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NEW Voigtlaender FE 35 f/1.4 | 40 f/1.2 | (65 f/2.0 macro)
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Mike Fewster
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joger
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nofumble
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Voightlander is not known for quality. It is hard to believe that the same company making lenses for Zeiss.
nofumble
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For the older plastic consumer zoom, OK
not for their prime lenses,
they even had one of the "best must have", the 125 -2.5 Apo Lanthar macro ... they had to stop, as it competed with Zeiss lineup
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I for one don't care much about the 35 2.8, I have one, and gave it to my girl friend for her travel use. F2.8 prime is not what i call "excellent" lens, if that's a 1.4 then it's different story, it's the least used 35mm I have, I rather use my SLR 35mm lenses with adapter. and I am really interested in this new Voigtlander 35 1.4 and 40 1.2 too.
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joger
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I own the Canon 40 f/2.8 and while it is my smallest and lightest lens I hardly ever use it. The image quality is good - easily on par with bigger and heavier lenses but it is utterly boring for me to shoot with 35-40 mm at f/2.8.
I am currently using it as a camera body cap ;-)
I am really interested in the new 40 f/1.2 from Voigtlaender - the test images look extremely promising.
My Sony 50 f/1.4 is too big and heavy for travel usage but a ½ weight and ⅓ volume 40 f/1.2 could be a very good travel substitute!!
Pricing indication was given below 150 k Yen - that would translate into 1300-1400 EUR comparing their other lens price indications - I've found nothing about a lens shade still - maybe they try selling it separately again - then it would be more a 1500 EUR lens.
Nothing still about volume delivery - I hope 2017 is still manageable.
I don't get it. Are you saying that maximum aperture determines whether a lens is good or not?
No, max aperture alone doesn't, there are bunch other things makes a lens good lens, but I for one go for the primes MAINLY for its larger aperture. other wise all I will need is a 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8, why do I need to spend more money and to buy bunch of primes if these two can cover everything? size and weight is the last thing I concern about when it comes to lens selection. by the way I have 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8 too.
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sportyaccordy
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Thankfully others are free to have other concerns. I have a 2.8 zoom that covers 40mm, but still go back to the 40 2.8 because of its combo of small size and image quality. I liked it so much I mistakenly sold it and bought another one.
For me huge heavy zooms are OK as they give you a lot of flexibility.... but a 700g prime? Seems like a little bit of a waste
joger
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I heard you loud and clear, everyone has different priority and style, I personally know friends considered A7R too big, LOL so I totally understand what you mean. and I personally keep going back to the 1-Series and sold the 1D4 and selling 1Dx for a 1DXII, for none landscape related stuffs, and bought a D500+ vertical grip after trying the A6500, so everyone is different. and good we have choice for everyone these days.
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joger
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We only have choices recently - until three years ago there was not a single FF small body system cameras available!
The reason we can discuss different concepts has the root cause in Sony's decision to enter this market segment.
Ever since I am looking for small and lightweight optical superior solutions for lean traveling - why else would someone trade in small little knobs, less durability and many other things that are best case 2nd best on the Sony A7 family ;-)
For me the Sony A7 series makes most sense when you buy compact and optically good lenses.
My current travel kit consists of:
- Voigtlaender 15 mm f/4.5 Heliar III FE
- Carl-Zeiss Loxia 21 mm f/2.8 Distagon
- Carl-Zeiss Loxia 35 f/2.0 Biogon (this once is very likely to be replaced by the 40 f/1.2 from Voigtlaender)
- Leica 135 mm f/3.4 APO-Telyt-M (maybe a Lanthar 125 with full EXIF mint rival this lens)
The reason why I bought the A7RM2 is because of the lenses for lean traveling. (namely CV 15 and Loxia 21)
edit: Early indications are it is some 100 g lighter compare to the existing 35 f/1.2 II and hs a new optical calculation.
In other words potentially below 400 g and smaller - nice!!!
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biza43
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Interesting link the last one, the shots at f2.8 show the distinct shape of the aperture, something to consider.
joger
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when you focus near to MFD and use f/2.8 - yes. That's also the reason why we have these fantastic sun stars with the Voigtlaender lenses - an effect that is driven by the shape of the aperture - in case it were round we would not get sunstars at all.
1st of all this is still a prototype and 2ndly every lens has to be understood and used with it's characteristics in mind.
E.g. I use my 50 f/1.4 almost purely at f/1.6 because then the bokeh is best.
Juha Kannisto
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Now the 65/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar got announced in Japan for August 10th release. MRSP is 120000 yen without tax and the actual street price seems to be aroud 110000 yen including tax.
I guess based on that the U.S. price could be around $1000 and release date close to August 10th.
I guess based on that the U.S. price could be around $1000 and release date close to August 10th.
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joger
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thx for the info - the 40 f/1.2 would be more my point of interest though - I've read this will come out maybe this year - not so good news :-/
Juha Kannisto
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