Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/23

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From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sat Feb 23 15:35:20 2008

Folks seven new photographs, starting here.

<http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93331623>

You can see a sea dog in conversation while spotting dolphins,

Lots more rocky bits of Tasmania and some Aussie senoritas cuddling the 
wildlife.

The last two photographs may be of interest if you are curious about the 
Zeiss ZM C Biogon 4.5 21.

Having shot it for a couple of weeks along side my benchmark Summicron M 28 
asph, I would offer these comments.

It costs a third as much as the Summicron, yet is very well made, accurate 
and contrasty.

Because of the modest maximum aperture, it is of course vastly easier to 
correct.  

You can provoke flare with harsh light directly into the lens.

The hood works OK, for a tiny 21 mm hood, but being a bayonet only their 
original fits.

It is very compact, aperture and focus ring operation is very smooth, no 
complaints at all.

1/3 stops are meaningless for me, though, the meter doesn't react to the 
change.

 

As always, comments/critiques are very welcome.

 

Cheers, Geoff

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/

http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e

 

 


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