Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, Thanks for the info on the 15mm/3.5. I knew about the flare but really wanted a wide angle that gave me straight lines. I knew you liked your Sigma 12-24mm. That I can try at my camera shop. With today's low noise sensors f11 should not be a problem. Thanks, Len On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 1:45 PM -0400 3/30/09, Leonard Taupier wrote: >> The 13mm, the two 15mm's and the 18mm are retrofocus rectilinears >> and can be used on todays digital bodies. The old 10mm that you >> remember is a fisheye and requires the mirror lock up. I have been >> tracking the prices of these wide angle lenses and am thinking >> about getting the 15mm f3.5. It has no distortion where the new >> AFS 14-24mm zoom has some barrel at 14mm. The AF 14mm has a lot of >> distortion and vignetting on a digital FF body. The 13mm is very >> rare and if you find one may cost thousands. A clean 15mm is >> between $900 and $1200 which is why I perked up at Chris's post. >> However I couldn't find the CV 15 F mount on Gandy's site either. >> >> Len >> >> > > > Hi Len, > > I still have my 15/3.5 Nikkor, and while it's quite decent I > wouldn't get too excited about it. It has very little distortion, > but it's not zero either, and it does have flare issues. When the > 14's came out in the 90's I looked at them but decided that none > were that great in comparison so never got one. > > Now I have a 12-24 Sigma for my FF Canons and am reasonably happy > with that. As with all Sigmas, QC is terrible but mine works > reasonably and I'm able to get images with no more, and generally > less distortion than the 15 Nikkor, and a lot less flare. The only > thing is that for good quality I have to shoot at f/11 or so. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information