Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/04

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Subject: [Leica] Biogon SWC (lack of) distortion
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:43:00 -0700
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You are incorrect. It's famous freedom of distortion does not mean it defies 
the laws of physics. It will still give football heads close up and in the 
corners but a level camera will render a straight line as straight.

John

On 2012-03-04, at 5:04 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> Yes, but my question is, how come the SWC Biogon doesn't seem to have the
> distortion of circles becoming oblong on the edges, or am I incorrect in
> saying that?


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