p.45 #1 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
I really love this lens. I'm curious to see how the Loxia stacks up but honestly I don't have any complaints with the CV 21 3.5 at the moment, so it will probably be a while before I look to evaluate it.
p.45 #2 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
BrandonSi wrote:
I really love this lens. I'm curious to see how the Loxia stacks up but honestly I don't have any complaints with the CV 21 3.5 at the moment, so it will probably be a while before I look to evaluate it.
p.45 #4 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
BrandonSi wrote:
Thanks Lee! Glad to see you're still shooting. I remember enjoying your photos back when we both did a 365 in 2011 in the POTN / Canon days..
Shhhhhh... Don't tell everyone I used to shoot Canon*.....
p.45 #14 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
Three of the last shots* I took with the Voigt 21/3,5, on the 19th of December in central Sweden.
The first one is at f/3,5 and mfd.
*On this jaunt I discovered that it wouldn't hold focus magnification and that the aperture wandered by itself ..slowly up, and then down.. taking the lens off the camera and putting it back on and the aperture read as f/22. The physical aperture still worked. It has never been dropped or seen any physical abuse, it has however once or twice been shoved in a camera back with droplets on its casing (no direct rain), just like probably all my lenses at some point.* Its (and the camera's) contacts were spotless but I rubbed them some with cloth anyway to no avail.
Anyway I don't know whether humidity caused it to malfunction but it seems slightly likelier than a spontaneous thing. I contacted the reseller (popular photostore in mainland Europe) and it was agreed to be taken in for repairs, they reminded me that it was still within limited warranty (Voigtländer gives two or three years warranty). They received it on the 30 of December. On the 18th of January I emailed and asked about the current status and received a prompt reply that no news from the technical center had been received yet and as soon as such had been they would contact me.
So does anyone else have a Voigtländer repair story? Are they always sent to Japan? : ) Perhaps especially now with low levels of certain components a repair may take time. I'll be glad to see it again in 2021 I guess. (And if they tell me before making a costly repair if oow)
*To clarify no other lens has experienced similar issues, or well any electrical-seeming issues
p.45 #17 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
I really love the look of this lens! I'm a long-time hobbyist thinking about moving on from m4/3 and place a lot of priority on a lightweight kit, small lenses like this make it tough to decide between going to Fuji or all the way to full-frame. This and a few other small primes would be nice paired with the a7C.
I know focal length is a personal question only I can really answer for myself, but humor me anyway! Would pairing the CV 21/3.5 with the Sigma 45/2.8 be too much a gap for most of you? It's about a 2x jump, but I wonder if for general, walkaround shooting you'd need something like a 28mm as well. Of course, recent phones have that focal length covered and are pretty good for daylight snapshots…
I'm quite tempted by the a7C, CV21/3.5, Sigma 45/2.8, and Sony 85/1.8 as a compact, generalist setup (could pop my Raynox 250 on the 85mm for a decentish macro option too I think.)
p.45 #18 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
A better match for your wide and normal choices is the VM 75/1.5, much the same weight and a better character and ladscape lens, IMO, though the Sony is better than you'd expect. I use a Novoflex adapter. If the budget permits and MF works for you.
p.45 #19 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
trigger08 wrote:
I really love the look of this lens! I'm a long-time hobbyist thinking about moving on from m4/3 and place a lot of priority on a lightweight kit, small lenses like this make it tough to decide between going to Fuji or all the way to full-frame. This and a few other small primes would be nice paired with the a7C.
I know focal length is a personal question only I can really answer for myself, but humor me anyway! Would pairing the CV 21/3.5 with the Sigma 45/2.8 be too much a gap for most of you? It's about a 2x jump, but I wonder if for general, walkaround shooting you'd need something like a 28mm as well. Of course, recent phones have that focal length covered and are pretty good for daylight snapshots…
I'm quite tempted by the a7C, CV21/3.5, Sigma 45/2.8, and Sony 85/1.8 as a compact, generalist setup (could pop my Raynox 250 on the 85mm for a decentish macro option too I think.)...Show more →
The CV 21/3.5 is quite important in my set since I'm not much of a wide angle shooter. So for the times I do want one, it's nice to have one as small and light as this. I also have paired it with the Sigma 45/2.8 and I'm on the fence about adding the Sigma 24/3.5 as my AF wide option, or just stick with 21 and 45.
I tend to think of my lenses as belonging in a certain "kit", so the CV 21 belongs in my tiny manual focus kit: CV21/3.5, CV 40/1.2 and Contax G 90/2.8. The small AF kit would be Samyang 18/2.8, Sigma 24/3.5, Sigma 45/2.8 and, probably, the Samyang 75/1.8 (until Sigma hopefully makes a reasonably small and light 90-100 ish I series lens). I have yet to aquire a few of these.
I also have the Samyang 85/1.4 and an adapted Canon 70-200/4 L, not really part of a "kit" for travel etc. More specific use cases for those.
I think I could live with the 21-45 gap though. Stitching in post is always an option in a pinch. I think if I used wide angle more I'd pay more attention to the different look a 21 and ~28 will provide.
p.45 #20 · Voigtlander 21mm f/3.5 Color Skopar Review
I have the same set of cv21/3.5 and sigma 45/2.8 and between them only the old canon nfd 35/2.8 which I rarely use. There was hope for sigma 24, but it has no sunstars at all. Ideally, the loxia 25, but I can't afford the price.
p.s
And yes, contax G 90 is also very often used together with sigma 45 )
In the plans, I really want to try NiSI 15mm.
