[Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

I had one of those. It was indeed sharp, had extremely low distortion, was
well made and very compact.
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93445294
I finally sold it as shooting directly against the light caused more flare
than I liked.
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/92958185
As Frank mentioned, it has some shortcomings on the M8 and M9. You cannot
replace the lens mount with a coded one due to its design but you can get it
modified so that it brings up compatible frame-lines for agreement with
manual coding.
More importantly it is not recommended for the M9 as it has a bad case of
red edge-itis.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 3 July 2010 05:06, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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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