M8 + Voigtländer 15 mm 4,5 Asph.

[Olsen]

I have just bought 2.hand a Voigtländer 15 mm 4,5 Aspherical to go with my M8 (and my MP and my Zeiss Ikon). It has L-mount and came with an M adaptor.

Mounting on my M8, or my ZI for that matter, camera focusing does not work. That is the fucusing 'reflex' double vision does not move when I turn the focusing ring. It is not much of a problem, though, since DOF reaches from infinity to - about - one meter at aparture 4,5.

But is this normal with this lense?

 

[Xmas]

Yes

Noel

 

[Olsen]

A-ha! Charaschå!

Fantastic little lense. An example here; jpg 'right out of the box'.

 

[Tony C.]

Yes, it's a terrific lens (and value)! Here's a link to a NYC image:

http://mtanga.com/singleimage4.htm

Regards,

Tony C.

 

[Olsen]

I still have problems with jpg file quality out of M8. I was about to put out more pictures with this 15 mm lense, but they are full of artifacts and jagged lines. I dug up my 1Ds II and took some paralell shots; the jpg out of this camera looks 'just perfect'.

Then I tried to go from RAW to TIFF in Phase One (awful program!), and then jpg in PS. The jagged lines are still there even after resizing the picture. What am I missing out here?

 

[parameters]

Yes, it's a terrific lens (and value)! Here's a link to a NYC image:

http://mtanga.com/singleimage4.htm

amazing pict!

 

[summilux]

Leica should buy the right of lens and produce it under its summarit logo.

 

[KEH]

An incredibly sweet lens on the M8. One from my gallery from a couple of weeks ago:

Under Confederation Square in Ottawa. Fairly minimal photoshopping...

Cheers,
Kirk

 

[Joe Mondello]

One of my best photographic buys ever (I also got a used one that looked brand new)

Pretty sure this is with the 15 . . .

 

[DaveB]

I love this lens.<P>

 

[GrahamWelland]

Set it to f8, focus at 2m and you've got the ultimate p&s lens on the M8.