Re: [Leica] 15mm Heliar

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>]

Here did you get your Heliar?  Did you get it in Canada?  I would be
interested in one if they are available in Canada.

Regards,

Robert

At 10:05 PM 4/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I just got a 15mm Heliar. It looks great! Very nice viewfinder, tiny and
>bright (and cheap). The lens weighs 2/3 of a 50/Elmarit. Metering is
>accurate with the M6, you just got to remember that you are measuring a
>_large_ area. I took some Velvia with it (and my 15 Hologon, and my 15/3.5
>Nikkor), and the Heliar acquitted itself exceedingly well. Light falloff
>was worse than the Nikkor, but in all other respects it was better. The
>light falloff was about halfway between using the center filter on the
>Hologon and not using the filter. The Heliar is about as sharp as the
>Hologon, but the Hologon cannot be set to infinity, but only at best to a
>hyperfocal distance (and shorter distances), so distant things look sharper
>with the Heliar. The over all flare performance is excellent for a lens of
>this angle of view; better than the other two by a wide margin. Just a
>touch of distortion; more obviously than the Hologon but less than the
>Nikkor, which isn't bad in that department. Contrast is very good. Color
>seems just a tiny bit cooler than Leica lenses, but not disturbingly so.
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>This is all from two rolls. More to come. I might finally be willing to
>sell my Hologon.
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