leica 21 asph

[mwalker]

Got out and used the 21mm....nice lens

 

[hdrmd]

MWalker: Beautiful shot: LBL? 21 is a beauty. DR

 

[mwalker]

Thanks, Southern Illinois

 

[hdrmd]

I love the 21mm lens. Here is one more taken in CO in Sept. DR

 

[Huwge]

I have been struggling to make up my mind on how best to use the 21 on the M8. I think the best option is probably the Frankenfinder, but I don't have a WATE and I have never got on with the 21-24-28 finder. Yesterday, whilst playing around, I stuck the finder from my GRD II on the M8 and whilst small, it does seem to give reasonably useful framelines.

Then, 'fessing up to my own stupidity, I think the crop factor on the M8 has made me forget most of what I know. You can still get fairly awful keystoning even with an effective width of 28mm when you tilt the plane of the camera just a little. Doh!

Huw

 

[Bob]

I am trying the Zeiss 25/28 which has less barrel distortion than the Frankenfinder and is also a lot smaller.
-bob

 

[Huwge]

Bob - let us know how you get on. I like the 21 but seem to see use it less because of the hassle getting everything in frame that I want in frame. Also, for some reason I find it less easy to guess which is what I tend to do with the 24 - but then that is more or less my standard lens together with the 35 lux.

I am going to experiment a little more with the GV-1 (GR II) finder today.

Huw

 

[mwalker]

The entirety of the M8 viewer pretty much covers the 21mm field...good enough for me. Granted there isn't any warning when something is about to enter the shot.

 

[docolmo]

I don't really need an external viewfinder. If you're shooting using the one-third rule, placing your main subject on one of the corners of the 28mm framelines would get you the right framing of your picture. I don't care about what's in or out of the frame at the diagonally opposite corner.

But that's my style.

 

[hdrmd]

I agree; I rarely use an external viewfinder. I don't wear glasses, so it is fairly easy. The instant replay allows me to move forward or backwards a step, and that is usually all I need to make the 21 mmm work. DR

 

[Jack]

I think this supports the argument for being either a 21/28 fan or a 24/35 fan... THere is not a lot of significant visual difference between the 21 and 24 or even the 28 and 35, especially that a few steps either direction won't compensate for, so IMO it's more of a stylistic preference...

But then the 28 Cron has that freaking great look...

 

[Maggie O]

Voigtländer makes a great 28mm finder that I use with my 21mm lens. The frame lines are easily as accurate as the M8's finder.

I long for a 28 Cron, though. :bugeyes:

 

[Huwge]

QUOTE=Jack Flesher;9378]I think this supports the argument for being either a 21/28 fan or a 24/35 fan... THere is not a lot of significant visual difference between the 21 and 24 or even the 28 and 35, especially that a few steps either direction won't compensate for, so IMO it's more of a stylistic preference...

But then the 28 Cron has that freaking great look... [/QUOTE]

Jack,
I am finding myself increasingly in the 24 / 35 camp; I might trade the 21 and a apo 90 that is getting less and less use for a 28 'cron. That said, I have some lovely pictures taken with both. I need a good strong antacid to counter my current GAS

Earlier today with the 21

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Huw