Wide Eyed Moose writes:
<<Don't need one for my A7, what with my new Voightländer Hyper-Wide Heliar
<<<10/5.6 to play with. (MF, but with EXIF)
Hmm, what prompted this lens acquisition? I thought the panny quenched most the
ultrawide needs. It is a very cool lens though and CV has a knack of
producing well liked superb niche products. (Only one I haven't liked is the
10/.95 for MFT)
I don't see where it has anything really to do with a true Heliar, like some
of their real Heliar offerings, with 13 lenses in 10 groups with two aspherics.
I think it sometimes used by the marketing to denote slower but compact
well made lenses of this ilk.
IIRC there is less sample variability then the 15--which is great if can get a
good copy. the 10/5,6 has nice sun stars if you like them and I think
vignettes quite a bit, but one of the compromises of the design. Oh, one thing
cool about CV is that
not only do they transmit exif but there is a distance encoder so that the IS
works 5 axis if the cam can do that---unlike the Loxia line.
I haven't figured out how to use this wide a lens well and too slow for astro.
From my limited experience 14-20 seems the sweet spot for astro-landscapes, at
least for me. I don't really think well below 24mm and have used the OMZ
24/2.8 10 times as often as the 21/2
Not much inclination to do much photo work of late, but hope that will change .
Not as wide eyed, Mike
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