Cheers Gary. You should pack it for Hanoi. Loads of sceneries there to capture with the 15mm. Though I would not suggest pushing film with this lens. Subjects are small and it will be lost with grainy films as a result of pushing. some shots of mine looked weird with too much exaggerated lines.
Mine is an LTM, hence shooting most of the time at f8 (50cm to infinity hyperfocal) under the sun, and f4.5 (70cm to infinity) for cloudy days. Good enough for me. Who needs shallow DoF? LOL! The M Mount makes very little difference though, just that it has a filter thread that might come useful. But the RF coupling really isn't a need if you have everything in focus at 70cm onwards!
If you want less distortion, make sure you shoot straight on, and not tilting the camera in an angle. I realise that later on
Ya, confirm bringing this little lens to Hanoi!
Mine is LTM as well.
Honestly for the CV 15mm, the coupling is not needed at all, even at F4.5, the DOF is still there!!!! Everything clear & sharp!
Yep, agree the M mount is good coz its got the filter option plus it looks nicer
It's been long over due.
I have yet to plan my trip to Hanoi
Hope this helps.
Look up Thorn Tree Forum (Lonely Planet's forum). I think there are a lot of traveling tips there. If not you could also get a guidebook. That is what I do, usually I will do an indepth read up on the place before going. Like how the culture is, plan my day's route by area (so you do not do aimless movements. It saves time too, and maximise your daylight hours). After that,... find what you want to shoot and where you can do best photography
Places in Hanoi,...
This is off the net:... I have yet to plan mine :bsmilie:
Ba Dinh Square
Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum
One Pillar Pagoda
Van Mieu
Hoan Kiem Lake
Ngoc Son Pagoda
Ho Chi Minh's House on Stilts
