CV SWH 15/4.5 in LTM, a big disappointment

[noimmunity]

Jon, here's a pic with center and corner crops at 100%. Hope this helps. I can't imagine flatter, less favorable light to show a lens to advantage - typical grey Michigan winter day. Taken at f4.5, focused at infinity, on tripod, leveled, w/ timer. No processing other than cropping, resizing, and saving for web.

Thanks, Mike!

Fairly sharp, if cyan, corners

Merry Christmas over there in Michigan!!!

 

[MCTuomey]

Same to you and yours, Jon.

Cyan, sorry about that. I was trying to test a SLR lens at the same time; weather wet, windy, cold. When I switched cameras I realized I had an IR filter on the lens, I just left it on - too nasty out to remove it. The CV 15 shouldn't have an IR filter in overcast snow conditions, obviously.

Corners improve at f5.6 and even more at f8, if that matters to you.

Have you decided what you're going to do with yours?

 

[richfx]

"Isn't it more the case that the M9 performed poorly with the lens? As far as I know, the lens was made for film cameras, if it does not work on digital, then that's the failing of the camera not the lens."


You're probably right, but I read that it worked well on the M9 with CornerFix, so I tried it. No such luck. Live and learn, I guess.
Rich

 

[noimmunity]

Same to you and yours, Jon.

Cyan, sorry about that. I was trying to test a SLR lens at the same time; weather wet, windy, cold. When I switched cameras I realized I had an IR filter on the lens, I just left it on - too nasty out to remove it. The CV 15 shouldn't have an IR filter in overcast snow conditions, obviously.

Corners improve at f5.6 and even more at f8, if that matters to you.

Have you decided what you're going to do with yours?

A white christmas! We don't get that here in Taiwan, obviously! Enjoy it!

I'm probably going to sell the 15, and my 40 Sonnar, too.

 

[back alley]

And The 40!!!

 

[bigeye]

That's too bad. I'm developing an unnatural affection for mine.