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E60 and E67 has similar design with lit difference, but also different glass, coating, and optic cell.
67mm peripheral optic perform better than 60mm filter size. it is common. like canon 16-35/2.8II vs 16-35L I...
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E60 and E67 has similar design with lit difference, but also different glass, coating, and optic cell.
67mm peripheral optic perform better than 60mm filter size. it is common. like canon 16-35/2.8II vs 16-35L I...
Care to share how the shaving of the shroud was made? Was it removed first for the shaving? Thanks.
nsng
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I have been using the 35-70 f4.0 VE since 1997. I bought this lens a few months after I bought my R8. Since then it has been one of my travelling lenses. During my initial testings, I found that it outperformed the 50'Cron! I was shooting slides and 3 years ago went digital with the DMR. There is a clarity and sharpness that reminded me of the aspherical M lenses. I am a M user as well.
Here is a shot captured with my R8/DMR over Victoria Falls.
Here is a section of the lower corner at 100%.
I used C1 for the RAW conversion with default sharpening. The highly compressed jpegs do not do justice with the quality of the capture. For some reasons, even though this zoom has an aspherical element, it is not indicated on the lens.
N.S. Ng
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I have been using the 35-70 f4.0 VE since 1997. I bought this lens a few months after I bought my R8. Since then it has been one of my travelling lenses. During my initial testings, I found that it outperformed the 50'Cron! I was shooting slides and 3 years ago went digital with the DMR. There is a clarity and sharpness that reminded me of the aspherical M lenses. I am a M user as well.
Here is a shot captured with my R8/DMR over Victoria Falls.
Here is a section of the lower corner at 100%.
I used C1 for the RAW conversion with default sharpening. The highly compressed jpegs do not do justice with the quality of the capture. For some reasons, even though this zoom has an aspherical element, it is not indicated on the lens.
N.S. Ng
http://nns555.zenfolio.com/
And at least according to Erwin Puts, it outperforms even the venerable 35 Cron and 80 Lux at the same aperture settings. Of course, the 35-70/4 doesn't open up to f/2 or f/1.4, but for a moderate aperture standard zoom I guess it does its job.
Nice photos there, wish I could be there myself. Would like to be able to try the M system too, but really need a lot of money to get involved, especially if I want the M8.
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good pic, but 1.3X crop make its impact limited.:sweat:
Hey, there should be some available if you post a WTB thread in the forums. The more direct way would be to try sources like Ebay for example. Plenty of adapters with the AF confirmation chip there and relatively inexpensive.
For this shot, I waited until the sun set over the horizon to capture the twilight glow over Cape Schanck, Australia. I used the 19mm R, 2nd. version with my R8/DMR. This is a superb wide angle lens, one of my favourite R lenses.
N.S. Ng
Nicely done there. Wish I was there myself to actually photograph this scene. It would look great too in panoramic format with some of the lower bits of the photo cropped off. Do you notice much barrel distortion with the 19mm lens or is it well corrected for geometry?
The other 'up and coming' ultrawide lens I want to get my hands on would be the new Nikkor 14-24/2.8 and adapt that for use on my 1Ds. Only issue is that unless I get a special (and expensive) adapter there is no aperture control whatsoever and will always be shooting at f/2.8. I'm guessing however that at 14mm there's little need to worry about DOF and tests show the Nikkor to be diffraction limited. There's no need to stop down for increased resolution.
nsng
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With the DMR the field-of-view, fov of the 19mm is equivalent to 26mm. From what I could see, the distortion is very low. You can go to the Leica website to view the technical data sheet.
This lens was introduced in 1990 and it wasn't until 1997 when Leica introduced the 21mm Asph. the M system has a lens of similar performance. Leica had to resort to using an aspherical design to keep the 21mm lens small. I should imagine the next release of the 19mm R is likely to incorporate an aspherical design to further improve its already its very good performance.
My preference in using the 19mm is to focus on the foreground and to take advantage of its perspective. Here is an example from my recent trip to Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
I am thinking of getting a Canon 5D MK II. But this 19mm R cannot be used with the 5D MKII unless I shave the mirror or machine the rear element shroud. The only other option is to use the Live View mode with this lens.
This is another photo using the 19mm.
N.S. Ng
http://nns555.zenfolio.com/
Hi,
With the DMR the field-of-view, fov of the 19mm is equivalent to 26mm. From what I could see, the distortion is very low. You can go to the Leica website to view the technical data sheet.
This lens was introduced in 1990 and it wasn't until 1997 when Leica introduced the 21mm Asph. the M system has a lens of similar performance. Leica had to resort to using an aspherical design to keep the 21mm lens small. I should imagine the next release of the 19mm R is likely to incorporate an aspherical design to further improve its already its very good performance.
My preference in using the 19mm is to focus on the foreground and to take advantage of its perspective. Here is an example from my recent trip to Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
I am thinking of getting a Canon 5D MK II. But this 19mm R cannot be used with the 5D MKII unless I shave the mirror or machine the rear element shroud. The only other option is to use the Live View mode with this lens.
This is another photo using the 19mm.
N.S. Ng
http://nns555.zenfolio.com/
Nice work here, and the first one is great...a very picturesque location!
The 19mm elmarit is well-coveted indeed by those in the know. The other lens that could possibly be in the same class might be the new Nikkor 14-24. Have yet to lay my hands on one, but because it's a G lens I don't think it's possible to easily change the aperture except with a special adapter that's fairly expensive.
It's pretty much established itself as THE sharpest UWA available, with its resolving power rendering most fix-focal 14mm lenses obselete.
Would you find it a difficulty to shoot at f/2.8? I'd think you still would want to stop down for landscapes, even though at 14mm, your DOF is really really deep.
I do believe he mentioned it was the 2nd version being used.
nsng
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This is the 2nd version. I have a Novoflex R-M adapter to allow me to use this lens with the M8 as well.
N.S. Ng
That's exactly right. The corner sharpness of this lens is brilliant. The only potential drawback I see is the inability to use filters. Man, a bulging front element that's exposed to hard surfaces and dog noses. How bad is that?
When I used to shoot landscapes in the past I always wanted everything completely sharp. These days I'd rather use a moderate aperture to get the slightest bit of background blur, but I guess that's all an experiment. Shooting wide open at f/2.8 will no doubt help with that.
Trouble of course is justifying the expense of over $2K to get a supposed 'manual-everything' lens. I do have a Fuji S5 as well but the lens would lose all that UW goodness if I don't use it on a FF.
A 15mm rectilinear? From which brand?
nsng
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Hi,
Are you referring to the current Leica 15 mm Super Elmarit R Asph? This is an extremely expensive lens. Even used it costs over US$4K!. This lens is manufactured by Schneider. Leica asked Schneider to design and manufacture this lens to replace the previous Zeiss-sourced 15mm f3.5 lens. The previous Zeiss lens is also available in Rollei and Pentax mounts. It will be much cheaper to buy the Pentax version to use it with the EOS. The latter Pentax version was redesigned and manufactured in Japan to incorporate an aspherical element. But the current Schneider-designed 15mm is said to be a much better lens.
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