Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a 15mm CV that I sent to DAG for focus problems, and now it is staggeringly sharp. I love how compact it is too. I put a little electrician's tape around the 39mm cut filter, and it sits snug inside the built-in shade. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:12 PM, leo wesson <leowesson@gmail.com> wrote: > 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) > > > > > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA