Well said @Texandrews ! I like too your definition : " Different animals" ... for the same reasons FA Limited series
don't need automatic diagphram control (!) or a Sdm motor (!) or the absence of ring aperture values (!) or, certainly, to be superfast (!)...
Welcome to a new coating, welcome to WR ...other aspects aren't in their essence...
[The link to "Xigma20_f1.4" was provocative...]
Who knows what Mr. Jun Hirakawa would think ...😉
From the pictures seems, sadly, that this new 21ltd is bigger than "old" 31 ...
Edit:
[Walter Woeltche/Walter Mandler docet];
regarding the optical scheme ... , and in a serious constructive criticism, has the computerized asymmetric design reduced effectively the distance from the distinguishing feature of symmetrical wide-angles (Biogon, SuperAngulon...) ? ... I'm very interested to see what people, here, say ...
Best regards,
Ben-G
Last edited by Ben-G; 01-18-2021 at 10:47 AM.