Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] Re: RE: Which Ultra-Wide, Heliar 15mm or Heliar 12mm
From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:10:36 +0200
References: < <20010507192008.BJWM27407.femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.1.114.25]> <20010507192008.BJWM27407.femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.1.114.25]> <4.1.20010508075634.020af350@xsj02.sjs.agilent.com>

>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

.... that some magazine tests had come to the same conclusion, but 
generally they did not.

Chris
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Christer Almqvist
D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or
F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France

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)