Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Everything I've heard indicates that Leica's new, wider lenses WILL work on film bodies. Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. On Dec 22, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Mark wrote: > I wonder if the new lenses will work on the Film Bodies, M7,MP,M3 ect ? > > Right now the widest I have is a 35 and I was going to buy myself a > wider > lens for christmas, but I think I will wait until we learn more about > what new > lenses are coming. > > Mark > > On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:51 PM, pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> The article in the German edition of LFI seems clearer: Leica is >> going to >> present new wide-angle lenses at the same time as the Digital M. The >> reason >> is that the current lenses will become "longer" on the DM due to the >> crop >> factor. The 21 behaves like a 28 and the 28 like a 35. Therefore >> there will >> be the need for new, shorter (wider) lenses to fill the gap. These >> lenses >> will be usable on both the Digital M and the film M bodies. >> >> Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >