Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I am in the process of doing a job that will pay for my ultra wide lust. I > would like to get a 14 or 15mm non fisheye. Now my choices in the under > $1,000 dept are: > > -getting the voightlander (sp?), with the finder and buying a screw to m > adapter. (to hang on my M42) > -getting a sigma 14mm f2.8 asph for my Nikon or Canon systems. The faster > one they just introduced. > > Hello, Actually the leading cameramagazine in Holland tested three 14 mm/1:2.8 and tested the heliar a few months ago. They tested the Canon EF USM($3500), sigma EX hsm($1400) and the tamron SP IF($1500). Conclusion is that the heliar is better concerning light-fall off, less distortion, same sharpness. Only disadvantage is the lower speed. But the three others have to be stopped down also at least two stops to get reasonable results.