Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] CV 1.5/50mm Nokton opinions?
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:15:55 -0800
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At 8:47 PM -0500 2/6/10, Jan Decher wrote:
>Has anyone used the CV 1.5/50mm Nokton on SM (or any) Leica?  Is 
>this a decent lens (worth $400?)
>Jan
>

It's nice and it's sharp. Unfortunately, while it is probably sharper 
than a pre-asph Summilux, it's quite harsh and in a couple of years 
of owning one I found that in the end, I didn't like most of the 
shots. Finally, after a bump all the aperture blades fell into a 
little pile in the middle. I had it repaired and sold it with no 
regrets.

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Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] CV 1.5/50mm Nokton opinions?)
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