My New Super Wide Heliar !

[angeloks]

And finally, I got it ! Here's a few shots from of my first roll with my Leica IIf on Ilford XP2.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072069589_a99b016e0c.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3072896224_c9ce9c0127.jpg

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And some camera porn for you guys !

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3064563468_113818d0a3.jpg

[monochromejrnl]

how long does it take to get the case off when you need to load film? doesn't seem practical...

[drewbarb]

Super-wides can be tough to use well- often the pictures they produce are just sort-of "gee-whiz, look how wide I can get!"- but these are really nice shots! They show what a lens like that can do in the hands of a skilled photographer- thanks for posting.

And that case- what is it? Looks like a solid plastic thing that would protect the camera pretty well; as for slowing you down while re-loading, well, I don't think anyone shooting with a Barnack Leica is too worried about that... anyway, nice job.

[angeloks]

how long does it take to get the case off when you need to load film? doesn't seem practical...

The case is held by the tripod screw. It takes about 15 seconds to remove. I don't see why this case would take longer to remove than any other case...

[angeloks]

And that case- what is it? Looks like a solid plastic thing that would protect the camera pretty well; as for slowing you down while re-loading, well, I don't think anyone shooting with a Barnack Leica is too worried about that... anyway, nice job.

Thanks for your comments. Actually, the case is made out of solid ABS-M30. I drew the case on Solidworks and 'printed' it using the fast prototyping machine at the lab.

[varjag]

Julien, a IIf in block of white chocolate? :)

[monochromejrnl]

ah.. it's solid... some the photo it looks like it's made of silicon which from my experience tends to adhere to the object it encases... so this case was designed to 'slip off' quickly... neat

[robert blu]

excellent pictures, for sure you'll enjoy yor new lens !
rob

[Colman]

I want one of those. 15mm is nice, but 12mm ...

[mabelsound]

Thanks for your comments. Actually, the case is made out of solid ABS-M30. I drew the case on Solidworks and 'printed' it using the fast prototyping machine at the lab.

I didn't like it at all until you posted this. Now I think it's the coolest, dorkiest thing I've seen all day!

[JTK]

Remarkably rectilinear. Where's the distortion?

What other wides do you use?

[whitecat]

You will love the 12mm. One thing I found is to get CLOSE for a different effect. I used to use a red filter with B/W and you can get some stunning shots with the sky and clouds.

[angeloks]

Remarkably rectilinear. Where's the distortion?

What other wides do you use?

So far, I don't see much distortion with the Heliar. As for other WA, I've had the 12-24mm from Sigma for my EOS-1V, but it was too soft and way too big. I also had the 17-40L for a while and liked it, but the corners were really soft at f4 and it wasn't quite on the compact size neither.

So far the Heliar is my favorite. On FF, the only 12mm options are (correct me if I'm wrong) the Sigma and the Heliar. I'm excluding lenses that don't give a full frame (8mm Zenitar, etc...) or weird 20 kg Nikon lenses.