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Subject: [Leica] New 18 mm lens
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Mon Feb 16 05:32:02 2009
References: <C5BBD42D.49DA2%mark@rabinergroup.com> <51A0A068-3568-430E-AC54-45C91776FD64@cox.net>

Steve wrote...
<quote>
want wide, slow, small, cheap...must try the CV 12mm ...or maybe the CV 
15mm...
</quote>

Both lenses are very good.  If I had to choose between them, I feel that 
the 12 is 'better' on the M8, giving the same FOV as 15mm on full-frame.

That said, the 15 is a little jewel.  It's so dinky, it takes up hardly 
any space in your bag.

Regards


Mark

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Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
> On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> It looks like a gorgeous lens!
>> NOT a MONSTER! Well balanced.
>> - a lens many will have on their cameras most of the time. To give their
>> M8's a 24mm lens!
>> But smaller than my 24 Elmarit it certainly looks like to me.
>> That's a nice switch to shoot wide angle cropped format with a smaller 
>> not
>> larger lens!
>>
>> Slow glass rules!
>>
>> A whole line of f4's or 3.5's would be excellent in these tight times 
>> I'll
>> say again.
>> Cheaper glass yet in many or most cases BETTER IMAGING than the new 
>> line of
>> near Noctili which have exploded onto the empty pocketed scene.
> 
> 
> agree Mark it looks delicious...
> 
> 
> want wide, slow, small, cheap...must try the CV 12mm ...or maybe the CV 
> 15mm...
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] New 18 mm lens)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] New 18 mm lens)