Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, it is at its best just around f8. Even just stopping down a half stop to f5.6 makes for significant improvements. I always use mine in the f5.6 to f11 range. John Collier On 16-Nov-06, at 7:24 AM, David Rodgers wrote: > I bought a CV15 just after they became available. Just after the > purchase I used it extensively for an outdoor project in very bright > light. It didn't perform well. I became disenchanted with the lens. I > didn't use it again for a long time. The next time I used it was for a > series of interior shots in subdued light. The results were much > better. > > > I attribute my poor early results to the fact that I'd stopped down > considerably (I think most shots were at f16) and diffraction came > into > play. Now, I try not to use it stopped down beyond f8. I just > wonder if > anyone else has had similar experiences.