Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I included it in my wish list. Combined with a 5D and a 24-105 f/4 IS L. That shoud cover my needs... (The wallet is just still a bit objecting :-) Philippe Op 26-apr-07, om 22:04 heeft Nick Roberts het volgende geschreven: > It IS a great performer - for an ultrawide zoom lens from a third > party manufacturer at a not very crazy price, it's incredible. But > I do like that lovely compact little C/V 15, and the 12 still calls... > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, 26 April, 2007 6:58:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Voigtlander 12 > > > That Signma looks like a great performer. > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > Op 25-apr-07, om 23:12 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven: > >> At 8:57 AM -0500 4/25/07, Harrison McClary wrote: >>> Ok...I am thinking about buying this lens. Do those of you who >>> have it like it? From what I have read it is a very nice little >>> lens, and I admit the radical POV of a 12 intrigues me. I have a >>> 16 for my EOS so I am not too interested in the VC 15, if I am >>> going to go wide, I want even wider than what I already have. >>> >>> Thanks for any input as to the quality/fun of this lens. If you >>> have some sample photos I'd love to see them also. >>> >>> -- >>> Harrison McClary >> >> Hi Harrison, >> >> I've had the 12 since it came out, and I also use the 12-24 Sigma >> on the 5D. Optically, the 12 is better except of course with >> respect to vignetting, but they are both fully useable. I've used >> the CV lens with a center filter at times (http://archiphoto.com/ >> Various/RD1vignette/source/12.htm), but usually it gets used >> without. I don't have any pictures posted with the CV, but I do >> have a couple taken with the Sigma: >> >> http://archiphoto.com/Various/China/source/img_3145.htm >> http://archiphoto.com/Various/China/source/img_3550.htm >> >> Besides the usual architectural stuff I've also used the 12 CV for >> shooting wildlife. Birds in particular. Who needs those 560's? :-) >> >> In 2000 I was in the Galapagos, shortly after I got the lens. One >> local species, the red-footed booby perches mostly in bushes, and I >> mean 'in'. If you shoot from the outside you sometimes only get >> branches. So I took the camera with 12mm lens, set it on 18" or >> less, stuck the whole thing into the bush and took 'environmental >> portraits'. The birds might have been a bit put off by someone >> poking their hand into their bush, but they didn't move. I'll have >> to see if I can scan one of those shots. I don't remember how well >> they turned out, though. >> >> -- >> * 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the > answer. Try it > now. > http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >