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: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:06:20 +0100
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But it is, by all accounts, nowhere near as good on digital as on film, as 
may be expected from its design.

On 2 Jul, 2010, at 06:55, Philip Forrest 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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