I feel that the new Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton is great for shooting portraits including environmental. It's not very high in micro-contrast which usually benefits this application.
It's a pleasure to use with the rangefinder.
Minimal processing using Adobe Standard profile.
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/2.81/60s500 ISO0.0 EV
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/1.41/1500s100 ISO0.0 EV
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/1.21/60s125 ISO0.0 EV
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/2.01/350s100 ISO0.0 EV
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/1.71/90s160 ISO0.0 EV
LEICA M10-RVoigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton lensf/2.01/180s100 ISO0.0 EV
These look great Fred, hopefully I can take some similar portraits although it's really not my forte. It's what I am hoping to use the lens for. Compact, portable, good ergonomics and modern but not clinical rendering.
I'm quite sure that the 35ZM1.4 is going to crush it in raw performance but at the cost of double the physical length and no focus tab.
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I feel that the new Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton is great for shooting portraits including environmental. It's not very high in micro-contrast which usually benefits this application.
randoman101 wrote:
I've been wanting the LLL 35mm f/2 for a while now, but now I'm tempted to get this Voigtlander lens instead
They are both very different. The LLL 35mm f/2 is a reproduction of the Summicron 8-elements from the 60s and has a very classical rendering. This lens is a corrected and more modern design.
The sharpness vs FLE seems to put me off a bit since I did have two copies of FLE 2 and liked them a lot but had to return them due to RF focusing issues.
I was thinking of getting the VM as a stop gap until Leica sorts their issues with FLE 2, but I’m inclined to stick with my ZM Distagon for now.
normie610 wrote:
The sharpness vs FLE seems to put me off a bit since I did have two copies of FLE 2 and liked them a lot but had to return them due to RF focusing issues.
Another way of seing this is to answer the question: how many pictures shot wide-open, post-processed and printed will not be good enough because they were shot by the Voigt 35/1.5 instead of the Leica 35/1.4 FLE?
Because we you compare prints, you notice that the differences between lenses resolution and megapixels are not that big to say the least.
Ripolini wrote:
Agree; the difference in out-of-focus rendition is more easily discernible in prints though.
Indeed. This is why I preferred the Summarit to the FLE. And why I like the new Voigt.
I'm not saying that people cannot prefer the FLE or want the sharpest lens wide-open, just that they should know why as 100% pre-processing files are very interesting to test a lens but not really relevant in real life where we post our pictures on the Internet or print them in reasonable sizes (A3 to A2 for instance, what a good printer can do).
The Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton is capable of defined sunstars starting at f/4 and best from f/5.6 until f/11. However, it is still capable of decent sunstars even at f/2 or f/2.8. The sunstars will have 12 points since the lens is equipped with a 12-blade aperture mechanism (straight blades)
For this test, I selected 'lens detection' to "OFF", so we can have an idea of how Vignetting looks without any Leica profile attached to the DNG file.
It's worth mentioning that the Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton is multi-coated and did very well in regards to Ghosting and Veiling Flare even with the sun in the frame. This lens has strong flare resistance as I don't see any ghosting or loss in contrast even with the sun in the frame.
Here is a sequence from f/2 until f/11 in full stop increments:
The Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux FLE is only capable of defined sunstars starting at f/5.6 until f/11 and ghosting flare is very obvious.
As far as definition, it's sunstars are optimal at f/8-11 but the sun-rays are not even in length compared to the Voigtlander.
Here is a sequence at f/5.6, f/8 and f/11:
(Not defined at f/4 or wider and at f/16)
f/5.6
LEICA M10-RSummilux-M 1:1.4/35 ASPH. lens35mmf/5.61/250s100 ISO-1.7 EV
f/8
LEICA M10-RSummilux-M 1:1.4/35 ASPH. lens35mmf/8.01/125s100 ISO-1.7 EV
f/11
LEICA M10-RSummilux-M 1:1.4/35 ASPH. lens35mmf/11.01/60s100 ISO-1.7 EV
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Sunstar Rendering Vignetting and Flare
The Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton is capable of defined sunstars starting at f/4 and best from f/5.6 until f/11. However, it is still capable of decent sunstars even at f/2 or f/2.8. The sunstars will have 10 points since the lens is equipped with a 10-blade aperture mechanism (straight blades)
This lens has a 12 blade aperture. So sunstars will have 12 points.
Infinity performance on Leica M10-R compared to Voigtlander 35mm f/2 Ultron
The Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton starting at f/2, performed very similarly to the Voigtlander 35mm f/2 Ultron wide open in terms of resolution and contrast. The 35/2 Ultron is a high contrast lens with structured rendering that performs well from wide open, especially considering its size. It actually outperforms the 35/1.5 Nokton at mid-field while the latter does slightly better at the corners when shooting at wider apertures.
Both have similar level of vignetting at f/2 and the Voigtlander 35/2 Ultron's field of view is slightly wider compared to the 35/1.5 Nokton.
Here is the full image thumbnail showing the area demonstrated at 1:1 magnification.
Distance: Infinity
Camera: Leica M10-R
Focus: Center - Best of three @ 12.4x magnification
