Cosina/Voigtlander is an amazing company. I really like the rangefinders and
that new Bessaflex which takes the screw mount M42 lenses....tho a step
backward...it makes perfect sense. You can get 1000's of screw mount (Pentax
style) lenses at very little cost.
Certainly the lenses are not Leitz/Leica but I believe it would be hard to
tell the difference in your photos. They are still a bit too pricey for me.
- Ali
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jim Brokaw
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:36 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: It's been lonesome up here in the saddle since myhorse
died.
on 4/1/04 3:01 PM, Chuck Norcutt at chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What does that mean... 75% of the performance.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Jim Brokaw wrote:
>
> Of course, the CV lenses only give 75% of the
>> performance of the Leitz lenses (depending on who you ask...) but they
cost
>> 1/4 the price
There is a fairly widely known reviewer of 'all things Leica' named Erwin
Puts... he's something of a strong fan of Leitz lenses quality and
performance. His reviews of the Cosina-Voigtlander lenses have for the most
part found them 'satisfactory, though not quite up to the real Leitz glass
performance'.
However, when a 35/1.4 Leitz Summarit costs $2500 or more, and the
Cosina/Voigtlander 35/1.2 (yes, f1.2...!) costs ~$900, the question of which
is the best lens value and which is slightly sharper at f1.4 or f2.0 becomes
less clear-cut. I'd love to have all genuine new-design Leica lenses... but
I could spend $20,000 and not get them all... For 1/4 that or less I -could-
buy every Cosina-Voigtlander lens they have made for Leicas.
In most cases I wouldn't be able to see the differences without huge
magnification and carefully controlled test conditions. My opinion about
most lens sharpness quality issues is that if you're using a hand-held
camera then there are other uncontrolled factors that invalidate any
sharpness comparisons between lenses. The CV lenses might be slightly less
sharp or contrasty at some apertures, and their mechanical construction is
no doubt less robust and immaculate than the Leica lens, but the performance
in ratio to the cost differential favors the CV offerings... whether the
exact performance differences are 75% or not I don't know. I have seen on
the internet comparisons which suggest that the performance is quite close,
maybe even closer than 75%. I -know- that the costs are no comparison.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
The olympus mailinglist olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: mailto:olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
To contact the list admins: mailto:olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx?subject="Olympus
List Problem"
The olympus mailinglist olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: mailto:olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
To contact the list admins: mailto:olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx?subject="Olympus
List Problem"
|