Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True.... I have no idea the exact causes for the purple fringe but they are: http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/Wright/L9995226-2.jpg It's... hey, look it's 5 PM light :-) Anyway, mostly overcast. I am liking the 21POV a lot. I can see why Eugene Richards and Jeanloup Sieff like it so much (not that I can be mentioned in the same city as them). On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Richard I think that it is a mistake to assume that fringing you have seen > in some circumstances is necessarily a limitation of the optical properties > of the lens. There are other factors that can cause or exacerbate > 'fringing' > in digital images also. I could detect this effect in only 2 from fifty or > so exposures I made with one and that was in fine detail, adverse light and > on the at extreme edges wide open (with M8). Here's an uncropped sample > reproduced a little larger than normal for you, since pictures are better > than opinions ;-) > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/2/21Lux.jpg.html > For what it's worth, I'm with Marty and consider my 24 to be a more useful > and pleasing lens on my M9. I went for slower and more compact though. It > all depends on what you want to shoot with it naturally. > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 17 April 2010 16:44, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, and the 24 has a lot less distortion if you are willing or able > > to take a half a step back. > > > > Marty > > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > > wrote: > > > They have to make compromises. Even the wizards of Solms cannot do > magic > > > beyond certain points. It has horrible purple fringing around tree > > branches > > > and the distortion makes it not too useful for full on architectural > > work. > > > But then again, this is why Leica makes the Super Angulon and the other > > 21, > > > heck, even Zeiss makes a very good one :-) This is a lens made for low > > light > > > shooting... > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > > > frozenlight.eu > > >wrote: > > > > > >> That's a surprising amount of distortion for a Leica lens--but an > > >> impressive piece of glass nonetheless. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Nathan > > >> > > >> Nathan Wajsman > > >> Alicante, Spain > > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > > >> > > >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > >> > > >> > This lens has more distortion than the Super Angulon and about 4 > times > > >> the > > >> > size, but if you want to shoot at 1.4, what choice is there? > > >> > http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/L9995407.jpg > > >> > > > >> > BTW, all but one photos from previous link are shot with this lens > as > > >> well. > > >> > http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/tmp/SFMOMA-people/ > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > >> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > >> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > >> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > > >> previous > > >> > replies in your msgs. ] > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Leica Users Group. > > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > > previous > > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]