Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: CV wides -- and not-so-wide
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Wed Nov 30 22:43:24 2005
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Yes, the original 35/2.5 Pancake is a beautifully made lens!
Takes nice picture too.

Scott

pmcc wrote:

>>>Anyone have any experience with the 40mm f1.4 CV
>>>lens? I've been toying with
>>>the idea of getting one of these for my CLE.
>>>      
>>>
>
>To my mind the most successful of the CV wide/normals
>was the original 35mm/f2.5 Pancake I LTM lens.  They
>didn't have to push any envelopes to make it and
>whatever
>tradeoffs they made were nicely implemented. Some
>users
>have had specific issues, optical and ergonomic, with 
>the likes of the 35mm/f1.2 and 1.7. These are lenses
>on
>steroids, for occasions when you want to swing for the
>bleachers and don't mind carrying a weighted bat. It 
>is said that the Pancake had the same optics as the 
>35mm/f2.5 Classic, which I haven't tried, but for me 
>the wider, stubby lens barrel and short focus throw 
>make it a great street lens. I didn't like the
>upgraded
>M-mount Pancake II nearly as much. I don't know
>whether
>the optical upgrade represents a signficant
>enhancement,
>but even so, I found it a fiddly lens to use, with my
>fingers getting tangled up and a focusing ring that is
>way too stiff. And I prefer the versatility offered by
>the LTM mount. But that's mostly personal preference.
>
>PMCC.
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