R7に装着すると、大迫力である。一言では言えないが、Apo-Elmarit-R 180mm/f2.8
との差は僅少で、どちらがイイというレベルの話ではない。但し、発色には差が見られるが、これもどちらがイイという話ではない。Rライカでの使用の場合には、厳密にはf2.3にはならないので、f0.5分だけ補正が必要である。カメラ側はf2.8と認識するようなので、明るめに調光される。
Angenieux has
been known as a French maker which produces high quality cine-lenses
for professionals. Fortunately, they produced some high-quality
lenses for 135 format as well. This lense is a good example of
their accomplishment of 180mm with Apo-quality as well as f2.3.
As a contrast Leica only produced Apo-quality lense with f3.4
at that time.
When you look
at the outer cover of this lense, it looks as if it is a part
of plumbing, since the material is so-called plastic. However,
even compared with the Leica's recent Apo-Elmarit-R 180mm/f2.8,
this lense brings almost similar image which proof that this
lense is still on the cutting edge of those lenses. It has a
huge front element and heavy weight. And now, we started to realize
that the cheap-looking outer material was purposefully used in
order to maintain its weight to be acceptable for the hand-held
use.
This is made
in France!
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