What are your experiences with them? I have the Simera 28 on my X-T5 and absolutely love it. I keep considering the Ksana 21mm but I'm not sure if 21mm would be too weird of a focal length on a crop sensor.
I used their 75mm on my XE5 but did not fully enjoy that set up because of the crop factor and the resulting focal length. On the GFX it was an awesome experience and next to my GF 32-64mm my most used lens.
I had their 28mm 1.4 X Mount and that was also a very good lens. A bit too large for the small xe5 and I sold it because I needed money. Would buy again.
Now I am using their 21mm f/3.5 Ksana on my xe5 and Sigma Bf. I feel this is a good set up because I get one ultra wide lens and due to the crop factor of the fuji something equivalent to a 35mm lens. Nice, compact and light weight lens. I enjoy the "character" but the ghosting can kill an image if you are Not careful enough.
Hi im looking for a manual wide angle lens (24-31.5mm ff eqiv.) for my X-E5, currently have a hard time to choose between Voigtlander X 18mm 2.8 and Thypoch M 21mm 3.5, despite im quite satisfied with the owned native Voigtlander 27mm 2.0, the focus knob sometimes could be a bit tricky to locate at first point, the Thypoch Ksana on the other hand seems having better ergonomics here. Just wonder how the Thypoch wide angle M mount lens performing on the thicker X-Trans sensors, any SOOC sample of 21mm 3.5 on Fuji cameras would be appreciated thanks.
infra747 wrote:
Hi im looking for a manual wide angle lens (24-31.5mm ff eqiv.) for my X-E5, currently have a hard time to choose between Voigtlander X 18mm 2.8 and Thypoch M 21mm 3.5, despite im quite satisfied with the owned native Voigtlander 27mm 2.0, the focus knob sometimes could be a bit tricky to locate at first point, the Thypoch Ksana on the other hand seems having better ergonomics here. Just wonder how the Thypoch wide angle M mount lens performing on the thicker X-Trans sensors, any SOOC sample of 21mm 3.5 on Fuji cameras would be appreciated thanks.
Pure speculation on my part since I haven't used the Ksana: the "corner smearing" that people worry so much about is naturally going to be less of a problem on APS-C sensors since the sensor effectively crops out the far corners of a full-frame sensor. I've also read that Thypoch tends to design things for an "average" sensor thickness (meaning you won't notice as dramatic a difference on different sensors, though their optics may not be optimized for any one of them).
I do have and love the Voigtlander 18mm but if you find the 27 difficult to use because of the focus tab you're going to have the same issues with the former.
Derkuehlschrank wrote:
I used their 75mm on my XE5 but did not fully enjoy that set up because of the crop factor and the resulting focal length. On the GFX it was an awesome experience and next to my GF 32-64mm my most used lens.
I had their 28mm 1.4 X Mount and that was also a very good lens. A bit too large for the small xe5 and I sold it because I needed money. Would buy again.
Now I am using their 21mm f/3.5 Ksana on my xe5 and Sigma Bf. I feel this is a good set up because I get one ultra wide lens and due to the crop factor of the fuji something equivalent to a 35mm lens. Nice, compact and light weight lens. I enjoy the "character" but the ghosting can kill an image if you are Not careful enough.
Awesome! I have considered that Ksana 21mm, but we shall see. I kind of want an AF 27/28 with how much I've been loving this Simera. I shoot the 28mm on an XT5 and it's "large", I suppose, but I think it handles and balances well, overall. I can't say I'd like a 75mm on a crop body, not sure I want to try to manual focus that long and fast of a lens haha.
gjoliver wrote:
Used a 35mm f1.4 silver for a while. Loved it.
The look also fits my taste well.
Sold it just because I plan to get the m-mount version instead.
I do sort of wish I would have gotten the M-mount, just for future-proofing, as I'm constantly debating ditching Fuji for a Zf. But...I did not haha. I got this one off eBay barely used for a really good price (at the time)
Happily using the Simera 50 on my Fuji with a small light adapter. Excellent IQ!
On the Sony FF Ive had the 28 which was excellent but too wide for me. Also use the 35 on Sony
Happydan wrote:
Happily using the Simera 50 on my Fuji with a small light adapter. Excellent IQ!
On the Sony FF Ive had the 28 which was excellent but too wide for me. Also use the 35 on Sony
Awesome! I am moving to Nikon, if things go well, and will be adapting my X mount 28 on it. I've never owned a 28mm prime (but have the Sigma 18-50, so I kinda shoot at 28mm some? lol), so we will see how that goes! I've been wanting a 28mm, equivalent though. If it ends up being too wide I'll try to find the 35 for Nikon!
I use the official Fujifilm adapter. It's well-machined and you can find one used for around $100 or less. I've also had good success with K&F Concept adapters for a budget option, but they tend to be a tiny bit too short so the distance markings on the lens won't be too accurate. In fairness I haven't explicitly checked that with the Fujifilm adapter, though.
Unfortunately I have two pieces of info that strongly suggest the official Fujifilm adapter won’t work with the Light Lens Lab 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical “11873” lens that I'd like to use with this adapter. (One: Fujifilm says their adapter is incompatible with some version of the Leica Summilux M 35mm f/1.4, which this lens is based on. Two: a reviewer of the LLL lens told me via email that Fuji’s own adapter didn’t work with it.)
Meanwhile, great, I’ll take a look at the K&F adapter. I guess while I’m here, I’ll additionally ask if anyone has strong feelings about locking mechanisms and the helicoid on some adapters to shorten the minimum focusing distance. (Anything beyond this and I’ll make another thread.) Thanks again.
I have the Voigtlander M to Z adapter with helicoid that I've used on my Zf. It's incredibly well machined and priced to reflect that (same with the M to X version). I also tried a 7artisans M to X adapter, but it's clearly not as high quality so never really used it.
In practice I rarely used the helicoids because the types of things I do with M lenses don't tend to need closer focus
Great, thanks again, mivadep. I’m familiar with Voigtländer’s build quality, so I’ll give that adapter a try. Turns out I am also going to try out the Thypoch Ksana 21mm f/3.5 on the Fujifilm X-H2, so I may report back on that experience if there’s anything remarkable.
