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Subject: Re: [Leica] ?Voigtlander 12
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:49:14 +1100
References: <000801c1ca0d$02ad9340$2fe00d50@steveuns> <p05100305b8b42e7a4cc3@[203.208.69.141]> <p0510030bb8b462748220@[209.53.33.241]>

>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
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Replies: Reply from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> (Re: [Leica] ?Voigtlander 12)
In reply to: Message from "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> (RE: [Leica] Thinking about a Voigtlander 90)
Message from Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> ([Leica] ?Voigtlander 12)
Message from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> (Re: [Leica] ?Voigtlander 12)