Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Nathan, >> >> It will be interesting to see how going back to an M will change your >> photography! Enjoy. >> Bid of advice: buy the 15 CV and take the money you saved and get >> some golf >> clubs; after all you live on a course. >> >> Leo (who was playing in wind so stiff today that the ball kept >> blowing the >> ball off the tee) or consider the CV 12mm...a wonderful lens... and good luck Nathan...Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu >> >wrote: >> >>> Since this is a Leica list, I expect people will be pleased to >>> learn that I >>> have decided that M8 prices have fallen sufficiently to buy one >>> some time >>> during the next few months. So I am thinking of lenses to use with >>> it. >>> Clearly, a 35mm will serve as a standard lens, but what to use for >>> wide >>> angle? The various 21mm offerings are not wide enough for me; they >>> translate >>> into 28mm in film terms, and that is a focal length I never got >>> comfortable >>> with. To me, it is neither fish nor fowl: not wide enough to >>> really capture >>> the big expanse but too wide to use for, say, se?orita photos, >>> without >>> getting so close that you get slapped in the face. >>> >>> Leica's own WATE or whatever is called is too expensive and I have >>> no need >>> for all 3 focal lengths. The 15mm lenses from Voigtlander and >>> Zeiss are not >>> rangefinder coupled. I know that they have great DOF so focusing >>> is not >>> critical, but still I want rangefinder coupling. >>> >>> From what I see out there, the 4/18mm Zeiss M lens seems to fit >>> the bill, >>> both in terms of focal length (corresponds to 24mm, one of my >>> favorite focal >>> lengths when I was shooting film) and in terms of reasonable price >>> (KEH has >>> one at the moment for just under $1000). But is it any good? I >>> have read >>> Erwin's write up on the ZM lenses, and it is quite positive. But >>> when he >>> wrote it, he did not have this particular lens. >>> >>> Anybody out there using the 18mm? >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >