Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] First shots with a Voigtlander 15mm
From: Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 18:16:22 +0800

on 9/10/02 4:39 pm, Alastair Firkin at firkin@ncable.net.au wrote:

>> Having just bought a used 15mm* I was anxious to give it go.
>> I took these shots in Fawsley church, Northamptonshire, it was gloomy
>> (outside as well as in), the voigtlander wide open is f4.5, I was loaded
>> with Agfa 200, I had only a monopod and the meter was telling me half
>> a second. Not a recipe for success.
>> I decided to shoot a few frames anyway and return some other time in better
>> light and with a tripod. I am amazed at the results and have up loaded them
>> temporarily for anyone who may be interested. The fourth shot shows the
>> only difficulty with the 15mm, if you try to hold the lens in the normal
>> manner a pink cast appears bottom left :-)
>> The fifth shot is another church at Kings Sutton in Northamptonshire, it is
>> full frame and not corrected for perspective at all. I am amazed.
>> 
>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/irc.html
>> 
>> Graham
>> http://geebeephoto.com
>> 
>> * Sonny Carter, Will Larsen and Bob Baron made me do it :-)
> 
> Now all you need is the super elmar 15 to complete the experience: great start
> 
> Cheers

Better still, may I recommend the Super Elmarit 15/2.8 ASPH?  ;-)

Joseph

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