Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Optically, they're identical. Only the mount is new. However, the old
one was one of the first two Voigtlander products Kobayashi put out,
and the quality control has improved. Vignetting is unfortunately one
of the consequences of the register distance and lens size, but it is
quite good considering price. My previous 15's were the Hologon and
the f/3.5 Nikkor. Both had their uses, but have been largely
superseded by modern designs. The 15 Hologon: THAT has vignetting!
At 1:16 PM +0800 5/22/09, Thein Onn Ming wrote:
>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).
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