Voigtlander 75mm f/1.5 Nokton Review

Fred Miranda wrote:

nehemiahphoto wrote

AcuteShadows wrote

nehemiahphoto wrote

AcuteShadows wrote

nehemiahphoto wrote

Are you not using it below f2 on the 75A because you don't like the rendering/it's a stylistic choice or it's technically poor?

Probably both. No surprise here.

Lol—then why buy it?

No idea. If you are too lazy to find good locations or to blur ugly backgrounds in photoshop, it might be helpful. Also, it's a whole lot cheaper than a Summicron.

I guess that is the major selling point of 7a lenses. Or maybe one just needs 1.2 in a pinch...

With EVF on either Sony or Leica, I would not care going 75/1.2 but try focusing accurately with a telephoto lens on rangefinder at f/1.2. It would be hard to get accurate results unless if your subject is at long distance.
With the CV 75/1.5, I find I only get consistent results at mid-ditstance wide open and f/2-2.5 at close distance using the RF.
I have not tried the 7artisan but the Voigtlander is only 350g and it's sharp wide open.

Yes, but I think (from her posted photos) that Helena shoots the a7 series, so that's the context in which I was posing the original question to her.

I have a similar experience to you. I have an Ikon (film RF) and a Sonnetar 73 1.5 that I don't use on it as most of my photos once developed have been out of focus when shooting WO. Even my ZM 50 1.5 (which is optimized to 2.8, not WO) can be tricky to get focus until I stop down to f2.8.

To top it off, it's a 73mm which is fine for Leica RF's, but my the Ikon has 28/35/50/85 frame lines. If I swap out for a Leica, that would help, but a fast tele even with the correct frame lines is tricky. And it's not like on film I can just delete and retry like digital.

Long story short, on an RF, I shoot 28 or 35 and 50mm. On my a7x, I shoot 21/35/75mm regularly.

I find with my Ikon I often just put a 35mm on go out and about, using it like an RX1. I find this super rewarding.