Has anyone here had experience with both or compared the Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 to the
OM Zuiko 40mm f/2? I love my OM 40 but am wondering if I'll like the CV 40 as much or more.
I was hoping for a response, too. There was a thread comparing the Ultron 40, C/Y 45 Tessar, and I thought the Om 40, but I can't find it. Anyone have that link?
JimBuchanan wrote:
I was hoping for a response, too. There was a thread comparing the Ultron 40, C/Y 45 Tessar, and I thought the Om 40, but I can't find it. Anyone have that link?
Nope.
I have the Ultron and Tessar. I often use the Ultron for travel. Not sure why the Tessar usually stays at home, except for maybe "faster is better". The Tessar is a lot smaller, and it's nice ('cause it's Zeiss).
I don't have the OM 40 to compare, but I did recently get a CV 40.
Brief comments on my impressions from using it so far: the CV40 in many ways behaves like a "typical" 50/1.8-2 lens with all the usual aberrations/quirks still present but "turned down" by ~75%; e.g. there is a bit of "glow," coma and "triangular bokeh" towards the corners, purple fringing, etc., but all at reduced levels from a more "traditional" fastish-50 design. The CV40 is extremely good at large-scale image contrast: dark regions in a bright image remain very dark, and it is very hard to get any kind of flare out of the lens (small red ring around the sun is possible when shooting directly into the sun) --- probably an advantage of the small number of optical surfaces. The lens struggles, however, with local high-contrast transitions: with, e.g., tree branches against a bright sky, there will be a lot of light "bleeding over" the edges even with a moderate amount of stopping down. Chromatic aberrations are present, but seem to diminish at closer focus distances. The viewfinder image seems very clear and easy to focus with. Bokeh is reasonably smooth --- none of the bright rings that some 50/2s show, but sometimes soft double-edging.
All, thanks for your thoughts and sample pics. Much appreciated! Still on the fence
for possibly getting one of the CV 40's. If I do get one I'll be sure to post comparisons
between it and the OM 40.
metagraphica wrote:
All, thanks for your thoughts and sample pics. Much appreciated! Still on the fence
for possibly getting one of the CV 40's. If I do get one I'll be sure to post comparisons
between it and the OM 40.
-Jason
I too have been on the fence. The OM pancake is just as pricy as the Voigt. IQ aside, you'll get native mount, auto aperture, exif info, ETTL and a closeup lens with the Voigt. So I decided to go with the latter,
