Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The quote about the Heliar being the best ever tested, etc. may come from an old Modern Photo test. Photozone tested one on a NEX and did a comparable test of the 50 f/2 Zeiss ZM (which I have). The ZM is better -- not surprisingly. I must say, however, if there was on old classic, perhaps collapsible lens that one could put on a digital M that really was superb, it would make a rather unique combination and conversation piece. Paul www.PaulRoark.com On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > I have one of the originals which came on a green body I failed to resist. > It is indeed super sharp but is only f3.5, so much easier to make sharp > from an optical design pov. > I know nowadays with modern computer analysis tools fast lenses which are > amazingly sharp are available, but I am old enough to have come from the > time when only the slower lenses were sharpest, and the fast ones were > known to have compromised speed for sharpness! > I have had an apo Summicron on my camera and shot a few frames in dark > conditions where camera shake made much more difference to sharpness than > lens quality. > Frankly with modern digital cameras having splendid light sensitivity this > would be a superb choice if DoF effect isn?t the deciding factor. > I?m going to get mine out again and give it another go - I have far too > many 50s to use them all. > cheers, > Frank D. > > > > On 15 Feb 2017, at 20:08, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone ever tested this claim by Cameraquest > > <https://www.cameraquest.com/> ? > > > > "The new Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar IV Leica M Mount is > extraordinarily > > sharp, comparable to Leica's 50mm f/2 APO Summicron-M!" > > > > It came around in an email circulation. > > > > It seems a bit over the top. > > > > Paul > > www.PaulRoark.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >