Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M8 hands on
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Sep 14 13:59:43 2006

Real world same thing. The 21 becomes a '28' - but with 21 dof - on a camera
with a 1.33 crop factor.


On 9/14/06 4:56 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:

>> Wait, Henning - Don't you mean that a 21 is a 28 on the M8?
>> Sounds like a neat camera, needless to say.
> 
> Nope. As in '21' refers to 21mm, not a specific angle of view. A 21mm
> lens on an M8 is the same angle of view as a 28mm lens on film.
> 
>> 
>> On 9/14/06 4:27 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>  Thanks much for the first hand information, Henning.
>>>> 
>>>>>   My favourite lenses on the M8 were the 21 and 35/1.4 ASPH and 75/1.4
>>>> 
>>>>  Did you frame the 21 with an accessory finder, or were you able to
>>>>  use the regular
>>>>  viewfinder effectively despite the missing frame lines?
>>>> 
>>>>  Thanks again,
>>>> 
>>>>  Clyde Rogers
>>> 
>>> Used the little 28/35 CV finder. 28 on film is exactly 21 on M8.



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