Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] Summilux 21 and 24mm M lenses...
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:19:41 +0200
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I remember these pictures, you have demonstrate the high quality of  
this lens....at a high price too...

Cheers
Lluis

El 27/03/2010, a las 23:50, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?:

> I shot the 21 Summilux in Germany on an M8, courtesy of the Leica  
> Akademie.
> I put a selection back on line for you. These are all from the  
> Summilux to
> explore what I could do with it so there are a number at f/1.4 and  
> various
> focus points to look at DoF etc.
> All the usual descriptions apply for the latest Leica M top tier  
> lenses.
> Optically superb, very well made, cutting edge design, very low  
> volumes
> available and costs a lot. Personally It was larger and heavier on  
> an M than
> I would care to walk around with all day but of course if you need f/ 
> 1.4...
>
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/sh
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 27 March 2010 19:07, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve, Steve Huff, as usual, loves these lens. He has some shots on  
>> his
>> blogs.
>>
>> Some guy raves about the 24 Summilux on the l-camera forum, but I  
>> notice
>> that most, if not all, shots are much less than wide open, which to  
>> me
>> defeats the purpose.
>>
>> Our good pundit blogger Ken-you-know-who does think much of the 24mm,
>> mainly
>> because in his opinion, if you go through the trouble of using a  
>> separate
>> VF, you may as well go for the 21mm.
>> http://kenrockwell.com/leica/24mm-f14.htm
>>
>> Erwin the optical guy likes them both of course.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone using these new lenses, and care to comment on their  
>>> properties,
>> as
>>> well as to point to their photos taken with them, especially on  
>>> the M9  ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
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