David Strachan

It's my go-to party lens on my XE1. Always fast and light system. A great lens, i think. ...

You are right of course...too much cropping needed. I misinterpreted the question, and was thinking how close the lens focused, for close-up photography. My mistake.:-|

It gets close. And the auto focus is fast, and accurate...for auto focus. You can crop. It's a really great lightweight rig..i have the two zooms, but sometimes i want a quick lightweight ...

XE1 and 18mm f2. Light adaptable, good for close-up. ...

Various Leica cameras...:-) But seriously.. I use Leicas and my XE1 with adapters and kit zooms both about equally. ...

I'm the same as LCT. Focus shift is a problem with all my CV lenses. Good fully open, for no focus shift, but not right once I stop the lens down f-stop or two. Choose the low contrast lens.you can ...

The reprocessed image looks much better Crebin...all best.

I'd like to see some more contrast.  It all just looks grey to me....very flat.  Even the whites are grey. Some dodging and burning would definitely help. all best...

At Cowell, South Australia...lovely oysters.. M-P Summaron 35mm f3.5 ltm