Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Results with Heliar 15mm
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:27:49 -0400

I haven't purchased this lens yet, but it seems to me that, given the price,
really good results at a single mid-range aperture sure make it worth the
investment...correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the legendary Zeiss/Leica
$10000 15-16 mm a fixed ap. lens?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug Cooper
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 10:43 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Results with Heliar 15mm
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> I too had problems with this lens until I figured out, thanks to Irwin's
> site, that you really want to leave the thing at f5.6.  Stopped down any
> further and it starts to go bad, very quickly.  Wide open too.  Just leave
> it there, and adjust your shutter speed, and you'll get remarkable
> results.
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> Douglas Cooper
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