Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like your shot of the Dom very much! Very dramatic and very pleasing B&W tonality. Robert On Jul 1, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> The 21f1.4 has become my most used lens. I went to LeMans France >> with >> a 12, a 21, and a 35. Don't recall using the 35 at all. Used the >> 12 a >> little. (I had an X1 that did some duties a 35 would have done.) >> >> Something to think about is do you want the 21 or the 24. >> >> Historically, Leica didn't make a 24, there was a 28 and a 21. >> >> Now, you can get lenses down to 12, and Leica makes them down to >> what, >> 16? >> >> But the 21f1.4 and 24f1.4 are ultra-fast and very wide. >> >> Since I often shoot the 21 without the accessory finder (point and >> guess >> or center with the finder and guess) I sometimes wonder if the 24 >> (which >> is probably easy to guesstimate with the main finder) might not >> also be >> very good. >> >> In a few days I'll finish a sofobomo book, and post the link here >> since >> it's all Leica shots. >> (Many with the 21f1.4) >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Vick Ko >> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:06 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?" >> >> Is the 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?" >> >> What are users finding? >> >> Vick >> > > The current 24 and 21 ASPH's are in a way sister lenes which work > well as a > team which was what I used to do. I'd go back and forth between > them. And > you had to look real hard to make sure you had the one on the > camera you > thought you did. And make sure you were using the right view finder > thingie. > The 21 is a bit heavier but otherwise identical. It saws "21" on it. > The 24 was the first of the new breed of ASPH lenes made by Leica > using > cutting edge technologies so the price did not go through the roof > and this > for me revolutionized Leica shooting. I'd go from the 24 to the 21 > and back > again. > The 21mm focal lengh attained classicness with the use of the > Schneider > Super Angulon f4 then f3.4 for some a main or only reason to have a > Leica > hanging off ones neck. Their main camera might be an early Nikon F. > > Here's a shot I did with my 21 ASPH. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > 060929_lhsa_wetz_158.jpg.html > The dome in cologne. > Or K?lner Dom. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral > > The Cologne Cathedral was of the very first things a Leica was ever > pointed > at by Barnack. He was able to shoot it from a ways off. There were > less > buildings. > > But now, Vick its not 16mm but 18 which defines the preferred outer > limit > 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M Aspherical > Making the use of the 21 focal length in a way mediocre. Or medium > something. ... Not the bee's knees. > > Though you could use a Super Wide Angle/Wide Angle Tri-Elmar-M > 16-18-21mm > f/4 Aspherical Manual Focus Lens (6-Bit, Updated for Digital) > Leica's answer to the ultra wide angle zooms which have captured the > imagination and real world workflo of a huge percentage of working > shooters. > > > > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information