Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 9:16 AM +1100 3/13/02, Alastair Firkin wrote: >>>I have the Voigtlander lens. >>> >>>If f3:5 is fast enough and you don't want to pay Leica prices buy it. I have >>>an image of some kebab that I took in Greece at... >>> >>>http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Misc_html/misc_image.htm >>> >>>taken at f3:5 it doesn't really prove anything I guess as it's quite a small >>>image. I don't use 90mm that much so I'll probably buy a 28mm Summicron >>>before I buy a 90mm Summicron. >>> >>>The real bargains for me in the Voigtlander range are the 15mm - no >>>alternative, and the 21mm - an absolute cracker of a lens. >> >>Anyone want to comment on the 12mm. This is an extreme lens I would >>like to try out. >>-- >>Alastair Firkin > >I've had one since it came out. I like wide; fisheye, panoramic in >various flavours and especially rectilinear wide. > >The 12 is excellent, and I've used it in a lot of different >situations. I have some interior shots that don't look that wide >unless you know the space, I have some close-ups of birds taken from >about 20" that show the bird and the whole tree he/she is sitting >in, and some scenics that define 'expansive'. Closeups and street >scenes can be impressive and/or frightening. It's a very high >performance lens, easily up to the quality that we've come to expect >from C-V recently and mechanically the best of theirs that I've >seen. Performance falls off after f/8, so that is the aperture you >want to try to use, as it's slightly better than 5.6. There is light >falloff, which you might be able to live with all the time, but it >can get a bit tiresome with transparency film. Cosina makes a 77mm >filter adapter, and I've been able to attach one of my LF center >filters to even things out quite effectively, but now you have a >t/11 to 16 lens. > >If you have not shot extensively with a 15, I think you might have a >hard time getting used to the 12. I've been shooting with 15's >regularly for nearly 30 years, and I was still amazed at how >different the 12 was. Shooting with a fisheye is a lot easier >transition. > >-- Henning, I was hoping you might weigh in. I've used the 15 R and 15 CV lenses, and I have a 16 zeiss for the Rollei and the 30mm on the blad. I just love wides. I should look into the 12 Cheers - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html