[Leica] New Zeiss M mount lens

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Thanks Don. I think that this compact series is a very welcome 
>addition to the M mount options. This end of the wide angles too, may
>become more important with the debut of the M8.
>Cheers
>Hoppy

I'd like to see how this lens does in comparison with the 21/4 VC 
(which is faster, smaller, lighter and quite good). The 21 VC is one 
of their better ones, and in light of my comparisons of 21's the new 
Biogon would have to be amazing to justify a likely higher price in 
view of its larger size.

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>From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On 
>Behalf Of
>Don Dory
>Sent: Friday, 20 October 2006 07:48
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] New Zeiss M mount lens
>
>Hoppy,
>Yes, it is quite compact as 21's go and close up was very sharp till about
>2/3 out.  I can not say about the outer zones as I only took about four
>frames with a pre-production model.
>
>Don
>don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
>On 10/19/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>  I'm not sure if I've missed a previous mention of this one.
>>
>>  Today I noticed that Zeiss have announced a new compact wide angle in
>>  their M mount range. The "C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM"
>>
>>  Looks very compact and interesting. A nice partner to the compact Sonnar
>>  50, perhaps.
>>  Cheers
>>  Hoppy
>
>
>
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