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Subject: [Leica] IMG: 21 Lux Hammock (WAS : Re: 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?")
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:00:06 -0400

The fast 21 allows control of depth of field, something most of us don't 
expect in a wide package.

Here's an image I took a couple of months ago (similar to another image 
I posted).

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/20081116kitty/L1030627.JPG.html

-rei


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"
Date:   Fri, 2 Jul 2010 07:33:16 +0530
From:   Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
Reply-To:       Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
To:     Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>



One point I do not quite understand - why would you need such a fast
21mm? The only practical use that I can think of is to shoot interiors
handheld, and without flash. Any other uses that I am missing that
cannot be shot with a slower lens (which would be far more compact)?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:00 AM,<red735i at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>  I won't guess what Vic was specifically thinking....
>
>  When I saw the question, what came to my mind ....
>
>  When the M8 came out, the Nocti was THE lens to have..... the used resale 
> prices shot through the roof. Yes, the other wides also increased in 
> price, but the Nocti was like a rocket!  Everyone had to have one.....
>
>  I think that the 21 Lux is most likely the next big hit.....
>
>  It is fast ( faster than any previous 21  ( I think this is 
> true.....AFAIK, Nikon and Canon never made a F1.4 21mm... )
>
>  It is big and showy  ( Think as in Muscle cars and testosterone, or body 
> jewelry)
>
>  It is expensive ( good show off potential)
>
>  It is rare  ( uncommon is maybe a better word?)
>
>  And, lastly, it is ( from what I have read) a tremendously great piece of 
> Optics.
>
>  Yes, I think the 21 Lux IS the next lens to have......
>
>  And no, I do not even lust for one....
>
>
>  Frank, 21 ASPH Elmarit-Happy
>
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