Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Feb 25 14:13:11 2006

I have had trouble "taming" the contrast on my 28/3.5 VC. Some of the
problem may be in my metering, as the 28mm frame gets a lot of sky in it,
which tends to darken my non-sky portion of the photo. As a result, I've
stopped using 28 or wider lenses on autoexposure bodies.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier
Ludwig
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:08 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses



>The one I'm sorry for getting rid of is the 28mm f3.5. Anyone have a
>black version just sitting around, I'm all ears.
>Slobodan Dimitrov

The 28/3.5 CV Color Skopar is a heck of a sharp, contrasty, compact and
well-built lens. And you won't believe it, but wide open, with a sharp
object in the close foreground, the background is beautifully rendered with
a tiny bokeh (as with all Color Skopars btw). 

Sorry, Slobodan, mine is not sitting around but mostly mounted on a M6 and
along with me. Get one at Cameraquest, as the used ones on the bay sell for
about the same price. If you use filters, take care to get the rare slim
39mm versions of B&W, Heliopan or Hoya, otherwise you might have vignetting
problems. 

Didier









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Replies: Reply from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses)
In reply to: Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses)