laverda3c
Member
Hey Everyone,
looking to complement my 20mm f/1.7 on the wide end. I have a couple of m-mount lenses that I have used as manual focus lenses on the more "telescopic" end of the spectrum - a cv 28mm f/3.5 and a 50mm lux. I am quite comfortable manual focusing them even without the magnification as the image pops into focus on the screen. Mind you wide open on the 50 I do have to switch to the magnified view just to make sure.
So I am looking at wide-angle lenses and obviously the 7-14 is a contender but I really like using legacy lenses and it is an expensive and large lense so I am considering the CV wides. Especially the 12mm as the 24mm fov that it produces is better for me than the 15mm's 30mm fov. From trawling the internet it appears that these lenses are technically less than stellar on a micro-four-thirds body. I have not made up my mind whether this is important to *me* or not. Technically the 20mm produces better photos than my 28mm but I like the look of the 28mm better. In the same way that I prefer the 45mm Tessar vs the 50mm Planar photos from my C/Y SLR.
So my question is those that use cv wide-angle lenses (12mm and 15mm) on your m43s bodies, what are your opinions on the merit of these lenses and does the dreaded technical failings matter to you? Of course if you could provide examples of these images that would help 🙂
Regards,
M
looking to complement my 20mm f/1.7 on the wide end. I have a couple of m-mount lenses that I have used as manual focus lenses on the more "telescopic" end of the spectrum - a cv 28mm f/3.5 and a 50mm lux. I am quite comfortable manual focusing them even without the magnification as the image pops into focus on the screen. Mind you wide open on the 50 I do have to switch to the magnified view just to make sure.
So I am looking at wide-angle lenses and obviously the 7-14 is a contender but I really like using legacy lenses and it is an expensive and large lense so I am considering the CV wides. Especially the 12mm as the 24mm fov that it produces is better for me than the 15mm's 30mm fov. From trawling the internet it appears that these lenses are technically less than stellar on a micro-four-thirds body. I have not made up my mind whether this is important to *me* or not. Technically the 20mm produces better photos than my 28mm but I like the look of the 28mm better. In the same way that I prefer the 45mm Tessar vs the 50mm Planar photos from my C/Y SLR.
So my question is those that use cv wide-angle lenses (12mm and 15mm) on your m43s bodies, what are your opinions on the merit of these lenses and does the dreaded technical failings matter to you? Of course if you could provide examples of these images that would help 🙂
Regards,
M
