[LRflex] Leica 'grade' Super Wides? (was R glass on Nikon question - hopefully the last one)
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:16:39 -0800 (PST)
Hi Aram,
I wonder which Leica wide angles (beyond say 24mm) are of premium quality?
My
understanding is that in the R mount the pickings get slimmer as the angles get
wider and looking to a Zeiss or 'whomever' gets to be a reasonable choice. The
M's on the other hand have some splendid 'film' lenses to choose from ranging
from cheep voightlanders to pricey Leica's, but that Digital really put a cat
amongst the pidgeons as far as image quality goes. That the M mount's narrow
lens to sensor distances make color shifts, chromatic abberations, and other
anomalies, a 'right nightmare' to cope with as a lens/camera designer and makes
seamless usage by photog's a near impossibility.
Anyway... what's the options here?
r/.
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From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 12:06:09 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: R glass on Nikon question - hopefully the last one
That is probably what I am going to do. In comparing the different brands
and slightly different ranges in the super-wide arena, there are not real
outstanding Leica quality lenses out there. They all have strong points and
weak points and compromises no matter which one you get. Tokina's Achilles
heel is pretty high CA and far edge performance at the widest settings,
probably due to the CA. Yet I have been using it to make useful images for
about two years now, so if I can't significantly improve on its performance
in a Nikon mount, it makes sense to save some bucks and get it in Nikon
mount.
Aram
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From: "Richard Ward" <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:59 AM
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Re: R glass on Nikon question - hopefully the last one
> Hi Aram,
> it occurs to me if that you are happy with the Tokina 12-24, as noted
> below,
> it would seem logical to make the move to trade it in for one that has a
> Nikon
> Mount. Are you moving away from Full Frame to Cropped or something and
> need the
> 'millimeters' to stay super-wide angle?
> Richard in Michigan
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> From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 10:45:48 AM
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: R glass on Nikon question - hopefully the last one
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> " I have the Tokina 12-24
> for my Canon and am fairly happy with the results. I am also considering
> the Nikon 10-24. But the extra 2 mm comes at about triple the cost.
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> Aram
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