Which CV Lenses Do You Currently own

Which CV Lenses Do You Currently own

  • 12/5.6, 15/4.5, 21/4, 25/4

    Votes: 553 55.6%

  • 28/3.5

    Votes: 94 9.5%

  • 28/1.9

    Votes: 149 15.0%

  • 35/2.5 C, PII, PI

    Votes: 297 29.9%

  • 35/1.7

    Votes: 159 16.0%

  • 35/1.2

    Votes: 101 10.2%

  • 40/1.4 MC, SC

    Votes: 219 22.0%

  • 50/2.5

    Votes: 58 5.8%

  • 50/1.5

    Votes: 198 19.9%

  • 50/2 H

    Votes: 54 5.4%

  • 75/2.5

    Votes: 212 21.3%

  • 90/3.5

    Votes: 76 7.6%
  • Total voters
    994
I have the 21/4, the 35/1.7, and the 75/2.5.
All in screw mount, all bought as a kit with a Bessa R on eBay for a VERY reasonable price... boy, did I get lucky. 😀
 
Don't have one yet but am looking hard at the 15 & 21

Don't have one yet but am looking hard at the 15 & 21

I do not yet own one, but am looking at the 15 and 21. For those of you who use the 21, how might it compare to the non-aspherical 21 Elmarit. It seems the cost and size would be an advantage. Any other? I am planning on using it primarily on the M8, though it might get some action on my M6.


M8, M6, R7, R8, Canon D40, Mamiya M6 & M7, Zeiss Icon Bessa 2, Fuji 6x9 (65 & 90).

M series: 24, 28/2, 35/1.4Asph, 50/2, 50/1.4, 75 1.4(used rarely), 90/2, and even 135/2.8 (Am I nuts? Though it must be noted I got these when the $, and my bank account, were stronger)
 
I have to admit to a dark secret! I have them all!!! I suspect that it is an incurable disease, but I do aquire them whenever they are available - sometimes even in duplicate!
Oh well, it would have been ruinous to do the same with Leica's output. The VC allows "budget" pricing without any noticable lack of performance and they also tend to issue interesting lenses that nobody else does. Lenses like the 12f5.6, the 15f4.5, the snap shop Skopar 25f4, the 35f1.2 and the Heliar 50f3.5 and f2. Oh then we have the choices in the 35/40's with MC and SC - the list goes on!
 
I just received my first, a MC 35/1.4. To me, this lens was something of a no brainer. I started my kit with a ZM 50/2 and wanted something faster at the 35mm FL. The CV 35/1.4 is tiny, fast, reasonably priced, and the samples from the Flickr group really impressed me. I came across some controversy about the bokeh, but just about any lens is going to have bokeh issues at f/1.4 with a stressful background. At f/2 and beyond, the examples were sharp with pleasing bokeh, and f/1.4 is there when you need it. The CV 35/1.2 was too big, the asph Summilux too expensive, and almost everything else too slow (for what I wanted at this FL). My choice pretty much came down to the CV 35/1.4 versus the pre-asph Summilux, and I chose the CV for the lower price.

Now I'm trying to decide between the ZM 28/2.8 and the CV 28/2.
 
amin_sabet said:
I just received my first, a MC 35/1.4. To me, this lens was something of a no brainer. I started my kit with a ZM 50/2 and wanted something faster at the 35mm FL. The CV 35/1.4 is tiny, fast, reasonably priced, and the samples from the Flickr group really impressed me. I came across some controversy about the bokeh, but just about any lens is going to have bokeh issues at f/1.4 with a stressful background. At f/2 and beyond, the examples were sharp with pleasing bokeh, and f/1.4 is there when you need it. The CV 35/1.2 was too big, the asph Summilux too expensive, and almost everything else too slow (for what I wanted at this FL). My choice pretty much came down to the CV 35/1.4 versus the pre-asph Summilux, and I chose the CV for the lower price.

Now I'm trying to decide between the ZM 28/2.8 and the CV 28/2.
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That's my reasoning exactly for choosing the MC Nokton 35/1.4. It's a great little lens, and I could not be happier with it. I even chose it above the ZM Biogon 35/2 which I sold once I got it. I did go with the ZM Biogon 28/2.8 for my M-mount 28 though.

I also have a CV 21/4 and CV 28/3.5 in SC-mount. Both great performers as well.
 
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