Leica User Forum - View Single Post - Distortion with Summicron-M 1:2/50mm

tobey bilek · 06/27/06, 11:35 PM

50 sumi or the new 50 2.8 are distortion free. This means that straight lines are supposed to be parallel to frame edges are parallel to the edges of the frame and not curved. The more distortion, the more they curve.

For close work, enlarging lenses are distortion free.

06/27/06, 11:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
tobey bilek Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 06/27/06 Posts: 242	Re: Distortion with Summicron-M 1:2/50mm 50 sumi or the new 50 2.8 are distortion free. This means that straight lines are supposed to be parallel to frame edges are parallel to the edges of the frame and not curved. The more distortion, the more they curve. For close work, enlarging lenses are distortion free.