Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: Re: [Leica] Not Leica quality > Steve Huntley wrote: > > >>>>> On Thursday I bought a 15mm Heliar. On Friday, I shot photos with it, > developed the film and printed (via Photoshop) the results. On Saturday, I > returned the lens and got a refund. ......snip..... > > but the the overexposure was so great that there was little detail there and > what there was, was very fuzzy. In my opinion, this is an overrated > lens.<<<<<< > Hi Steve, I too got rid of my heliar, but not for quality reasons - I just couldn't shoot with it! Photog problem not lens. The overexposure you mention could be that the 15 will give a lot more foreground or sky (depends which way you tilt it!) into the meter and I doubt if you can use the internal meter with it without compensation. Quality wise, mine was great! Did you try swapping adaptors as i think I read that some 'decentred' more than others? Julian