[poll] CV Lens Poll - What've you got? (up to 40mm)

[DennisPT]

15/4.5 and 35/1.2 V1 for now. No complaint particularly the 15, I got a nice sample.

 

[bowieknife]

the 21mm has a tendency to flare, the 35mm 1.7 is very soft wide open-
otherwise they are lovely & compact, and not overpriced (compared to Leitz or Zeiss)

 

[traveler_101]

I have the 15/4.5, 25/4 and the 35/2.5 which lives on my Bessa-T. All of them are LTM. I actually think the 25/4 Snapshot Skopar is my sharpest lens.

 

[traveler_101]

Addendum--the Snapshot Skopar seems to be a lens that everyone has owned at some point, but many have sold. I can't see selling mine.

 

[rbsinto]

I have the CV 21 f4, and the 25 f4, both in Nikon s-mount, and am very happy with the pictures I get using them.

 

[Tessar.]

I had the 50/2.5 in S mount, which I sold with my Nikon S2. Also had the 25/4 in M mount which went, and the LTM 28/3.5, which also went.

Not for any good reason other than I like to try out lots of different lenses and can't afford to keep them all if they don't stand out as outstanding. I didn't rate the 50 skopar too highly for some reason and moved on to the Elmar-M, which also went (but was very good) and I now have the collapsible Hexanon 50 instead. The 25 and 28 were very good.

 

[jwnash1]

I think you are interested in Leica mount only but I use a Voigtlander SL II 40/2 as my normal lens on my Pentax MX. Love it.
John

 

[Tessar.]

I thought about the SL for my ME, but settled on the M series 40mm, which I an very happy with.

 

[Shade]

I'm using the V2 35/1.2 asph at the moment and I think its one of the bang for your buck lenses. I just did a comissioned work on it and they were quite impressed. There were some high Pf amounts on really contrast challenging background though, but everything else is awesome.

 

[Guaranteed]

Just the 35 2.5 C for me, the rest of my CV glass is longer than 40 and my wider isn't CV.

 

[KenD]

I think I shoot more with my CV 35 1.4 than all the rest of my lenses combined! When I am feeling wide my 25 4.0 and 21 4.0 are superb!

 

[shimokita]

+1 for the 15/4.5 ... I have the M-mount version, lovely lens
28mm is my most used FL, and at the same time this 15 is such a pleasure to use...

Casey

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

I only got one lens of CV, the 35mm f2.5 Pancake II.

 

[boomguy57]

21/4, 35/1.2, 40/1.4 here...love them all!

 

[back alley]

so far i have owned the cv...12/15/21/25/28/1.9/28/3.5/35/1.2/35/2.5/40/1.4/50/1.1/50/2.5/75/2.5/90/3.5...
oh, i had the 35/1.4 as well.

and i liked them all...

 

[ABCD12345ABCD]

so far i have owned the cv...12/15/21/25/28/1.9/28/3.5/35/1.2/35/2.5/40/1.4/50/1.1/50/2.5/75/2.5/90/3.5...
oh, i had the 35/1.4 as well.

and i liked them all...

You're playing pokemon with Cosina?

 

[rxmd]

You're playing pokemon with Cosina?

Ultron, I choose you!

 

[John Robertson]

40mm Summicron... NOT on the list????

Do you not read english???

 

[rizraz]

As I usually go hunting in the tight spaces of Asian wet markets, the 21mm is used regularly. The 35mm 1.4 is also on the other body.......

 

[gilpen123]

The 15 4.5 has been with me for a while and love it on those occasions that needed a wider FL. Recently got the 28 3.5 color skopar which I've been hunting for a while courtesy of an RFF seller.