I doubt that anybody will design and produce a 21mm lens these days that has the Old Look you might expect from a Super Angulon. This afternoon a guy noticed that I was carrying an M3 with my 21/3.4 S.A. and started up a conversation about just that ~ old lenses vs. new lenses. Turns out he's in the motion picture business. We have a sizeable movie and video industry here in North Miami. His concerns were pretty much no different than our concerns. He prefers the look of film but the money people claim digital is cheaper. He says the time spent in post eats up whatever savings there are. Then he got into a rant about the latest Zeiss lenses being too contrasty, harsh bokeh, and horribly over priced compared to Schneider or Angenieux.
At any rate he says that he prefers shooting film and getting it scanned. Better shadow detail, better color, less blown highlights, he said, even with the Arri eating the stuff at eighteen inches per second. We exchanged cards and planned to meet for lunch.
