Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtlander Lens
From: yongwei.chan at gmail.com (Chan Yong Wei)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:30:04 +0800
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The CV 21mm was the first CV lens I bought. It was also the first RF
lens I owned, along with a Bessa L.

Here are some shots I've taken with the lens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nihraguk/tags/21mm/

The lens is light and compact, and I find the focal length great for
travel and landscape photography. It wasn't very difficult to get used
to it; I find that it represents my full field of view and a little
bit of my peripheral vision. On short trips I tend to only take the
21mm along; with the Bessa L it is a light and reliable kit sufficient
for my needs.

YW

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov
<s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote:
> The 21mm comes with a finder.
> The adapter runs about $50, or less depending on where you can get one.
> Do not get a Chinese knock-off, under any circumstance.
> The Skopar, in my experience, is far superior to the Leitz 21mm
> Super-Angulon F4 LTM.
> Though it does have a bit of that Nikon glass from the 70's look.
> S.d.
>
>
> On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Gary Dalton wrote:
>
>>
>> A few days ago, I sought LUG input on lenses wider than my 35 Summaron for
>> use with my M2.
>>
>> My thanks to anyone who chimed in on that issue.
>>
>> After reading your input and surfing the net, I'm now thinking Voigtlander
>> Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0
>> because a 25 or 28 didn't seem wide enough.
>>
>> I understand that a 21 would require a viewfinder and a 39mm thread mount
>> to bayonet adapter.
>>
>> What else should I know -- other than the learning curve for a wider lens
>> might be a bit steep?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your input.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtlander Lens)
In reply to: Message from grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton) ([Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtlander Lens)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtlander Lens)