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Super Angulon 21/3.4

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tobey bilek

tobey bilek

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It may be classic, have nice contrast, be sharp in the middle, but vignetting is by the worst I have ever seen. If I wanted even illumination, I had to stop to 11 or 16, can`t remember which. Those pics are still on my wall.

 

I owned this one for three months at most when the 21 2.8 came out. I traded off right away.

Straight lines go a bit wonky, but I can use it at 4 to 11 for landscapes. Bought the 28 2.8 at the same time and both have been fitted to the M9P and they make stunning photos.

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luigi bertolotti

luigi bertolotti

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It may be classic, have nice contrast, be sharp in the middle, but vignetting is by the worst I have ever seen....

 

I see you have not its predecessor... :cool: The SA 21 f4 vignettes A LOT even on M8, on which the 3,4 (closed to 5,6 around) stands up decently, apart the known issue of wrong metering.

 

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pgk

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How does it go with the M9? Any magenta casting? Banding? Anything?

 

Thanks in advance,

Bruno

It vignettes badly, has soft cornrs and suffers from awful magenta casts which I cannot fully correct for even using Cornerfix. BUT for B&W it is a superb, centrally extremely sharp, characterful lens......

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Guest JMF

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I use the -3 stops setting and both 3.4 and 4 SA lenses can be metered then !

Cornerfix works well on the M8 for these 2 lenses.

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Guest JMF

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@jmanivelle please tell me what is -3stop settings?

Dialing an Exposure compensation of 2.5 to 3 stops corrects the misreading the M8 photometer gives with these Super Angulon lenses .

My 2.5 centavos,

JM

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jankap

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See Nomad64 answer... I add that Leica duly specifies this issue in the M8/M9 manuals.

Thanks for your explanation (and to nomad64 too).

The new M with live view will solve this problem. Analog technic vanishes (slowly).

Digital technic is cheaper to build and delivers better results.

Jan

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