Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the current CV 21, which I now use on a Bessa-T, the anniversary model. I've had both the M f4 and f3.4 S/A. The f4 I used for nearly 3 years before I sold it out of shear exasperation. I had a 24 Nikkor that outperformed it. The f3.4 I used for nearly ten years, and frankly got tired of the image going to mush when I stopped down. They all had hideous fall-off. I think that the only lenses that are relatively free from that inherent problem are the XL large format lenses. Even my Rollei S/K 40 f3.5 Super Angulon, purported to be the state of the art in design, and at $4K it should be, has light fall-off. I've been running my 21 CV through a torture test, under extreme lighting conditions. But as I use fast films, I can't speak for it's quality with fine resolving emulsions. The images come out not much in difference from Antonin Kratochvil's prints, where you can't tell what kind of gear was used because the lighting, and composition, was so extreme. I have 19 rolls of a variety of films shot with it that I've yet to process. Every time I think I have some extra time, I get overwhelmed with constraints on my time before I can even start a film run. And no, I can not let another sapien handle my B/W negs. I'll go to the LA zoo and chuck the film into the Chimp cage before going that route again. That comes from hard experience. I had, once, a 28 Kobalux which I used on a IIIc. To be frank, my Nikon Litetouch, fixed three element 28mm, outperformed it under just about any condition. But judging from what I've seen from other people's shots with the new 21 Kobalux, one has to admit that the performance is impressive. I have to admit that I toyed with the idea of getting it, because of that extra stop. But having other Leica lenses that are fast, I settled with a system, IIIa or Bessa-T with the 21 CV, that I could put in my pocket. As far as advise is concerned, I've always been of the school of thought that if you can't afford it, save for it. Slobodan Dimitrov olivier nguyen wrote: > > Hi Slobodan, > have you ever use CV 21mm with M6? can you tell me anything about this lens > interm of light fall off at f4 and f5.6? > i recently try kobalux f2.8 21mm lens and there is light fall off at f4 > already. I look for 21mm lens but leica 21mm lens is out of my budget. > please help > Olivier > > >From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> > >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Which budget 90mm lens > >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:21:14 -0800 > > > >For one, first replace the CV 25 for a CV 21. Then get the 90 CV. Forget > >that antiquated Leitz debris from another era. While the Leitz glass had > >its merits, you want to use your glass until it drops dead. Which means > >that whatever elusive worth it might have, in a future that might or > >might not exist, is completely irrelevant. I myself have cooked at least > >five 35mm 'crons, three DR 50's, and a handfull of 90's, leaving them > >for the refuse heap, not even salvageable for spare parts. The only > >thing that mattered, and matters to this day, were the images. > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > > > >Victor Tavernini wrote: > > > > > > I hate posting this kind of question ... but here goes > > > anyway ... > > > > > > I'm on a tight budget (<$500) for a 90mm to expand my > > > kit (M3, 25/4 Skopar & current model 50/2 Summicron). > > > > > > My choices are down to - > > > > > > 1. 90/4 Elmar in M mount ... either collapsible or > > > rigid. $200-$300 > > > > > > 2. 90/3.5 Voigtlander ... pretty good lens according > > > to reviews. $400 (with adapter) > > > > > > 3. First model 90/2.8 Elmarit. $500 (not mint, but > > > great glass) > > > > > > Which one is a 'best buy'? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Victor Tavernini > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > > > http://sports.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > 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