Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/16
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<quote>
want wide, slow, small, cheap...must try the CV 12mm ...or maybe the CV
15mm...
</quote>
Both lenses are very good. If I had to choose between them, I feel that
the 12 is 'better' on the M8, giving the same FOV as 15mm on full-frame.
That said, the 15 is a little jewel. It's so dinky, it takes up hardly
any space in your bag.
Regards
Mark
Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK
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Steve Barbour wrote:
>
> On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> It looks like a gorgeous lens!
>> NOT a MONSTER! Well balanced.
>> - a lens many will have on their cameras most of the time. To give their
>> M8's a 24mm lens!
>> But smaller than my 24 Elmarit it certainly looks like to me.
>> That's a nice switch to shoot wide angle cropped format with a smaller
>> not
>> larger lens!
>>
>> Slow glass rules!
>>
>> A whole line of f4's or 3.5's would be excellent in these tight times
>> I'll
>> say again.
>> Cheaper glass yet in many or most cases BETTER IMAGING than the new
>> line of
>> near Noctili which have exploded onto the empty pocketed scene.
>
>
> agree Mark it looks delicious...
>
>
> want wide, slow, small, cheap...must try the CV 12mm ...or maybe the CV
> 15mm...
>
>
> Steve
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
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