I know 35GM may not be as well-corrected as the CV 35mm APO in terms of LoCA, both wide open. But when both are at f/2, will CV 35mm APO still have an edge? I am very interested in this comparison.
iPixel wrote:
Hi!
Sorry for my not good English, I write from Italy.
I'm a landscape amateur photographer.
i want buy a 35mm prime lens only for landscape (40% daytime, 60% urban nightime).
For me it's essential sharpness, resistance to flare and sunstar.
my doubt is this Voigtlander or the new 35mm sonygm?
mf is not a problem as I shot only landscape
my gear is Sony a 7r4.
thank you for help me!
As long as you enjoy shooting with manual lenses, I'd say Voigtlander 35mm f/2 APO for landscapes, no doubt.
Having said that, if you prefer AF + MF, perhaps the Sony 35/1.4 GM or Sigma 35/2 DG DN could do the trick and work well for other applications as well.
I would not discount the Sony 35/1.4 GM's flare resistance. Sony started playing attention to this.
Hopefully I'll get my copy next week.
moyang_mm wrote:
I know 35GM may not be as well-corrected as the CV 35mm APO in terms of LoCA, both wide open. But when both are at f/2, will CV 35mm APO still have an edge? I am very interested in this comparison.
I'm in the midst of testing the GM, and haven't been able to see LoCA at f2 yet, but I have't done the torture tests yet (backlit fountains etc). Of course so long as the outlining in ordinary bokeh and specular highlights is under control, how much the torture test results matter for someone not doing specialist fountain photography is another matter - but I will do it.
ReleaseDrive wrote:
Will buy both, cut out the subject on the Voigtlander and paste it onto the Sigma 35mm f2 background with smoother OOF rendering. Best of both worlds.
Save some money, buy a backdrop instead of the Sigma.
See what you like out of my test pictures. For me the bokeh of the lens is wonderful. Could not see any bokeh photo of the new Leica APO 35/2 yet.
I tested it also against the Zeiss Biogon 2,8/28mm. For me the colors are very similar but Contrast and sharpness of the CV APO are superior.
Cosima probably will get with the Voigtlander lenses in the Zeiss ZM class. Somewhere I read Zeiss will stop producing ZM lenses.
I'm talking here for M mount only.
Hmm surprised to see how good the sigma 35 f/2 does actually here vs the voigtlander. I am curious to see how well the new sigma 35 1.4 dg dn will do tho! The OOF center rendering was much smoother on the sigma. But then I don't intend to use the voigtlanders for portraits anyway, they are mainly landscape lenses for me The flare control and sunstars are pretty much what made me love the voigtlanders.
From what I can see in the spec sheet, the M version is thecsame as the E optically? So it hopefully will perform as well on non Leica sensors as the E does on Sony in Fred's tests?
I'm interested in using it on Fuji.
Somewhere in one of the two threads, Fred mentions that the M mount version does not perform well (outside of center) on his a7R IV. So the E mount version is optimized for the thicker Sony stack and the M mount version is optimized for the thinner one.
Here it is.....I don't know if APS-C will help avoid the area that doesn't perform well, or if not what aperture it would perform well.
gyoung143 wrote:
From what I can see in the spec sheet, the M version is thecsame as the E optically? So it hopefully will perform as well on non Leica sensors as the E does on Sony in Fred's tests?
I'm interested in using it on Fuji.
I received my e-mount 35/2 today, and did some very quick comparisons to my CV 35/1.2 and CV 35/1.4.
Some initial impressions: The f/2 is much sharper across the frame at f/2, with very good corners (especially compared to these other 35s)--they are all sharp in the center. At minimum focus distance the f/2 is much, much sharper. And it's much better controlled for CA.
I think the field curvature of the 35/1.4 affects background bokeh at mid-distance more than the f/2, and at minimum focus, the 35/1.2 has the smoothest bokeh at f/2, but it's also got a shorter min distance (I shot at the same distance).
For my shooting, the APO f/2 is definitely going to be the best choice of these three (I shoot mostly landscapes). I plan to sell the 35/1.2 and keep the 1.4 for it's funky close bokeh and lighter weight. The APO looks like a winner to me.
kevphoto wrote:
I received my e-mount 35/2 today, and did some very quick comparisons to my CV 35/1.2 and CV 35/1.4.
Some initial impressions: The f/2 is much sharper across the frame at f/2, with very good corners (especially compared to these other 35s)--they are all sharp in the center. At minimum focus distance the f/2 is much, much sharper. And it's much better controlled for CA.
I think the field curvature of the 35/1.4 affects background bokeh at mid-distance more than the f/2, and at minimum focus, the 35/1.2 has the smoothest bokeh at f/2, but it's also got a shorter min distance (I shot at the same distance).
For my shooting, the APO f/2 is definitely going to be the best choice of these three (I shoot mostly landscapes). I plan to sell the 35/1.2 and keep the 1.4 for it's funky close bokeh and lighter weight. The APO looks like a winner to me. ...Show more →
Thank you . I just tested the Sima 35 F2. Ill post soon here but I got a a good copy except maybe extreme and I mean extreme left corner. keep ing so far
kevphoto wrote:
I received my e-mount 35/2 today, and did some very quick comparisons to my CV 35/1.2 and CV 35/1.4.
Some initial impressions: The f/2 is much sharper across the frame at f/2, with very good corners (especially compared to these other 35s)--they are all sharp in the center. At minimum focus distance the f/2 is much, much sharper. And it's much better controlled for CA.
I think the field curvature of the 35/1.4 affects background bokeh at mid-distance more than the f/2, and at minimum focus, the 35/1.2 has the smoothest bokeh at f/2, but it's also got a shorter min distance (I shot at the same distance).
For my shooting, the APO f/2 is definitely going to be the best choice of these three (I shoot mostly landscapes). I plan to sell the 35/1.2 and keep the 1.4 for it's funky close bokeh and lighter weight. The APO looks like a winner to me. ...Show more →
I just received mine and took a few quick snaps. I like the ergonomics. It just 'feels' like an easy lens to use. Smooth slightly resistant rotation of the focus ring. Easy to manual focus. Looks sharp already wide open. This is based on four shots!
The flare control and sunstars are pretty much what made me love the voigtlanders.
