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

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

  • 12 / 5.6

    Votes: 26 6.1%

  • 15 / 4.5

    Votes: 140 32.6%

  • 21 / 4

    Votes: 134 31.2%

  • 25 / 4

    Votes: 83 19.3%

  • 28 / 1.9

    Votes: 49 11.4%

  • 28 / 2

    Votes: 42 9.8%

  • 28 / 3.5

    Votes: 49 11.4%

  • 35 / 1.2

    Votes: 59 13.8%

  • 35 / 1.4

    Votes: 73 17.0%

  • 35 / 1.7

    Votes: 50 11.7%

  • 35 / 2.5

    Votes: 116 27.0%

  • 40 / 1.4

    Votes: 91 21.2%
  • Total voters
    429
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)
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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!
 
+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
 
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...
 
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.......
 
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.
 
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