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

[Paul Roark]

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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