21/3.4 Super Angulon

[angus_ngtg]

Hi folks,

 

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I am thinking of purchasing a 21/3.4 Super Angulon and wanted to get an idea what owners of this lens think about it's performance. Any comments would be helpful.

 

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Thanks

T. Gallagher

[Rob F.]

Tom, the lens does vignette, not only when wide open, as often

stated, but even at somewhat smaller apertures. The vignetting at,

say, f/5.6 will not be noticed with black and white, or even with

most color shots. But When a color shot includes some blue sky all

the way across the frame, the blue still becomes significantly deeper

as you go towards the edges. Otherwise, the lens is sharp and I'm

satisfied with mine. Of course, you can't meter with it on the M6,

which can be a nuisance at times.

 

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Regards,

[roberto_watson_garc_a]

Tom I have one of those and I´m quite please whit it, about vignette

it is as Bob´s just said, but since I mostly do b&w it is not a big

deal; you can borrow mine when ever you like so you can test it for a

wile.Best regards.

[jay_.]

Just to make sure, you're referring to the M version, not the R

version. The M version is exactly as the others have said. The R

version is the same lens in a different mount. But it can only be

used on the original Leicaflex which had a provision for locking the

mirror up. The newer R bodies can only pre-release the mirror, not

permanently lock it up.

[john_collier5]

Great lens but is really only an f/4 lens as it flares too much wide

open. Amazing what a half stop can do. It has astonishingly low

levels of distortion. I eventually sold mine as I found the slow

speed too limiting and saved my pennies for a 21/2.8A. If the f/4

limitation is not a problem why not consider the Viogtlander

21/4? It is, by all reports, a great lens and so inexpensive you

could buy three or four of them for the price of one 21/3.4.

 

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Cheers,

[jackflesher]

John:

 

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I really prefed your "Voitina" moniker. You should trademark it and

sell it to Voightlander/Cosina!

 

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Cheers,

[jackflesher]

and I'm a world-class speller!

[jackflesher]

and, I'm a world-class speller! Why do I never notice the mistakes

until after I click the submit button?

[jackflesher]

and how come the clicks that don't look like they went through, go

through?

[Robin Smith]

Please remember too that all super wides (and maany other lenses for

that matter) will vignette to some degree at wider apertures - its a

law of optics - so not all of the vignetting is a defect - its fact of

lens construction. Still some are better than others, no doubt about

that.

[john_collier5]

Vignetting is one area where a retrofocus design is better than a

symetrical design such as the 21/3.4.

 

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Cheers,

[Rob F.]

Right. Two things you can say in favor of retrofocus lenses:

 

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1. Even illumination across the field.

 

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2. Sometimes it's nice to be able to see what you're doing in the

finder. Although with a reflex camera, you have to give up being

surprised when you get your film back.