Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Edward Mortimer wrote: "As we all know Voigtlander are now making M lenses and most reports I have seen rate them well. Has anyone used or owned one of these lenses? What are the results like? Build quality?" http://www.imx.nl/photosite/japan/voigtl01.html covers some examples. I've got the 15mm Heliar and the compact 35mm 'pancake' and for the money they're very respectable performers. If you want a super-wide to put on an M body (or a LTM body) as I did, then the 12mm or 15mm are the only practical choices (there's a 15mm Hologon in M mount but they're as rare as rocking horse droppings with prices to match). I bought the 35mm pancake because I wanted a pocketable M+35mm combination, and I've been very pleased with it. I don't worry about it getting scratched if the lens cap comes off in my pocket, because they're as cheap as chips and it really doesn't matter (not something I'd say about the 35mm f1.4 Asph). I'm hopeless at looking after equipment (often don't bother with a bag at all), and I've bounced both lenses off things more times than I can remember. Nothing's fallen off yet! - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.