98-8802-11D7-A816-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <001101c31c26$03b78680$0100a8c0@liyue>

I agree with you Li,
I don't have a 28mm ASPH but I can not undertand how a lens, at this price,
performes so badly.
Obviously I will not buy this lens in my life,
Rafael
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Y. Li" <liyue@netvigator.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH


> Thanks John. No, I had no filters, no hood on, but still vignetting. I
just
> can't imagine a Leica lens at the price tag performs so badly.
>
> Y. Li
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH
>
>
> > Vignetting wide open should be about 2 stops according to Puts but it
> > should not be vignetting at f16! Are you stacking filters? Do you have
> > the lens hood on correctly? Try some tests with no hood or filter. If
> > it is still vignetting at the smaller apertures, send it back.
> >
> > John Collier
> >
> > On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 10:24 AM, Y. Li wrote:
> >
> > > I'm new to the active Leica photography. My brand new Summicron M
> > > 2/28mm
> > > ASPH. shows pretty much vignetting. On color prints, blue sky appears
> > > as a
> > > white 20mm circle in the middle while the corners are nice blue.
> > > Stopping
> > > done to F16 doesn't help too much. By other scenes like building,
> > > street,
> > > the negatives show strongly darkened edges, especially on the right
> > > side.
> > > Also here the light fall-off is quite visible at smallest aperture.
> > > Well,
> > > the images are crispy sharp, but the vignetting makes the picture
> > > useless.
> > > My Canon FD 2,8/28mm delivers much better, balanced pictures.
> >
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Replies: Reply from "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> (Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH)
In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH)
Message from "Y. Li" <liyue@netvigator.com> (Re: [Leica] Vignetting of Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH)