Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I agree with you. I've been playing with my sons CV 15mm. Has the CV adapter. Works like a charm. A hair soft on the corners with a M7, though. Len On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:01 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > OK, but won't a small infinity error be unnoticeable with a big > wide? The focusing is nearly academic with a super wide, I would > have thought. I'd just invest in one CV adaptor anyway (I have a > couple and they are very good). Never played with wider than a 20, > myself. I have enough trouble managing levels with a 25. Probably > need to go and serve an apprenticeship with Jim Hemenway or > someone. I found the little CV 25 to be very neat and compact. > Click stopped focusing, no rangefinder coupling. But it did funny > things with appearing to clump the grain on b&w. Maybe a correction > issue? I've got the little 2.5 35 Skopar in LTM. It works well > for the price. Just bought a 2.5 50 too. It's to use on my 111c for > fun. > I'm guessing that a 12mm lens might not be cheap. Might as well > have a good adaptor. Sometimes may be had cheaply on the Bay. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Phil Swango > Sent: Friday, 9 March 2007 11:16 > To: LUG > Subject: [Leica] ltm to M adaptors > > Hoppy wrote: > I have no personal experience with the Chinese examples. I do have > some CV > adaptors. I recommend investing in those. Maybe you can > find a used example. Since its for the wide wides, what frames it > brings up > won't be relevant. Might also mean that a cheaper > non-voigtlander example would be perfectly OK for that job. It's > not like > you couldn't afford a small focus error. > ================================= > Hoppy, IMO the back-focus is more critical on the short focal > length lenses > than the long ones. Depth of field is greater, of course, but a > small focus > error may mean you couldn't quite focus at infinity. I don't know > how big a > problem this would be on, say, a 12mm. > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information