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Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review
  
 
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Just to make you happy, I haven't noticed much flare so far. I've compared it to the 50/2 APO-Lanthar, and it definitely has better flare resistance than the Leica lenses you mentioned. Among modern designs, the worst offender is the Cron, but I don't mind some flare in my images, depending on the context.

Flare can be cool depending on the type. It's just that with Crons (35, 40 and 50) sometimes it is that really heavy veiling haze that just ruins the image.
Jul 23, 2024 at 07:09 PM
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Infinity Resolution and Contrast on Leica M10-R (41MP)

The Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar performs optimally on the thin Leica M sensor stack, so this resolution and contrast test was conducted on the high-resolution Leica M10-R at infinity. The lens performed impressively, especially considering its ultra-compact size and the number of elements. However, we can't expect it to match the resolution of larger and better-corrected lenses like Cosina's 50/2 APO-Lanthar. It's worth noting that there are no aspherical elements in the optical design.

When examining these 100% magnified crops at the pixel level, I see great resolution and contrast from wide open, along with a bit of lateral chromatic aberration (LaCA). The lens achieves optimal resolution at f/4 and f/5.6 but performs similarly at wider apertures. There is no obvious weakness off-axis, resulting in a uniform performance across the image field, with a strong center and a gradual fall-off towards the edges.

There is no correction for chromatic aberration or vignetting in these crops, so we can see significant vignetting at wider apertures in the extreme corner crops. At f/4, vignetting subsides considerably and gradually diminishes until f/8.

Here is the full image thumbnail showing the area demonstrated at 1:1 magnification.

  1. Distance: Infinity
  2. Camera: Leica M10-R
  3. Focus: Center - Best of three @ 12.4x magnification
  4. WB: Daylight
  5. Lens centered using my decentering test.
  6. Software: Lightroom with my default landscape sharpening. All other settings set to default
PS: Vignetting and distortion were NOT corrected. All in-camera corrections turned 'off'.

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At Center
Infinity Resolution and Contrast on Leica M10-R (41MP)





Center: f/2.2 (LEFT) | f/2.8 (RIGHT): Close to optimal performance wide open, with only minor improvement at f/2.8.







Center: f/2.8 (LEFT) | f/4 (RIGHT): Same at f/4, with only a very minor improvement in resolution.







Center: f/4 (LEFT) | f/5.6 (RIGHT): At every aperture, there are minor improvements, with f/5.6 showing the most noticeable difference from wide open.







Center: f/5.6 (LEFT) | f/8 (RIGHT): At f/8, there are signs of diffraction, and the image quality degrades slightly.
Jul 23, 2024 at 07:34 PM
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At Mid-field
Infinity Resolution and Contrast on Leica M10-R (41MP)





Mid-Field: f/2.2 (LEFT) | f/2.8 (RIGHT): Just like at the center, there are minor improvements from f/2.2 to f/2.8.







Mid-Field: f/2.8 (LEFT) | f/4(RIGHT): At f/4, there is a noticeable improvement in contrast and resolution







Mid-Field: f/4 (LEFT) | f/5.6 (RIGHT): f/5.6 is the optimal aperture for the mid-field







Mid-Field: f/5.6 (LEFT) | f/8 (RIGHT): Not much changes.
Jul 23, 2024 at 07:34 PM
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At Extreme Corner
Infinity Resolution and Contrast on Leica M10-R (41MP)





Extreme Corner: f/2.2 (LEFT) | f/2.8 (RIGHT): There is significant vignetting wide open, which improves slightly at f/2.8. Resolution is very good but does not improve much from wide open to f/2.8.







Extreme Corner: f/2.8 (LEFT) | f/4 (RIGHT): At f/4, vignetting improves significantly, and there is a noticeable increase in contrast and resolution.







Extreme Corner: f/4 (LEFT) | f/5.6 (RIGHT): f/5.6 is the optimal aperture for the corners, offering lower vignetting along with excellent resolution and contrast.







Extreme Corner: f/5.6 (LEFT) | f/8 (RIGHT): Not much changes in this area.
Jul 23, 2024 at 07:34 PM
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I see absolutely nothing to complain about as far as sharpness goes starting wide open. Impressive for such a small lens
Jul 23, 2024 at 08:40 PM
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Wow.. glad I rented the 50 APO Lanthar (comes in Thursday) to get a feel for size before purchasing.. the 2.2 seems pretty impressive, I might go that route instead.


Jul 23, 2024 at 08:47 PM
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Very impressive, in particular the colour tonal separation, and very acceptable outer frame resolution - this from a 135 gram lens. It's worth noting, as the lens is coming in for criticism over its vignette pattern, that the bottom right is very different in transition apertures from the far corner at top left. They now have great and well justified confidence in their APD glass.

Do you have a Sony body around?


Jul 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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philip_pj wrote:
Very impressive, in particular the colour tonal separation, and very acceptable outer frame resolution - this from a 135 gram lens. It's worth noting, as the lens is coming in for criticism over its vignette pattern, that the bottom right is very different in transition apertures from the far corner at top left. They now have great and well justified confidence in their APD glass.

Do you have a Sony body around?

