Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R Reviews
Product Type: Leica camera lenses
Newest Review: ... associates with Leica optics. Colors are faithfully rendered, however, with the usual Leica neutral character. It would be ... more
... typical of a lens of this type to give some barrel distortion; I daresay it does but, if so, it's slight and I've never noticed it. There again, I've never used it with a subject where barrel distortion would be obvious, such as a brick wall or with a vertical pillar at the edge of the frame. At full aperture, the rendition of detail is noticeably softer at the edges than at the center, there is quite a bit of vignetting and contrast falls off noticeably at the edges. Performance can be improved si...more
Customer Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R Reviews (1)
by - written on 31/07/02, updated on 31/07/02 (Very useful, 1657 readings)
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Leica makes only one prime R lens with 24mm focal length and this is it - the 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R. There is no 21mm any more in Leica's current R lens line-up and the next widest lens is 19mm - a big difference. So, the 24mm focal length can be a very useful one, especially if you already own a 35mm lens and feel that 28mm is too close, as I did. Optical performance of the 24mm Elmarit-R is quite respectable and certainly above average as 24mm lenses go. It's really a Minolta lens, made to Leica design and QA standards. It's an old design and it shows! Performance isn't bad by industry standards - it just isn't brilliant. I ... Read the complete review
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