Here are a couple of images from the unloved little CV 20mm f/3.5 SL-II lens. I rarely shoot wide, but when I do, it's with this lens or a CV 15mm f/4.5 Heliar on a Ricoh GXR.
I have three Voigtlander pancakes for my Df, all in focal lengths that correspond pretty closely to a similar trio of Zeiss ZF, just to have a real minimalist kit for when I want to go really light (ie, the Df with one lens on a strap and the other two lenses in coat pockets). I have the Color Skopar 20mm f3.5, the Color Skopar 28mm f2.8, and the Ultron 40mm f2.0. Of these, the 40 is clearly the best and the 20 is clearly the worst, but I use the 20 by far the most just because of focal length preference. I haven't used the 28 very much, not because I don't like the focal length, but because I have so many other options at or very close to that field of view.
So anyway, here are several shots from the 20 (which really isn't bad at all stopped down) and a couple from the 40mm...
I love those Puget Sound shots. I used to live out there (Olympia, Seattle, Redmond) and I basically learned to use a telephoto for landscapes out there... Although with much lesser gear than I have now... These are beautiful, particularly the last one with the Olympics in the background...
Ray S. wrote:
I love those Puget Sound shots. I used to live out there (Olympia, Seattle, Redmond) and I basically learned to use a telephoto for landscapes out there... Although with much lesser gear than I have now... These are beautiful, particularly the last one with the Olympics in the background...
-Ray
Thanks Ray! I'm fortunate that this spot that I take pictures from is 5 minutes from my house and is on private land that I have permission to use. There are actually few places in Seattle that you can get up high a bit to take these shots. I'm thinking of getting some longer glass (particularly for my FX gear), but ~400mm equivalent FOV seems to be just fine.
Though I hate the Oly menu and button layout on my new-to-me EM1, I'm really enjoying the IBIS. These were taken hand-held as my D800 was hogging the tripod.
The little Voigtlander 20mm pancake has become my go-to lens for walking around in a city. Used it a bunch in New York when I was there last month and yesterday I spent the day in Philly. For landscapes I'll always pick up the Zeiss 21, but the Voigtlander is such a perfect little package for the kind of shooting I do in urban areas. These are all with the Df and Voigtlander, which rarely left the camera yesterday. BTW, these are also posted in the Nikon Df thread, but I wasn't sure how many of the same people spend time in both threads, so posting them here too...
