Jacob D Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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I am going down this road myself.
I have a self imposed size limitation too, and I don't consider Leica glass a necessity so I am not considering those.
I'm have the following now and preparing to do an extensive "test" between these lenses, of which I'm going to pick a couple to keep.
- CV 21/4 Color Skopar (Charles, you pointed me to this lens)
- CV 35/2.5 Color Skopar
- Oly OM 24/2.8
- Contax G 28/2.8 Biogon
I haven't been organized enough to really pick any of them apart yet, but a couple of quick observations...
The CV lenses seem close to the Biogon, but don't quite match up edge to edge for sharpness. It also appears that the Biogon is better corrected and handles CA's very nicely.
The CV lenses are a little more compact and lighter than the Contax G counterparts, adapters for each are about the same weight and size. The focusing on the CV's is much better than the adapter focusing with the G lenses.
The Oly lenses offer a ton of bang for the buck, and although the 24/2.8 is pretty good edge to edge, the CV's and G outshine it noticeably here (I need to do a better controlled test to confirm). Color and punch from the Oly can be on par with the others for the most part, after processing. The Oly and the G can close focus, the CV's cannot.
For me, I think it's going to come down to CV vs. Contax G. Hard decision. If I don't get used to the adapter focusing it will probably be the CV's, which do need a little color correction, but at the end of the day I would rather live with that than lenses that don't fit my mechanics.
The ZM C-Biogons would be my choice if budget was not an issue. I don't know if we have seen how these handle on the 5N yet though (have we?)
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