Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From my limited experience with the old one, the new one is even better. There's some falloff up to f8, but nothing you can't fix from RAW (if shooting digital). Center zone is very sharp even wide open, and the edges get that way from 5.6. Not much CA to speak of, and the sunstars are nice and pointy. I guess f4.5 isn't that hard to design for. Objectively, at 4.5, it's about the same as my Nikon 14-24/2.8 at f2.8 if you ignore the vignetting. Pretty impressive when you consider it's about the size of the 14-24 rear cap alone, and 1/4 the price (in my neck of the woods, at least). On May 22, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 1:03 PM +0800 5/22/09, Thein Onn Ming wrote: >> Oh no, I still have a D90 and plenty of Nikon gear for shooting >> watches. It actually works out better than the D3 because my >> effective magnification is greater, and the built in flash >> commander means I don't sacrifice a speedlight to master commander >> mode. Also, it's a lot lighter. >> >> The M8 is pretty much useless for macrophotography :) >> >> Try the new voigtlander 15/4.5 II in M mount. Great lens for >> architecture. And yes, generally I shoot unconventionally... > > Yes, I have tried the new 15; a friend here has one. Wide angle > lenses interest me quite a bit. I'll probably order the new one. > The old one is optically quite nice but the new one is easier to use. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein