Wonderful comparison page on wide-angle lenses!

[LeicaFoReVer]

I came across this page when I was looking for information on some wide angle lenses for leica bodies.

That is a page from an italian gentleman with wonderful diagrams and photos. It is in italian but you can translate it (partially) by using google translate.

I wanted to share...It is a good summary.

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Soviet_and_wide_lenses_on_Leica_M/00_p.htm

 

[awilder]

The best most compehensive lens read I've ever seen! Does he have anything on normal and telephoto lenses as well?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Holy moses, that's an extraordinary page.

 

[f16sunshine]

Marco Cavina
He has many excellent reviews in his pages. A big Zeiss fan. Few lenses from the Zeiss history are missed.

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

I have seen some other reviews in his page but due to my lack of italian language, it is hard to follow 🙂

I loved the fact that he put the diagrams and example photos side by side!

 

[newspaperguy]

Excellent product shots, too.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

The Jupiter 12 is a nice performer...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

wow that is another nice article from him on noctilux 1.2. It even has the composition of the glass, and lots of drawings from Leitz...

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Leica_Noctilux_M__50_1,2/00_pag.htm

history on oscar barnack:

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Oskar_Barnack_progetti/00_pag.htm

summitar the star:

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Oskar_Barnack_progetti/00_pag.htm

canon 0.95:

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcoc...ici/Canon_50_0,95_origini_olandesi/00_pag.htm

voigtlander 35mm 1.2:its origin dating back to 1930:
http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Nokton_35_1,2_origini/00_pag.htm

 

[t.s.k.]

Truly impressive. Thanks for the link.

Bet his web host is going crazy right about now.

 

[Brian Legge]

I ended up with 2 J12s.

Both seem incredibly soft in the corners though maybe that is a shimming problem as I was using them on a Leica IIIc. I'd try them in a FED 2 but they wouldn't mount in one ring and hit the cam in the other. I picked up a FED 2 specifically for use with the J12 to see if it was a shimming problem so I am definitely disappointed. I might try swapping the cam from a parts camera some time.

The J8s on the other hand have been uniformly stellar.

 

[VinceC]

The page is comprehensible via Google translate -- imperfect machine tranlsation but you can usually figure out what's he's saying.

http://translate.google.com/transla...t_and_wide_lenses_on_Leica_M/00_p.htm&act=urlhttp://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luciolepri.it%2Flc2%2Fmarcocavina%2Farticoli_fotografici%2FSoviet_and_wide_lenses_on_Leica_M%2F00_p.htm&act=url

 

[jdvf]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
Greg