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miami91 · 04.12.2008, 16:07

Whilst at photokina, David Farkas posted on his blog that Leica would not be producing this accessory because they thought it compromised image quality a bit too much. Given some people's complaints about native barrel distortion at 24mm (which Leica corrects in firmware for jpegs or via the RAW converter), an extra piece of glass in front of the lens stretching the FOV to 18mm may truly be a dodgy proposition. And there won't be any automatic compensation via firmware or RAW conversion, as the camera will have no way of knowing the adapter is mounted (you can do manual correction, of course).

Jeff.

04.12.2008, 16:07	#3 (permalink)
miami91 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09.10.2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 694	Re: Wideangle lens for D-LUX 4? Whilst at photokina, David Farkas posted on his blog that Leica would not be producing this accessory because they thought it compromised image quality a bit too much. Given some people's complaints about native barrel distortion at 24mm (which Leica corrects in firmware for jpegs or via the RAW converter), an extra piece of glass in front of the lens stretching the FOV to 18mm may truly be a dodgy proposition. And there won't be any automatic compensation via firmware or RAW conversion, as the camera will have no way of knowing the adapter is mounted (you can do manual correction, of course). Jeff.