Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have one of the originals which came on a green body I failed to resist. It is indeed super sharp but is only f3.5, so much easier to make sharp from an optical design pov. I know nowadays with modern computer analysis tools fast lenses which are amazingly sharp are available, but I am old enough to have come from the time when only the slower lenses were sharpest, and the fast ones were known to have compromised speed for sharpness! I have had an apo Summicron on my camera and shot a few frames in dark conditions where camera shake made much more difference to sharpness than lens quality. Frankly with modern digital cameras having splendid light sensitivity this would be a superb choice if DoF effect isn?t the deciding factor. I?m going to get mine out again and give it another go - I have far too many 50s to use them all. cheers, Frank D. > On 15 Feb 2017, at 20:08, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > > Has anyone ever tested this claim by Cameraquest > <https://www.cameraquest.com/> ? > > "The new Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar IV Leica M Mount is extraordinarily > sharp, comparable to Leica's 50mm f/2 APO Summicron-M!" > > It came around in an email circulation. > > It seems a bit over the top. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information