The LLL people are really decent regarding responsiveness to inquiries. As I said above on p13, I asked them for some information regarding focus breathing, because this and similar lenses are good candidates for high end content creation / indie / sole operators - to my mind at least.
background: We can expect a fair degree of focus breathing in highly specified 35mm 'stills only' lenses - the focal length seems to be problematic, as witnessed in Sony's GM 35/1.4 (details by inksandpaper here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1695782/35).
This review below also takes a solid look early on at the extent of focus breathing in the 35/2 APO-Lanthar, and issues a passing comment on the Leica APO-Summicron-M having the same issue (very hard to find on the web on this M lens):
YT Title: 'Voigtlander 35mm f/2 APO Lanthar for Nikon Z - what do we think?' (at 2:25)
(courtesy: Grays of Westminster)
Cameralabs reports 11% magnification for the APO-Lanthar, another data observation.
LLL kindly sent me a short near focus (but informative) rack focus, but it saves at 16mb. It came across email fine so if anyone shares my interest on this issue, pls PM me and I'll try to pass it on. In summary, it appears similar to the other two 35mm APOs mentioned above.
philip_pj wrote:
The LLL people are really decent regarding responsiveness to inquiries.
Please ask LLL when Fred will get his review copy!
I think what strikes me about some of Roman's samples, such as the skateboarder over the garbage can, is that if it's wide open, the background rendering is quite smooth AND consistent across the frame. So many 35mm M-mount lenses look great in the central 2/3 of the frame but then fall apart in the periphery.
rscheffler wrote:
Please ask LLL when Fred will get his review copy!
I think what strikes me about some of Roman's samples, such as the skateboarder over the garbage can, is that if it's wide open, the background rendering is quite smooth AND consistent across the frame. So many 35mm M-mount lenses look great in the central 2/3 of the frame but then fall apart in the periphery.
That's usually related to optical vignetting and field curvature. I've noticed it in the LLL's samples as well, so it may do well on those two fronts, meaning it's not just well corrected for color error, but also for curvature and vignetting.
Noritsu scans back from the lab from the MP & LLL 35 APO. I haven't got the negatives back myself, but I will be rescanning them because there's some weird jaggies and aliasing when you look at these TIFFS on closer inspection. 000182770038 by Roman France, on Flickr
Has anyone who ordered a Ti had any shipping updates yet? I think the updated schedule had them as October-November now but I haven’t seen anything about any of them starting to ship yet.
1 week of experience - CHECK
"Apochromatic colors" - CHECK
Overly processed photos so we can't get any feel of how the lens actually renders - CHECK
Mentions the lens is warmer than the Leica and gets away from that as fast as possible instead of being curious and deep diving into that - CHECK
"Bob, The Pigeon Whisperer"
The 60MP sensor of the M EV1 definitely unlocks a bit more bite out of this lens. Bob The Pigeon Whisperer I by Roman France, on Flickr
I wonder if the Titanium finish will hold up a bit better. Mine already has a tiny gash under the 2 on the aperture ring. Gash may be extreme because it’s pretty hard to see/feel from most angles but when you tilt the lens in certain light you can see it. This came from it just being in my camera sling with nothing else 😅
RomanMF wrote:
I wonder if the Titanium finish will hold up a bit better. Mine already has a tiny gash under the 2 on the aperture ring. Gash may be extreme because it’s pretty hard to see/feel from most angles but when you tilt the lens in certain light you can see it. This came from it just being in my camera sling with nothing else 😅
I think this is typical with LLL's black paint lenses. Paint probably doesn't hold up as well.
It's funny in the guitar world, people pay a premium for nitro finished guitars that will relic much more easily than most modern stuff, which is coated in polyeurathane...which can take a bunch of abuse. People like banged up gear for vintage vibes or a badge of honor owning something that looks like it's actually been played in the field vs sitting at home. New guitars that come pre-relic'd is actually a thing.
Anyway, you now have a premium relic'd 35 APO. You've earned that gash by wearing it on a camera sling
Ti is as good as very high end aerospace Al (7075) in terms of hardness.
'commercially pure titanium sits around 145–190 HV. Its high hardness and self-healing surface oxide layer make it exceptionally resilient against deep gouges, heavy abrasion, and structural deformation. Though bare titanium can show fine micro-scratches or scuffs under heavy use, it absorbs visual marks much better than softer metals.'
Hence 'it’s pretty hard to see/feel'. The MTB community love it.
The MTB community love it.