Voigtlander 12/5.6 & 15/4.5

I love my 15...... (infosecgeek on FM).. Absolutely no smearing... The 12 requires 2 adapters and 5.6 would be suppppppppeeeeeer slow

 

The 12mm is an amazing lens. Very sharp and does very well on m4/3. I checked it against the 15mm and the 7-14mm zoom. But since the 12mm loses its superwide angle due to the crop factor, a sharp '24mm' remains. Not enough if you want a superwide.
So I only kept the zoom.

 

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I have a the voigtlander 12mm I just got my 4/3 adapter yesterday so I'm itching to try it. I have the lens with me today so I'll should be able to take some photos with my GF1 this afternoon.

 

I just tried it but I got an error with the lens. I assume it's the voightlander unless I have to change some setting in camera to use the adapter. Will continue to investigate.

 

The only thing you need to do in camera is set it to "shoot without lens".

 

Sorry Lisa, Grebeman is right... I no longer have a GF1 forgot about that.

 

15/4.5

I really like my 15mm and would think about getting the 12mm if one appeared at the right price (that is, about half what they currently go for!).
I've put an album together here:

https://www.mu-43.com/gallery/g755-voigtlander-super-heliar-15mm-on-panasonic-g1.html

 

Thanks I'll do that tomorrow.

 

i dont see the degree of smearing you speak of with my 15mm 4.5 ltm , but i hear the 12 is simply one the finest lenses voigtlander makes build quality is said to be in a class of its own too

 

Those aren't sharp anywhere

 

Now that I'm looking on my desktop, yes the center appears to be sharper, however what Aperture were these??? This is f/5.6

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I don't see the smearing your talking about..

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Both taken on Panasonic GF1 with 15mm f4.5 Voigtlander at f11. There is evidence of some fine black banding in one corner at high magnification in my image editor (Bibble pro 5). I have not yet printed the pictures to see if that is evident in the print. Apart from a little post processing (colour temperature, raising the shadow values and a small amount of sharpening) there has been no manipulation and the shots are uncropped.

Barrie