[Leica] Cameraquest claim re. Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar IV M mount

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

It interesting that people involved with a premium product in this case 
Leica gear here do not seem to have a clue or a care what a premium product 
is all about. You?d think it?s about jacking up the price because everyone 
is so fond of the typeface in the logo. 
It?s about using higher quality materials and better design and materials. 
Not that complicated but it just seems to go over everyone?s heads. Big news 
Leica gear is worth it. That?s not fake news. It?s not some shell game.
When a product comes out for a small fraction of the cost it?s a very nice 
thing it?s just not in competition Leica or other stuff of comparable cost. 
We don?t have to put out its better or just as good or even close. It?s just 
not. Its wishful thinking for people with limited resources or just as 
likely of limited interest. We afford what we want to afford. If it?s not 
worth it to us, we say we can?t afford it. ?This cheap thing is just as good 
it says it right here? That?s fake news.

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 2/16/17, 10:45 PM, "LUG on behalf of Paul Roark" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of 
roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

    The quote about the Heliar being the best ever tested, etc. may come from
    an old Modern Photo test.  Photozone tested one on a NEX and did a
    comparable test of the 50 f/2 Zeiss ZM (which I have).  The ZM is better 
--
    not surprisingly.
    
    I must say, however, if there was on old classic, perhaps collapsible 
lens
    that one could put on a digital M that really was superb, it would make a
    rather unique combination and conversation piece.
    
    Paul
    www.PaulRoark.com
    
    On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at 
btinternet.com>
    wrote:
    
    > 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
    > >
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