Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a (real)Voigtlander Color Heliar on a Bessa II from the 1950's. This is a 6x9cm folding camera for 120 film. The camera, lens and rangefinder are all extraordinary. The lens is a 105mm/3.5. Its a little soft on the edges wide open but very sharp in the center. Incredibly smooth bokeh too. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Stiles" <stiles@metrocast.net> To: "Lieca list" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlander Heliar 50/3.5 > The CV Heliar 50/3.5 got quite a nice review from Pop Photo. > I'm curious if any of our optically astute members recognize the formula > from the posted diagram. > http://www.cameraquest.com/voig101.htm > It would be interesting to see this lens go head to head with the 50/2.8 > Elmar. I've heard (probably from Stephen Gandy) that the original > Heliars were view camera lenses with some unique imaging properties. > The new Bessa 2 provides another M platform. > http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg7s-srmc/sccop1.html > These are interesting times in the rangefinder world! > Regards, > Phil Stiles > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html