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I have owned several CV lenses....some of them have been excellent (CV 21 Ultron, 35 Nokton, 50 Nokton) and some not so much. This is probably the lens I disliked the most.
Out of the 75 - 90 range I have used:
CV 75 f/1.8 - Low contrast, never reaches sharpness of any other lens I have used between 75-90. Heavy on CA at wide aperture, soft glow to the images. NEVER gelled with it.
CV 75 f/2.5 - sharp starting from f/2.5. I found images rather flat and lifeless. If you want a simply sharp photo, can't beat it for the price
Leica 75 f/1.4 Summilux - My favorite image quality wise of the bunch. I found my copy (later VII) to be extremely sharp dead center starting at f/1.4. Lower contrast until you bumped it down to f/2.8 and then the contrast was great with sharpness edge to edge. Bokeh is top of the class. Some of my favorite photos have been taken with this lens. Obviously the two complaints, and there are only two in my mind, size and success rate on an M body. I don't have the best eyes so this lens was hit and miss for me. I tried a 1.25 mag and while it did help, I never felt 100% confident with the lens. For some reason I can shoot a 50 Summilux and nail it 100% of the time, 75 Lux not so much. I never have tried a 90 Cron for this reason, don't think I would even be able to focus it at f/2
Leica 75 f/2.5 Summarit - I found this lens and the CV 75 f/2.5 to be VERY similar in characteristics. Both razor sharp starting wide open, neither with much character to them. They were both made for MTF charts in my opinion
Leica 90 f/2.5 Summarit - Very sharp lens, similar in rendering to the 75 f/2.5. I like the bokeh out of this lens better than the 90 Elmarit-M for near distance, but thats about it. I like the character of the 90 Elmarit-M much better in every other way.
Leica 90 f/2.8 Elmarit - This lens is extremely sharp, and gives the most 3D look of maybe any Leica lens I have used. I sold it once because I wasn't happy with the bokeh close up, but after using the 90 Summarit I bought it right back. I was trying to use this lens for what the Leica system is no good at, close up shots of kids . OOF rendering at mid to long distance is excellent. This lens does have a great look to it, pairs nicely with a 35 Lux ASPH in my opinion
Canon 100 f/2 - Ok, I forgot about this lens until the end here. Man I love this lens, tons of character, great bokeh, surprisingly sharp. B/W out of this lens for some reason is just spectacular. If you find one of these in LTM I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. The Canon 85 f/1.8 LTM is supposed to be the exact lens at 85mm, I have looked for 1 1/2 yrs with no luck for one at a decent price. This lens is also excellent on other systems, such as NEX and A7
Bottom line, if you are contemplating both, you WILL be disappointed with the CV 75
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