The 12mm Heliar

[angeloks]

Here a some more shots from the little thing. Ektar 100 and Kodak 200.


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[bambamphoto]

Awesome. I have the 15 and love it.

 

[Eric T]

Does anyone have both the 12mm and 15mm CV lenses? if so, which one do you use more often?
I have the 15mm and use it often but I wonder if I would benefit significantly by going even a little wider.
Eric

 

[chrishayton]

I really want this lens, cool pics

 

[szekiat]

i had both at one point and gave up on the 12 in the end. A few things about it really bothered me, namely that it flared like a bitch, was hard to use handheld without distortion, and the contrast within such a wide frame being greater than the DR of my film! That aside, it was a special toy!

 

[Sparrow]

i had both at one point and gave up on the 12 in the end. A few things about it really bothered me, namely that it flared like a bitch, was hard to use handheld without distortion, and the contrast within such a wide frame being greater than the DR of my film! That aside, it was a special toy!

you have a singular talent there, getting it to flare is almost impossible without a filter

 

[Ronald M]

I both 12 & 15 almost from day of introduction. I find my useage almost equal between the two, but not as much as I would have thought total useage would be.

24 mm is my real most useful limit.

 

[Sparrow]

 

[aniMal]

I have the 15 and is very happy with that except for the cyan vignetting on my M8. I plan on getting the 12 sometime, but there is no hurry. I have heard that it actually is better with the M8 than the 15...

But on film it seems to really be in a category of its own!

 

[szekiat]

you have a singular talent there, getting it to flare is almost impossible without a filter

yeah, no idea how i pulled that off either. For me, when it worked ,it worked brilliantly, but when i was using it indoors, i found that bare lightbulbs created all sorts of havoc. The sigma 12-24mm on the other hand worked much better for me...

 

[Sparrow]

yeah, no idea how i pulled that off either. For me, when it worked ,it worked brilliantly, but when i was using it indoors, i found that bare lightbulbs created all sorts of havoc. The sigma 12-24mm on the other hand worked much better for me...

Oh, I see, indoors that explains it, this sort of thing?

 

[szekiat]

sort of, but often much worse. bare unfrosted bulbs in night markets were my greatest nightmare!

 

[Sparrow]

sort of, but often much worse. bare unfrosted bulbs in night markets were my greatest nightmare!

You should post those, it would assist others

I'm clearly not asking enough of mine

 

[Phantomas]

Awesome shots as always. I think the scanner does a great justice to the colors here.

 

[angeloks]

you have a singular talent there, getting it to flare is almost impossible without a filter

Well, I'd say that it is possible to get the 12mm to flare w/o a filter. I'm not sure about how much talent it takes... Anyway, those are extreme situations and don't see how a lens wouldn't flare. I like it nonetheless.

 

[Sparrow]

Well, I'd say that it is possible to get the 12mm to flare w/o a filter. I'm not sure about how much talent it takes... Anyway, those are extreme situations and don't see how a lens wouldn't flare. I like it nonetheless.

Wow.. I’ve not had that with mine (without a filter on that is) and I often have the sun in frame, it’s difficult not to with such a wide FOV, it has behaved impeccably so far

 

[LeicaMSeattle]

Does anyone have both the 12mm and 15mm CV lenses? if so, which one do you use more often?
I have the 15mm and use it often but I wonder if I would benefit significantly by going even a little wider.
Eric

I own the 12mm and wondering the same about the 15mm. Perhaps we should trade for lenses for week. I use my 12mm a lot for architectural interiors for my projects both under construction and completed.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Here a some more shots from the little thing. Ektar 100 and Kodak 200.

Would like to have a look at these but then at the original file: would like to compare sharpness with my 15mm. Can you put a link somewhere?

thanks

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

I own the 12mm and wondering the same about the 15mm. Perhaps we should trade for lenses for week. I use my 12mm a lot for architectural interiors for my projects both under construction and completed.

well if I compare pictures posted here with my own, than the 12mm has much more distortion. But it seems more sharp.