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 p.36 #17 · Nikon Zf as a platform for adapted/native manual focus lenses | |
philip_pj wrote:
'if its worth getting instead of newer CV 21mm 3.5 Color Skopar?'
It might be, but they have come a long way in the interim. It mostly depends on your preferences in images, what you want and what you can put up with, plus what you shoot. Not much help, am I?
My path was from the best 21mm Distagon ever made, the CY 21/2.8, to use the little 230 gram Voigtlander - mostly for reason of weight and fast use in mountain travel in very dodgy environs. I needed a small, fast action lens that did not need an adapter. I didn't expect much more than 'pretty good' results that could be enhanced in post.
What a surprise, the 21/3.5 (now discontinued even from Sony E-mount) turned out better images than the very contrasty, and even harsh, 21/2.8D. So your environment matters a lot, was the lesson. I'm a fan of the 21mm, it has a silky pictorial rendering, sharp enough for all but some reviewers. I'll post a couple here for you to look at. I shoot it at f8, where it imparts a fine depth, which matters more than the last 10% of resolution. (My images go in coffee table 13x11 books.)
Here is B&H's page, check the reviews, it will be hard to find anything on it soon:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1437613-REG/voigtlander_color_skopar_21mm_f_3_5_aspherical.html/reviews
The hood stays on and the cap fits over it, 52mm filters. Colour and build are totally modern Voigtlander, that is, wonderful. Also works very well in different light conditions, better than many fancy CV lenses in harsh light, in fact....Show more →
I exactly understand what you are saying. I loved my wee 21mm Color-Skopar on Sony a7c. It was seriously sharp and amazing, for travel I could just go f8 and fire away.
Now when I moved to Nikon, I'm trying to figure out which would be better. Never tried 21/1.8 or 1.4, but those are too big for me, I really liked VM 3.5. When had a copy of SOny E mount version, it was terribly soft, lemon copy, so I went with VM. So F version showed up recently, so thought maybe that would be better, with focus confirmation via FTZ. But I think what I may do is to get VM version and that 6bit artisan adapter and have a nice lens with focus confirmation.
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