Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/02

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Subject: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:35:45 +0930
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The Zeiss 21/4.5 is a great lens, but it's almost unuseable on the M9
because of the insane corner colour shift and vignetting.  The rear
element is too close to the sensor.

Marty


On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Philip Forrest
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:46:41 -0400
> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>> I'd like to see Leica make a compact ultra sharp slow 21 like the
>> Voigtl?nder Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 which sells for $ 379.00
>> With a 39mm filter size. Not 82mm.
>
> Zeiss makes that lens: 21mm f/4.5 Biogon C
> one of the best optics ever made with regard to distortion, flatness of
> field and even illumination, as well as being incredibly sharp.
>
> Phil Forrest
>
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