Samuli Vahonen
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Conner999 wrote:
Interested to see which direction you go. One aspect that may be worth thinking of is resale ease. Any of the Leica's or CV lenses would probably sell easier/faster if you decided to change glass vs. the CZs.
Yes, I agree, it's interesting to see my direction... In princible I would just want 180-200mm lens with similar character as shorter CZ lenses - I'm like Zeiss drawing style over Leica, Leica has the nice clarity but so ofthen I miss the "edgier" nature of Zeiss in Leica photos. Other alternatives (Voigtlander, Leica APO-Telyt) are on the "list" since the CZ performance may not be good enough, what I'm trying to find out.
Resale has been not one of the selection criteria for me this far. I think I have only sold the kit lenses (28-135 and 17-85) and ages ago I sold 300/4L, 70-200/4L(non IS), Sigma 24-70, Sigma 30 and Sigma 15 (that was mistake - I would love to have it still). I have not yet sold any alternative lenses, I may have to consider it since I don't have any use for my PC Nikkors (28&35).
Conner999 wrote:
As you know, the telyt was designed for US Navy use snapping Soviet naval activity at infinity with a deep DoF (e.g. at smaller apertures). While stopping down at any given distance will improve the res, at closer distance, regardless of aperture, it will not perform as well as the Leica, CV alternatives mentioned in terms of resolution.
I found some intresting threads from photo.net and with your information above I start to feel that APO-Telyt 3.4 is not for me. Thanks for the additional information!!
Conner999 wrote:
As Kosmo mentioned the 180/2.8 APO takes the lunch money from any others in that FL, but you pay for it dearly - even more so if you want one that will take a 1.4x
In addition being expensive I don't see many available in used market. Also this starts to be too expensive to purchase from eBay.
Conner999 wrote:
Another lens, albeit spendy, in that range that is stellar and performs like a knife, especially at 180mm is the Leica 105-280/4.2. I tested it against my 180/2.8 APO and you had to be pixel peeping to note the differences, but the APO did have an edge in clarity (APo) and very fine micro detail.
The lens tech sheet at 180mm is below - note the typo where the chart at "F2.8" should read "F4.2". If interested in the complete lens PDF, drop me an email. It's no longer avail from Leica, but I managed to dig one up (can't recall where)....Show more →
This seems good performer, however I somehow don't want to use zoom lenses. I'm very lazy, primes make me think about perspective and framing much more. I have learned pretty well to frame my subjects without camera and then I just walk to correct spot, put camera on tripod, take lens from bag and mount it to camera and then just take the photo. When I photograph with zoom my laziness causes me to stand in one place, shoot 100 bad pictures without moving my feed and then wonder at home "this could have been better if I would have shoot this from different angle". Maybe some day I learn to shoot with zooms, I start to learn it this spring and summer I try to learn Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 3.4/35-70 - if I get it working, something like this Leica 105-280 or Zeiss 100-300 would be perfect companion to 35-70. [I have shoot years with Canon zooms, with not so good results, then went to only prime lenses]
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