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M7 with Voigtlander 15mm f45

agp

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Before I waste my money, does anyone have experience using this lens on an M7? The references I can find on the web only show experience on the M6. Perhaps the M7 is different?

Thanks for your help.
 
Hi Andrew,

I have the VC15mm and have used it with an M6 and now with my current M7 .85. There are no differences or restrictions using it on the M7.

For an ex&le go to http://www.photoboxgallery.com/PalmerPhotographic

...and follow the San Francisco link. There's one M7/15mm shot there - it's labelled as such.

I hope this helps,

Regards,

Bill
 
Hi Bill
I am also interested in this lens. I have looked at your website but am unable to identify the photo you mentioned in the San Francisco link. Can you pls assist?

Pls let us have an idea on the lens performance - is it a good performer eg colouration & sharpness.

Thanks & regards
Daniel
 
Hi Daniel,

The shot you are looking for is romantically titled SFCoit3Int15mm, which translates (and stretches) out to: San Francisco, Coit Tower, 3rd shot, Interior, 15mm.

I have had this lens since just after they came out - what's that, 3-odd years now. I am mostly a 50/75/90mm user. I have a 35mm Summucron but I don't "see" in 35mm. When I want to go wide, I want to go W-I-D-E and the 15mm is ideal; small, sharp and with good colour rendition. It is not built as well as a Solms product, but then what is? It is not an everyday lens; I use it for the wideangle effect, rather than to cram everything in. Like all extreme wideangles you either have to do as I do, or make sure you have foreground interest - everything resolves as a dot in the diatance otherwise.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Bill
 
Bill, Karen - thanks for your feedback.
Would appreciate if anyone else can post more pictures using this lens for viewing.

Kind rgds
Daniel
 
Hi,

I own one and occasionaly use it on my M6.
This is a shot right into the sun:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/paw/14a.htm
This shot and the alternates are from a small reportage when we did some maintanence on a friends boat:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/paw/32.htm
It is also a very useful lens for landscapes. But make sure you have something interesting in the foreground:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/paw/49.htm
People might be tricky when they are at border of the photo. Here is shot of Tom and Nathan:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/blug/blug2.html
One in a Amsterdam canal:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/blug/blug4.html
And another one:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/blug/blug8.html
One with, among others, Tom and Erwin:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/michiel.fokkema/Fotografie/blug/blug14.html
As you can see this lens gives very good performance for the money. It is off course not very fast, but can easily be used at 1/30 or even 1/15.

Best regards,

Michiel Fokkema
 
Andrew:

I have used the lens on my M6TTL. It works fine, but one word of caution...don't use it with an M motor drive. The right hand grip on the motor drive sticks on far enough that when you grip it with your right hand, you get images with fingers in it; VERY DISCONCERTING. Otherwise, for the price, it's great.
 
The Voightlander lens is OK but definately not for anything over an 11 X 14 inch print. I have this lens, a Leica 24mm asph, and the "so called" 'bottom of the barrel' (quality wise) 21mm super angulon f4 and I shoot all of them quite a bit on an 'as needed basis on a classic M6. When scanning negative on a Minolta 5400 using same camera, film, scanner settings, etc., the 15mm falls way short in every way although the result has an interesting 'painterly' quality. Don't get me wrong, it's a great lens for the price, but I would compare it to a 19mm Vivitar SLR lens tha I paid (and can still buy) a $110 for. I've also learned that even though I love wide angle, 15mm is not as useful as I thought it would be. As a sidebar, I wouldn't trade my 21mm Super angulon for anything.
 
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John,
How does the Super Angulon compare to the:
21mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical?
Thanks!
 
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