Skippy Sanchez Posted May 5, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) These shots were taken at a wild mustang auction Friday. Prison inmates work with the wild mustangs, which are auctioned anually. It gave me a chance to put the CV 15 through it's paces. No self-coding, no filter, almost all shot at f8. This is one sweet little lens. (I used the 'lens correction' in PSII camera raw to fiddle with vignetting.) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=246797'>More sharing options...
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grober Posted May 5, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 5, 2007 Yup. It's a pure "no-brainer" lens. Just today I finally succeeded in hand coding the lens to "look" like a WATE lens on my M8 with current firmware! I took this photo of a Byzantine music concert last month in a local church, chosen not for its obvious beauty, but for its wonderful acoustics (and very friendly staff!). CV15 lens; ISO 320; non-coded lens with B+W 486 filter affixed with an O-ring from my loca hardware store. -g Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=246863'>More sharing options...
Skippy Sanchez Posted May 5, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted May 5, 2007 Very nice! Man, if you didn't use a tripod, you sure know how to keep your vertical lines plumb. Especially hand-holding for four seconds. The CV15 is a challenge indoors; outdoors it really is a no-brainer, even wide open. I'd love to try out the CV12, but it's so stinkin' slooooowww! Seems like most of what I shoot on assignments in in low light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted May 5, 2007 Share #4 Posted May 5, 2007 Used a Manfrotto table-pod resting on the top of the organ case. Photo taken in very little light. -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted May 6, 2007 Share #5 Posted May 6, 2007 love this lens-this is with an old leitz ir filter for summarit.....b Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=246937'>More sharing options...
wilfredo Posted May 6, 2007 Share #6 Posted May 6, 2007 What's a good source to order this lens? I would like to add one to my arsenal. Wilfredo+ Benitez-Rivera Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted May 6, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) What's a good source to order this lens? I would like to add one to my arsenal. Wilfredo+ Benitez-Rivera Photography Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest Home Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
finkaudio Posted May 6, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 6, 2007 What's a good source to order this lens? I would like to add one to my arsenal. Wilfredo+ Benitez-Rivera Photography Hi Wilfredo, CameraQuest Home is a good source. It's in LA, so not too far away. Best regards Karl-Heinz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted May 6, 2007 Share #9 Posted May 6, 2007 I thought the lack of rangefinder coupling would bug me, but the depth of field with such a wide lens brings sharp focus right up to the foreground. I don't feel the lack of a viewfinder is a problem either. I'm framing shots just fine. Holding an IR filter in front of the 15mm CV I can pretend I'm William Henry Fox Talbot. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=247394'>More sharing options...
mikeadams Posted May 6, 2007 Share #10 Posted May 6, 2007 Yesterday I photographed the antique radio swap meet at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills CA (near Palo Alto). Some of these are M8 and 35 F2 ASPH, the obvious wide angle are M7 with CV15, Kodak 100 Gold. http://www.californiahistoricalradio.com/photos71.html Mike http://www.mikeadams.org Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35mmSummicron Posted May 6, 2007 Share #11 Posted May 6, 2007 how are people finding the exposures with the CV 15mm on AE on the M8? i'm finding i constantly have to compensate +2/3 otherwise the CV15mm will underexpose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted May 6, 2007 Share #12 Posted May 6, 2007 how are people finding the exposures with the CV 15mm on AE on the M8? i'm finding i constantly have to compensate +2/3 otherwise the CV15mm will underexpose. im not having that experience but i do exposure lock on the "hottest" part of the frame...B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted May 7, 2007 Share #13 Posted May 7, 2007 how are people finding the exposures with the CV 15mm on AE on the M8? It underexposes for me as well. I find myself adding 2/3 -1.5 EV with this lens. The histograms for all my M lens seem skewed left, but it's most apparent with this lens. Less so with the 28mm CV, slightly with the 35mm/2.0 and not at all with the long lenses. Is it characteristic of the M8 that it systematically tends to underexpose with wide angle lenses? That's not been my experience with other film cameras. The spot metering area is pretty narrow with the M8 and that, it seems to me, would result in more variability in metering using wide lenses. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=248180'>More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted May 7, 2007 Share #14 Posted May 7, 2007 What's a good source to order this lens? [/url] Robert White [in the UK] ships worldwide. Good, reliable dealers: http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/index.htm They are CV, and Zeiss dealers. .................Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk60 Posted July 30, 2007 Share #15 Posted July 30, 2007 My first photos with a cv15. My favorite barn near my place. Shot through the window of my car during a storm. ISO 160, f8, 1/60s, no filter, JPEG Fine, Medium/High contrast. It tends to underexpose by almost 1.5EV. Adjusted the level in PS. Love this lens!! PS: How the heck can I post photos directly in the post?? [/img] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffordjim Posted July 30, 2007 Share #16 Posted July 30, 2007 Yup. It's a pure "no-brainer" lens. Just today I finally succeeded in hand coding the lens to "look" like a WATE lens on my M8 with current firmware!-g Did you code the CV 15 lens by hand on the cameraquest LTM to M mount adapter or the John Militch adapter? If it was the cameraquest please let me know how you did it. thanks, Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 30, 2007 Share #17 Posted July 30, 2007 Point the camera down slightly and lock the metering if you want to avoid the underexposure. Or do the same and meter manually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. borger Posted July 30, 2007 Share #18 Posted July 30, 2007 Yes.... a sweet lens for sure... it exceeded my expectations. All un-filtered, uncoded..... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/23346-continually-impressed-with-the-cv-15/?do=findComment&comment=316426'>More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 30, 2007 Share #19 Posted July 30, 2007 Exposure problems arise out in the open if the sky is overcast or hazy, and thus much brighter than the ground. With a blue sky, the lens takes in so much that most anomalies even out. I do recommend the bayonet and filter adapters made by John Milich (jm@milich.com). I have coded mine as a WATE and this works OK – though I wish Leica had made up a 16mm single coding, so I could get rid of that menu! In the front adapter I use a B+W 486 filter. Result: No brightness fall-off, no noticeable cyan vignetting. Have not tried my 72 IR filter yet, but it works fine on my old 35mm Summicron. The old man from the Age of IR Film Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted July 30, 2007 Share #20 Posted July 30, 2007 ... PS: How the heck can I post photos directly in the post?? Mashu, Follow the instructions at this link: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/2341-posting-multiple-images-threads-2.html Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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