footnoteblog Posted March 6, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) 25/4 or 15/4.5 Vote! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Hi footnoteblog, Take a look here Already have a 35 for M8, quick, which CV?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
marco_rol Posted March 6, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2007 15/4.5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalker649 Posted March 6, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 6, 2007 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baloo Posted March 6, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 6, 2007 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem7 Posted March 6, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 6, 2007 15 - no contest! Get the 15, its a great little lens on the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gesper Posted March 6, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 6, 2007 They are so inexpensive I bought both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
george + Posted March 6, 2007 Share #7 Posted March 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) 15 - fantastic deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted March 6, 2007 OK. So what's the smallest size filter and attachment to use with it, and which IR cut filter size, and where can I get it... running out of time! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 6, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 6, 2007 The 15 doesn't take filters, but you can manually add a 39mm B+W 486 by pinning it inside the hood. For its intended uses though, I am not sure this is so critical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 6, 2007 Share #10 Posted March 6, 2007 15 ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted March 6, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 6, 2007 For the prices of CV lenses I would buy both! rgds, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted March 6, 2007 Share #12 Posted March 6, 2007 12 naw.... changed my mind......15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 6, 2007 Share #13 Posted March 6, 2007 Remember if you go for the 15 you'll also need to buy a 21mm external viewfinder, so that'll add to the cost. You'll be able to use the internal viewfinder on the M8 if you go for the 25 and buy the correct screw to M adaptor. At the price the quality of either is excellent. As has been mentioned both lenses take a 39mm filter, though you'll have to glue the filter to the 15mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted March 6, 2007 Sweet. Thanks. So the 15mm that comes with is too wide...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 6, 2007 Share #15 Posted March 6, 2007 Yes, on an M8 with the 1.33 crop factor the lens will have a similar angle of view as a 21mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstotler Posted March 6, 2007 Share #16 Posted March 6, 2007 Sweet. Thanks. So the 15mm that comes with is too wide...? I don't use the viewfinder at all. The area of coverage for the lens is so wide that IMO you don't need to use it. I just set the lens on infinity (starts at 6 to 7 feet), point the camera in the general direction of the scene (imagining a circle around me and that approx 1/3rd of the circle will be captured) and shoot. Look at previewed scene on viewer to see if you got what you wanted. Rinse and repeat. Really, after you do this for a while--although it feels imprecise--you can get a real feel for area of coverage and framing with the camera at waist-level and the strap around your neck. Just point, pivot, shoot. This is my "most fun to use" lens--and it effectively turns the M8 into a digital snappy.(I've elsewhere called this lens the "M8-to-snappy conversion kit".) Later! Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share #17 Posted March 6, 2007 Nice, Will. Yeah, the whole external viewfinder thing is so... wrong, to me. I guess if I was trying to hit a nice landscape, it would be relevant, but I just don't see myself buying a nice little Gitzo and RRS head, plate... carrying it all, and photographing on our trip while my wife stands their waiting for me with her arms crossed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted March 6, 2007 Share #18 Posted March 6, 2007 Get the 15, it is the best bang for your buck there is and I guarantee you will love it. I fixed a 39mm filter in mine with two thicknesses of double-sided sellotape and it works well, though the cyans are very very evident. I fixed them all in photoshop but have now decided that it's less hassle to fix the magentas so will shoot without it. You can't hand code it - the flange on the screw-to-M adaptor isn't wide enough. There is supposedly an old adaptor around that will take the code but I can't find one. I personally don't use an external finder with it: what you see when you peer around the extreme perimeter of the M viewfinder is pretty closely what you get and as Will says you can always rinse and repeat. Regardless, at that money for an M lens it is fragments of peanuts and it is so cool. Best Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share #19 Posted March 6, 2007 What's your methodology for fixing the magentas? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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