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CV Super Wide Heliar f4.5 15mm on Ricoh GXR M
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:21 am
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the Ricoh still is doing fine!
Since abt. one year I am also using a Sony A7 for it's "FF" sensor, but if it is during day and for optimal enjoyment the Ricoh GXR M still often is my preferred choice

in Bali:
posing by andreas, on Flickr

di Bengkel Susan by andreas, on Flickr

and back in 'my country' Austria:

Modehaus - 'fashion house' by andreas, on Flickr

Graben by andreas, on Flickr


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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:48 am
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Very nice pictures in topic, Andreas, very nice Exclamation
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:52 am
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Wonderful! It justifies my urge to get a Heliar!


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serkol wrote:
Very nice pictures in topic, Andreas, very nice Exclamation
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thank you Serkol, and also for being the most prolific poster of images taken with the Ricoh, a camera that always has been loved by those who use it and ignored by those who don't Wink


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zanxion72 wrote:
Wonderful! It justifies my urge to get a Heliar!


all 3 CV wide angles that I have experience with, the 4.5/15, 4/21 and 4/25 are very, very good lenses that specially shine with very low distortion. Mine is an early version, now there is a new version III which is specially designed for digital cameras like the Sony A7 series. My old version performs better on the Ricoh even than on Sony A7 in APS-C crop mode: http://forum.mflenses.com/cv-wide-angle-lenses-compared-on-sony-a7-and-ricoh-gxr-m-t74673.html


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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:51 pm
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Allways a joy to see your various pictures!
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first of all: clap hands for your images.
So well managed, composed, and very good choice (surely you made many of them)....really a pleasure to see.

I use sigma Dp-1 merrill, sigma dp-3 merrill, and sony A7 and a7r. These last ones with many MF lenses.
I used also 12 mm. Voigtlander (leica-m) and now I'm waiting for the 10 mm. Voigtlander with nex mount.
With 12.....excellent for b/w, not easy (for me, I'm not a PP wizard....) to manage colours because its strong magenta vignetting.
I used also a Samyang 14, less vignetting but with more distortion. 12 and now 10 Voigtlander (as I see on the web) are better
in resolution and optical quality than 15 Voigtlander....
My experience (my 2 cents): very funny and easy to use ALL (Leica-r, Contax-Zeiss, a loto of m42, exakta, olympus om and other ones) lenses on this camera, also with simple/cheap adapters. a pleasure to focus with magnifier, and very good electronic view-finder. I prefer colours from sigma/foveon.....but it's another question, and I repeat I am not a wizard with post production....
All the best,
sandro


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Very nice images, as always, kuuan. They really highlight the qualities of the 15mm Super Wide Heliar in a very expressive way.
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I have the last, third encarnation of this lens and at f/11 the sharpeness across the entire frame of the Sony A7RII is really good. This doesn't mean that the other f/stops aren't usable. The lens is sharp from wide-opened on all the frame but the extreme corners, which improve stopped down.
Used at f/11-f/16 the DOF is so extended that one doesn't need to focus the lens for the normal distances range. The best AF ever! Smile
The only draw-back is bit of CA at the edges - very easy to correct in Lightroom with the existing embedded profile.
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