Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't read any of the tests since I bought the lens, but for some reason I always shoot with the 15mm Heliar at f5.6. I guess I'm always using it in low light and it seems prudent to stop a non-Leica lens down a half a stop. You can hand-hold the thing at 1/4 second because of the low magnification. I really like the lens. I don't have anything for the Leica between 15 and 35mm. I find the 15 works best when the picture doesn't look like it was taken with a super-wide. Keep your people away from the edges and you will do alright. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Cooper" <douglas@dysmedia.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:16 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: 15mm Heliar, Optimum f-stop > On 2/27/01 11:00 PM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > >> I just used my 15mm Heliar at Mardi Gras. I shot 3 rolls of color > >> and 3 rolls of black and white with the 15mm on my M1. I've only > >> had the lens one month and I'm amazed by its sharpness! > > > It's worth mentioning again that this lens is spectacular, but *only at one > f-stop*. It's worth gluing the aperture ring so that it can't move from > f5.6. (In this I agree with Erwin, btw.) > > I wondered why I didn't like the lens much, until I discovered its > performance at 5.6. (I seem to remember it's almost okay at f4 too, but > don't quote me.) > > > Douglas Cooper > http://www.dysmedia.com > >