Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You must have a better hand with it than from I've seen by others. The shots I've seen taken with the Hologon had very poor results. Never mind that shooting at f16 is very restrictive. Slobodan Dimitrov http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 3:39 PM +0100 12/5/06, F?lix L?pez de Maturana wrote: >>> That 15mm Heliar sure puts the old Hologon to shame. >> >> I'm not so sure. I haven't used the CV15mm but I've done >> extensively with the CV12mm -M7- and an Hologon with the Contax >> G2. Both have the issues an extreme wide has, severe vignetting >> and corners softness, but -just my opinion- in corners and >> borders the Hologon has the edge. I use the Hologon with the >> degradation filter and this improves the image quality while I >> couldn't fit a similar device in my Heliar and this is really a >> disadvantage. May be under some circumstances the CV can be better >> -I repeat it is not my experience- bu so much as *put to shame* I >> wouldn't dare to say this. >> >> Felix. > > I have the 12 and 15 CV as well as the original Hologon, and while > the CV 15 is more convenient, it hardly puts the Hologon to shame. > > I use the 12 occasionally with a graduated center filter, and the > Hologon as well. I don't have one for the 15 CV so it looses out in > that department. > > BTW, the 12 CV works well on the M8; also with the graduated filter > which isn't quite as necessary on digital. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information