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Ricoh GXR-M with 15mm?


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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I have a Voigtlander 15mm I'd like to dust off and use. Leica M9 is out of my (price) league, and reports say the 15mm isn't great on it anyway. The new Fuji x pro 1 looks good, but again initial testing shows smeared corners with the 15mm (though it hasn't been tested with the Fuji adapter).</p>

<p>The Ricoh GXR-M, however, seems to test very well with wide angles. Is anyone using this system and would like to comment? Even better if you've used the 12mm with it.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>They seem to work fine based on what I've seen online; check some reviewer websites like SteveHuffPhoto.com and Luminous-Landscape.com who do comparisons. Here is Steve Huff, for example where he test shoots a Ricoh with 15mm to show that it doesn't color-shift compared to the Sony NEX-7:<br>

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/10/28/sony-nex-7-with-wide-angle-leica-lenses-a-quick-test-and-gxr-comparison/<br>

Michael Reichmann (Luminous Landscape) also specifically tests the 15mm:<br>

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/ricoh_gxr_a12_field_report.shtml<br>

He states a small color cast, but it's nothing unreasonable, and I'm sure it's very fixable in post-processing. If that's a problem for you, you may want to consider the NEX-5n with the add-on viewfinder.</p>

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