nampramos wrote:
Did you by any chance get a side by side comparison in terms of size of these two lenses? Or is there one already around? Thanks!
No, my voigtlander was packed in the box already and I didn't have time to take it out to compare with the Sigma, but I think they are pretty much the same in size, the Voigt felt heavier as I remember.
nhsonyshooter wrote:
Funny, I've been contemplating picking up the Sigma 35f2 but keeping my CV 35 1.2 SE. I originally was going to sell it and have the GM pull double duty. But the Sigma looks good enough for everyday stuff for sure (and more compact) and when I want fast and the CV look I'll have it. Hmmmmm.
I may buy the CV 35 APO when the price drops to $800. It won't take long...
The 50 is going for $1049 in the US right now, are you expecting the 35 to be a dud? I know there are sales every once in a while, but a drop of $250 seems pretty steep.
Douglas Liu wrote:
I may buy the CV 35 APO when the price drops to $800. It won't take long...
tsdevine wrote:
The 50 is going for $1049 in the US right now, are you expecting the 35 to be a dud? I know there are sales every once in a while, but a drop of $250 seems pretty steep.
he probably meant used price. I got my 50 APO for 700ish for a like new. I'm probably going to wait for a similar deal for the 35 APO.
tsdevine wrote:
The 50 is going for $1049 in the US right now, are you expecting the 35 to be a dud? I know there are sales every once in a while, but a drop of $250 seems pretty steep.
No, Tim, I meant used price. I expect the APO to be perfect, but I paid full price for several voigtlanders, they don’t seem to keep their value well. I bought the 40mm f1.2 for $1100, now it sells for around $600-650 on FM now. Same thing with the 35 f1.2, the 65 f2, based on my observation anyway.
I am not sure if this picture is the correct representation of these two lenses, in person I think they are taller than what they look in this picture. I do feel they are similar in size but not in weight, of course the Voigt is f1.2.
Douglas Liu wrote:
I am not sure if this picture is the correct representation of these two lenses, in person I think they are taller than what they look in this picture. I do feel they are similar in size but not in weight, of course the Voigt is f1.2.
Well, here's another perspective: (Left to right) Sigma 35mm f/2 DG DN, Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN, Sigma 65mm f/2 DG DN, Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM.
Ah Ok. I've only bought one Voigtlander used, and that was ages ago (actually made out on that deal...CV 125.) I haven't sold one yet, but that's good to know though.
Douglas Liu wrote:
No, Tim, I meant used price. I expect the APO to be perfect, but I paid full price for several voigtlanders, they don’t seem to keep their value well. I bought the 40mm f1.2 for $1100, now it sells for around $600-650 on FM now. Same thing with the 35 f1.2, the 65 f2, based on my observation anyway.
As much as Voigtlander lenses are praised here, they have the worst resale, even worse than cheap plastic lenses from Rokinon/Samyang that are almost always heavily discounted shortly after release. I have 50/1.2 and i am not planning to sell it, but i know i will lose the most money on it.
35 APO is not as high on my list as GM and Sigma and knowing how quickly value on Voigtlander lenses decline, I definitely won't buy it new.
I purchased several Voigtlander lenses and all of them are used one.
But APO is slightly different trend, not quickly price down as others.
I purchased new 50mm APO for the first time.
ramesesthe2nd wrote:
As much as Voigtlander lenses are praised here, they have the worst resale, even worse than cheap plastic lenses from Rokinon/Samyang that are almost always heavily discounted shortly after release. I have 50/1.2 and i am not planning to sell it, but i know i will lose the most money on it.
35 APO is not as high on my list as GM and Sigma and knowing how quickly value on Voigtlander lenses decline, I definitely won't buy it new.
I agree completely that resale on Voigtlander is bad, almost as bad as Loxia. I am really surprised by that especially when lenses like the Sony 20mm f1.8 seem to hold value so well.
Could be wrong, but my gut tells me this is an AF/MF thing. The market for a MF lens is smaller than for an AF lens.
billsnature wrote:
I agree completely that resale on Voigtlander is bad, almost as bad as Loxia. I am really surprised by that especially when lenses like the Sony 20mm f1.8 seem to hold value so well.
Well, the MF crowd is getting smaller by the day. And now with the Sigma I series, I think it will get worse. So it will be much harder for a seller to move his CV.
billsnature wrote:
I agree completely that resale on Voigtlander is bad, almost as bad as Loxia. I am really surprised by that especially when lenses like the Sony 20mm f1.8 seem to hold value so well.
Well, I personally think the Loxia line's MSRP is over-priced to begin with, while the Voigtlander' MSPR isn't bad at all for the quality/aperture of their lenses, they just suck big time in resale. I agree with Tim, it may be because of the AF/MF thing, and also the rapidly increasing options from Sony and Sigma, AND from Voigtlander ITSELF.
Thank you very much for the review - pretty impressive lens indeed.
How does it compare with the Loxia 35/2? I’m divided between the two at this point.
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