Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: RE: Which Ultra-Wide, Heliar 15mm or Heliar 12mm
From: Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:59:37 -0700
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At 12:22 PM 5/8/01 +0200, Christer Almqvist wrote:
>
>Very interesting results, beats MTF (or whatever they are called) 
>curves. That test was the final nail in my 15mm Heliar's coffin. 
>Confirmed what I had been suspecting
>
>Chris


This is why the Zeiss (Leica) 15mm Super-Elmar and the Zeiss 16mm Hologon
are $5000 plus lenses.

I owned and used a 15mm Super-Elmar for over ten years. It is a fantastic
lens. Sharp corner to corner and very little falloff. No center filter needed.

The Heliar is a few hundred bucks. What would anyone expect... ?

Jim
In reply to: Message from henry <henry@henryambrose.com> (Re: [Leica] RE: Which Ultra-Wide, Heliar 15mm or Heliar 12mm)
Message from henry <henry@henryambrose.com> (Re: [Leica] RE: Which Ultra-Wide, Heliar 15mm or Heliar 12mm)