Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It might also make an impression on the sensor. Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look > On Feb 16, 2017, at 9:45 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > > The quote about the Heliar being the best ever tested, etc. may come from > an old Modern Photo test. Photozone tested one on a NEX and did a > comparable test of the 50 f/2 Zeiss ZM (which I have). The ZM is better -- > not surprisingly. > > I must say, however, if there was on old classic, perhaps collapsible lens > that one could put on a digital M that really was superb, it would make a > rather unique combination and conversation piece. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at > btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> I have one of the originals which came on a green body I failed to resist. >> It is indeed super sharp but is only f3.5, so much easier to make sharp >> from an optical design pov. >> I know nowadays with modern computer analysis tools fast lenses which are >> amazingly sharp are available, but I am old enough to have come from the >> time when only the slower lenses were sharpest, and the fast ones were >> known to have compromised speed for sharpness! >> I have had an apo Summicron on my camera and shot a few frames in dark >> conditions where camera shake made much more difference to sharpness than >> lens quality. >> Frankly with modern digital cameras having splendid light sensitivity this >> would be a superb choice if DoF effect isn?t the deciding factor. >> I?m going to get mine out again and give it another go - I have far too >> many 50s to use them all. >> cheers, >> Frank D. >> >> >>> On 15 Feb 2017, at 20:08, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone ever tested this claim by Cameraquest >>> <https://www.cameraquest.com/> ? >>> >>> "The new Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar IV Leica M Mount is >> extraordinarily >>> sharp, comparable to Leica's 50mm f/2 APO Summicron-M!" >>> >>> It came around in an email circulation. >>> >>> It seems a bit over the top. >>> >>> Paul >>> www.PaulRoark.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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information