I'll try to borrow one since I just converted my A7R II to a thin filter. I love the results; it feels like shooting with a Leica sensor. Here's a test I did yesterday with the CV 28/2.8 Color-Skopar lens wide open. For those with modified sensors, I can also share resolution and contrast results with the CV 50/2.2 Color-Skopar.




At f/4.5 with vignetting corrected.

  ILCE-7RM2    Voigtlander 28mm f/2.8 Color-Skopar lens    28mm    1/250s    100 ISO    0.0 EV  






f/2.8 with vignetting corrected.

  ILCE-7RM2    Voigtlander 28mm f/2.8 Color-Skopar lens    28mm    1/100s    100 ISO    0.0 EV  






f/2.8 with vignetting corrected.

  ILCE-7RM2    Voigtlander 28mm f/2.8 Color-Skopar lens    28mm    1/200s    100 ISO    0.0 EV  
Jul 24, 2024 at 08:47 AM
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It’s worth noting that with the CV 50/2.2 Color-Skopar, Cosina has changed the lens packaging. The styrofoam has been replaced with thick paper for lens protection inside the box, similar to Fujifilm’s approach.

Also, the top interior of the box now features the phrase "built to create," which was not present in previous lens packaging.
Jul 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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p.5 #10 · p.5 #10 · Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review


Here is a sample using the A7R II (modded), Techart AF adapter and the CV 50/2.2 at closer range. The lens is so light helping the AF adapter to move very fast to achieve focus.




  ILCE-7RM2    Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color Skopar lens    50mm    f/2.0    1/500s    100 ISO    0.0 EV  
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Looks fantastic on that A7R II
Jul 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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rsolti13 wrote:
Looks fantastic on that A7R II

Couple images showing it mounted on the A7R II:
Jul 24, 2024 at 02:10 PM
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p.5 #13 · p.5 #13 · Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review


Reminds me a lot of the 35mm f2 Ultron - any samples of the lens on an M11 body?

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Couple images showing it mounted on the A7R II:
Jul 24, 2024 at 03:12 PM
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People like the silver, but the bold lettering looks great on the front of the black version.

How do I go about this: 'A7R II to a thin filter'?

(It's moving closer to the time to join them. The wide angles are so good, and I already use the longer VMs anyway.)


Jul 24, 2024 at 03:58 PM
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p.5 #15 · p.5 #15 · Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review


philip_pj wrote:
People like the silver, but the bold lettering looks great on the front of the black version.

How do I go about this: 'A7R II to a thin filter'?

(It's moving closer to the time to join them. The wide angles are so good, and I already use the longer VMs anyway.)

Send it to Kolari for a $399 service. They took two weeks to service my A7R II, and I think it's worth it, especially since you can find a mint A7R II for around $700 nowadays. Your M-lenses will thank you.

There's only one issue: the new Ultra Thin (UT) cover glass will add a slight color cast. However, this is very easy to fix in-camera, and you can adjust all white balance presets, including auto WB.

I simply adjust each white balance preset using Sony's "White Balance Adjustment" feature. This helps eliminate the color cast, making the images look like they did before. It did take some effort to determine the right settings using a gray card and some calculations, but here is what I got:

A-B: B5
G-M: G2.5
Jul 24, 2024 at 04:13 PM
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Thank you, Fred. I'll save that snip for setup time.
Jul 24, 2024 at 04:18 PM
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p.5 #17 · p.5 #17 · Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review


Fred Miranda wrote:
It’s worth noting that with the CV 50/2.2 Color-Skopar, Cosina has changed the lens packaging. The styrofoam has been replaced with thick paper for lens protection inside the box, similar to Fujifilm’s approach.

Also, the top interior of the box now features the phrase "built to create," which was not present in previous lens packaging.

The new Nokton 75/1.5 for Sony E-mount also came with this new type of packaging (as it was released on the same day as 50/2.2 in Japan and this seems to be Cosina's new packaging style). From ease of use perspective I prefer the old packaging but the new one might be more ecological without the styrofoam.
Jul 24, 2024 at 08:09 PM
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Field Curvature

The Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar has surprisingly flat field curvature from close distances all the way to infinity. I was expecting some outward field curvature, which is common in 50mm lenses, but Cosina managed to design this lens to be as compact as possible without compromising field curvature. This gives it a significant advantage over other 50mm f/2 lenses.

Here is a GIF animation showing the area of focus from close distance to infinity in four increments.
Jul 25, 2024 at 02:24 PM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
I'll try to borrow one since I just converted my A7R II to a thin filter. I love the results; it feels like shooting with a Leica sensor. Here's a test I did yesterday with the CV 28/2.8 Color-Skopar lens wide open. For those with modified sensors, I can also share resolution and contrast results with the CV 50/2.2 Color-Skopar.

These are with vignetting correction? Looks very strong still.
Jul 25, 2024 at 03:15 PM
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p.5 #20 · p.5 #20 · Voigtlander 50mm f/2.2 Color-Skopar Review


The appearance of the early image sets you and others have taken have that look about them. They suggest sound field shape control. It's a welcome inversion, and now becomes: 'what you get is what you see' (WYGIWYS).


Jul 25, 2024 at 03:16 PM
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