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serge07 wrote:
Hi, everyone:
Huss, excellent capture and colors. I thought it was film at first glance and sure enough, it was. 
Samy, very nice photographs and colors.
James, great shots with the new D7200.
Rafael that is breaking news. I figured you would run out of vintage Nikkors to chase after but to sell off part of you collection, shocking.
The last photos from Rome. I am not much of a night photographer but gave it the old college try. Exposure was at 1/15 sec leaning against the stone walls.
Castel Sant Angelo:
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs.
Serge
Serge, that is one beautiful image!
As far as lenses go, I will only sell duplicates that never get used. Due to low prices a while back I have too many 55mm 3.5, 28mm 3.5, 105mm 2.5, 85mm 2.0 that I don't like, etc. Nothing rare or significant, making room more than anything else.
The Voigtlander arrived, it is in great condition and it is a prettty and quirky lens to use. Ran tests with it, cannot test it at higher MP as it it too hard and risky to mount in DLSR.
I bought the Voigtlander as I like the small mirror up form factor and wanted a superwide on it, prior to that I bought and returned 3ea Nikkor 2.1cm, those lenses had issues plus the 2.1cm, while excellent on film, is ugly in digital cameras.
The Voigtlander is also a milestone, marking that the Nikkors I still want are nearly impossible to find at prices I am willing to pay.
Compared the Voigtlander 15mm 4.5 SL to the Nikkor 15mm 3.5 ais at the same apertures. The Nikkor is definitely better, particularly for Vignetting and for edge color cast, but the Voigtlander is very usable particuarly with a little processing..
Voigtlander (Cosina) has a newer Mark III 15mm without the color cast for the same price, but it will never be made in the old F mount.
Here are the lenses, Voigtlander small, light and short; Nikkor large, heavy and so pretty!
 Voiglander 15mm 4.5 SL 5 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
 15mm F3.5 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
Here are test shots at 4.5 in both Voigtlander and Nikkor, no processing, no adjustment o sensor dynamic range, vignetting or anything else. The only thing I dislike about the Voigtlander is the edge color cast, will have to decide if that is a dealbreaker or not.
Voigtlander at 4.5
 voigtlander 15mm 4.5 SL Z6 Test 4.5_01_01 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
Nikkor at 4,5
 Nikkor 15mm ais Z6 Test 4.5_01 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
Voigtlander at 4.5
 voigtlander 15mm 4.5 SL Z6 Test 4.5_01 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
Nikkor at 4.5, ignore the blob, easy to shade with hand, just showing raw performance. Illumination is much better with no vignetting and color cast, it is also much more expensive in new condition.
 Nikkor 15mm ais SL Z6 Test 4.5_01 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr
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