Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
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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
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