p.38 #2 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
It's hard not to love this lens even though it is MF (and some people prefer MF shooting anyway).
For students of perspective the "vanishing point" is where the converging lines meet and it is right at the top of the barrier in front of the building. And that tells one the height of the camera above ground.
p.38 #3 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
Calippo wrote:
I don't think I ever fell in love with a lens so quickly.
I'm warming up to it even in this cold weather ;-) I actually haven't shot it much, but will take it with me tomorrow when I head into NYC for a visit. Here's a quick grab from blue hour this evening.
p.38 #4 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
Peterk78 wrote:
I'm warming up to it even in this cold weather ;-) I actually haven't shot it much, but will take it with me tomorrow when I head into NYC for a visit. Here's a quick grab from blue hour this evening.
Have fun :-)
It will never be my most used lens either. But any time I need that wide angle it really shines with that contrast and sunstars.
I recently took it with me for a visit to one of the darkest places of my town: Bunker Valentin, a giant submarine bunker with a ceiling of up to 22 feet thickness. Between 2000 and 6000 forced workers from nearby concentration camps died there of malnutrition and inhumane working conditions.
The monstrosity was bombed with thirteen 22,000-lb-Grand-Slam-Bombs by the Royal Air Force which stopped construction but could not destroy the whole thing. Therefore it felt like taking photographs of the ugly face of fascism itself.
p.38 #5 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
I have this lens and also the Tamron 17-28mm.
To be honest, I like the images from the Tamron better.
Because the Voigtländer is simply TOO contrasty. Makes the images more difficult to handle in post. Tamron is less contrasty, but this makes the post processing simpler, especially in high dynamic range situations. The Voigtländer "forces" its own character more on you, while the Tamron files are more "universal" to use.
That's something I also value much in my beloved Contax-Zeiss 35-70 f3.4. Just the right amount of contrast for having excellent raw material.
p.38 #6 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
hasenbein wrote
Because the Voigtländer is simply TOO contrasty. Makes the images more difficult to handle in post. Tamron is less contrasty, but this makes the post processing simpler, especially in high dynamic range situations. The Voigtländer "forces" its own character more on you, while the Tamron files are more "universal" to use.
That is true if you enjoy tweaking your pictures to perfection in post. I think the whole point of "character lenses" is the joy of getting RAW files that already look punchy. Usually I only make minor adjustments of the dynamic range, don't touch colors and contrast too much and try to keep the unique look I paid for.
p.38 #7 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
The Sonys most here use all clear 11 stops over at photons-to-photons, and it makes sense that Cosina would produce lenses to match their capabilities. Best not to throw away contrast of either kind - macro or micro, it's the essence of impactful images.
I believe their lenses are the best match available to Sony cameras, and no one integrates colour tone separation into broad tone bands better than they do - a quality necessary for image depth, that you might call might call micro-color. The Color-Skopar 21/3.5 is a very easy lens to post-process images from, as it provides a very sound foundation out-of-camera.
Here is a very contrasty scene it handled very well, with rich shadows and excellent high tone roll-off, fine detail at both ends of the range.
p.38 #8 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
Love the colors from this lens. Wish I had the time to shoot the same scene with the 16-35 GM for comparison. It was a beautiful sky, right near dusk tonight. Not sure which one of these I like the best - any thoughts?
p.38 #16 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
I like the first the best, but agree that a wider perspective would have been a great way to get a bit more of the tree tops into the bottom of the frame.
Peterk78 wrote:
Love the colors from this lens. Wish I had the time to shoot the same scene with the 16-35 GM for comparison. It was a beautiful sky, right near dusk tonight. Not sure which one of these I like the best - any thoughts?
