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Some CV lens samples with M9


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The Super Wide Heliar 12 got a lot of red on the border on the M9, not the great lens that instead is on the M8.

The 35/1.4 is not at all bad (love the one with the cat) but the bokeh is nothing if compared with that of the Lux. I understand that the difference in price, however, may help to close an eye (as we say in Italy).

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Hi again,

thanks for the feedback. i am not a lens tester actually. leicas may perform better for sure. never used one. I noticed no obvious focus-shift in nokton. Seems to perform well. portraits are all at 1.4.

these are processed raws by the way.

 

by the way two more images from 12CV at the blog.

HighRes

 

Can

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Thanks, Jahn.

 

To me, the bokeh in these shots is a bit jarring. I imagine that some may like the effect, but there's alot of geometry in the bokeh, and the straight lines seemed to draw my attention there instead of to the beautiful model.

 

It'd be interesting to compare a Leica or Zeiss equivalent to your CV's for the same shot to see how they draw...

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For those interested, I've got piles of shots with various Voigtlander lenses on the M9 (and M8.2). I can't take many more as I have sold most of my Voigtlander glass, but you an peruse the sets here; there are 13 different Voigtlander lenses represented:

 

Collection: Voigtlander

 

I still have the 12mm, 35/2.5 PII Color-Skopar, 50/2.5 Color Skopar and 40/1.4 Nokton. I also have test shots floating around with a lot of other lenses that aren't loaded up there yet, such as the 28/3.5, 28/1.9, 35/1.4 and a few others. If there is enough demand, I can get some of those loaded up.

 

Jeff

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Thanks Jeff!

I see you sold 15mm. Did you replace it with WATE?

 

Yes. The 15mm was lovely, but I didn't feel like dealing with CornerFix all the time, and I love to shoot at 16mm. The WATE let me shoot wide all the time w/o a workflow issue, and has the added benefit of flexibility of focal length. It's also a tad faster. Overall a winning combination. It's now one of my favorite lenses.

 

Jeff

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  • 2 weeks later...

I still consider below scenarios and haven't decided yet...

A) CV 12mm + CV 15mm +24mm M

B) CV 12mm + WATE + 24mm M

C) CV 12mm + 24mm M

 

I wonder how 15mm and WATE @16mm differ in sharpness, contrast, color, flare.

Looking on MTFs - 16mm i best when closed down to f/8.

15mm is also best between 5.6 and 8.

 

24mm I plan to use for landscapes and architecture and inside rooms, it has lowest distortion. I wonder how frequently I would use WATE on different focals for these purposes too... I've heard complains on its distortion, here on the forum...

(in past I had 14-28mm zoom and used 14mm most often)

 

12mm I plan to use for special effects, close ups, distortions, mostly when subject is quite close in center of the frame, and I want to show some background around too.

 

Any comments welcome!

 

 

BTW: here you can see few 12mm photos of our colleague: Depo

 

 

PS: in fact I would also consider 15\16mm for landscapes.

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