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| p.8 #1 · p.8 #1 · Voigtlander 50mm f/1.5 Heliar Classic Review | |
Fred Miranda wrote:
As a curiosity, I compared the CV 50/1.5 Heliar @f/2 vs Leica 50/2 Summicron Rigid v2 wide open and to my surprise, the background rendering is very similar.
So, the Heliar has the 'classic' rendering at f/2 and a very unique and glowy character wide open.
Around the center area, the Rigid is sharper than the Heliar though but one has to inspect it close to notice a difference. Both weight exactly the same at 257 grams and although the Rigid is slightly longer, it blocks less of the frame-line because it's thinner at the end of the barrel. One advantage of the Heliar is that it focuses down to 0.5m while the Rigid's MFD is 1m.
The Rigid is also narrower than 50mm. My copy shows 51.9mm.
Here are a few side-by-side crops at 50% magnification comparing their rendering a various distances.
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Those are essentially identical. Did Voigt patent bust the Leica?
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