Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, This is a M8 thing, when using a WA with a uv/ir filter and the lens is not coded. Gene ? -------------- Original message from Jerry Lehrer <glehrer at san.rr.com>: -------------- > LUGers, > > I don't quite understand. I have been using a 21mm Elmarit for a > couple of years and I never have had > a problem. All my transparencies and prints have had no colour fringing > or vignetting. It is much better > than my previous Super Angulon which was stolen from me by a fast > talking flatlander from Pacific Beach. > > BTW, my Elmarit is the pre-Aspheric version with no coding. It is a much > superior lens than the C-V > 21mm that I had been using in the interim. > > Jerry Lehrer > > > Leonard Taupier wrote: > > Douglas, > > > > An uncoded 21mm lens with a UV/IR filter will give you the color > > fringing you describe. > > > > Len > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Douglas Nygren wrote: > > > >> I have been using a pre-Asph 21mm Elmarit on the M8 and notice on the > >> edges a subtle shift to light blue. > >> > >> My assumption is that this may be caused by vignetting, but I may be > >> wrong. Has anyone else noticed it. > >> > >> A friend suggested that having the lens coded for the M8 might cure > >> this problem. Does anyone know whether that is true or not? > >> > >> My friend maintains that coding helps wide-angle lenses. True? > >> > >> I assume the Asph 21 does not have this problem, but that's an > >> assumption. > >> > >> Your help is appreciated, as always. > >> > >> Doug > >> > >> > >> _ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information