Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (v1 was pre-digital, released in 2000). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw on vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market (currently listed on eBay for $1400 and up). But its design didn't reduce bulkiness, given it was quite large in diameter. It was just a lot more solid than the cheap feeling stock plastic clip-on hood.
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (v1 was pre-digital, released in 2000). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw on vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market (currently listed on eBay for $1400 and up). But its design didn't reduce bulkiness, given it was quite large in diameter. It was just a lot more solid than the cheap feeling stock plastic clip-on hood.
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (v1 was pre-digital, released in 2000). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw in vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market (currently listed on eBay for $1400 and up).
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (IIRC v1 was pre-digital). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw in vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market (currently listed on eBay for $1400 and up).
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (IIRC v1 was pre-digital). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw in vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market (currently listed on eBay for $1300 and up).
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (IIRC v1 was pre-digital). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw in vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, apparently limited release 12466 vented hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market.
Either earlier in this thread or in another one, someone stated that the incorrect size is listed in the current Cron's data sheet.
The 28 Cron v3 release announcement at Red Dot Forum states it's 1mm longer than the previous version, which according to Leica's data sheet is 41.4mm, but then at the end of the article says it's 55mm long (like in the data sheet specs)... which just confuses the matter. Not sure if they meant with the hood extended?
The Cron v2 was apparently a very mild optical tweak of the original in order to flatten the field and optimize it for digital (IIRC v1 was pre-digital). I had v1 for a number of years and bought v2. They were nearly identical in size but v2 had the nice, more compact square metal screw-on hood. Both early copies of v2 that I had, had problems and were returned because they didn't outperform v1. But others have since stated their copies realize the improvements stated by Leica. I didn't revisit v2 and went for the Lux instead (which presented other tradeoffs).
The first paragraph of the Red Dot Forum's Cron v3 article states it's the same optical formula as v2, which means no major changes from the original.
IMO, the original was already very good. The only quality that bothered me was the outward curving field curvature at wider apertures that affected across-frame sharpness of flat subject matter (such as group photos, for example). And as Steve suggested, the clip on plastic hood sucked (I used a self-modded screw in vented hood). There was a very nice, very expensive, very limited release 12466 hood (LUF wiki) for another lens that also fit the 28 Cron v1, but I could never find one, or justify its price on the resale market.
