Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is a great lens, especially for lightweight travel photography. Comes into its own when stopped down once or twice. Yong Wei On 8/18/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > I love this little lens! > > My only issue is lining up horz/verts, for which I do NOT use the > external VF, but the Leica VF (on those shots where it matters). > > IIRC, on the CVUG list they said that the VF is designed to stick > on a Bessa, and that it might be a tad off on a Leica M body (I've > never attempted to confirm or deny this). > > Have fun! Oh, my 2nd issue is that personally, I have to be in > "wide mode" to shoot with it - I can't easily go out with two bodies > one with a 50, say, and another with the 21/4. Instead, I might go > out with just the 21/4 or maybe paired with a 28/2 - hence my > terminology "wide mode." But this is probably just a personal > limitation. > > Scott > > > bernardo feio wrote: > > >Voigtlander 21m use. > > > > hi > > > > After your advices I just bought a Voigtlander 21mm from an ebay seller > > from Taiwan. > > > > Any recommendations about it's use? Composition, light, flare,? > > > > One thing that I notice is that the view finder is really bright and > > the lens really small! (the same size of a collapsed 50 mm elmar!) > > One question: in the view finder composition lines there is, in the > > top, a not continue line. What is the use of it? > > > > Is there any trick to use the lens with out the view finder? I don't > > like is protruding out of the camera and with my M4P I can't use it > > because of the light meter. > > > > B regards from Portugal > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Search > > M?sica para ver e ouvir: You're Beautiful, do James Blunt > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >