Re: Any love for the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F2.5 PII pancake?
Fred Miranda wrote: nehemiahphoto wrote: Fred Miranda wrote:
Thanks guys...and @Takira71A@@@ for the review links.
I'm torn between the 35/2.5 Skopar and the newer CV 35/2 Ultron. The latter seems even smaller than my CV 21/3.5 Color-Skopar but not quite pancake size.
Wondering how they differ wide open. From what I've read the CV 35/2 Ultron performs better off-axis but how would they compare rendering-wise?
I never compared the two--I was on the same spot as you. I ended up with the CV 35/2 after research. From what I had read, the CV 35/2.4 is older, and doesn't quite have the micro-contrast the new CV's do.
I had also read the CV 35/2 has more bite, feels more Zeiss-y than most other recent CV glass. The CV 21 1.4 seems to have that reputation too. And while the bokeh of the 35/2 is worse than some (lots!) other 35mms, the lens really does have a nice look to the files, even though it's not the type of glass I usually like. Here's a link where I compared it to other 35mms recently, and here's a couple samples below. It's really not a well controlled lens like the 35 1.2 or 35 1.7, it renders a little richer color wise, less neutral than those, bokeh is worse, and flare and highlights are handled differently (more wildly) when I tested, which I preferred. The second FM link has several samples. Not pocketable, but not far off:
That was a great blind test! The best rendering was from Sonnar 35/2 and Pentax 31!
The 35/2 Ultron's rendering reminds me of the Leica 35 summicron, except that the specular highlights are less rounded towards the edges.
There might be another in the works, you never know
Also, I use the CV 35/2 with an a7r2 and a very small but high IQ one lens solution as I tired of the finicky RX1r2--I have kept an original RX1 I still use for that glorious Sonnar. Here's the 35/2 on the a7r2--works well with the close focus helicoid--doesn't seem to lose much like some lenses.
Re: Any love for the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F2.5 PII pancake?
Fred Miranda wrote: nehemiahphoto wrote: Fred Miranda wrote:
Thanks guys...and @Takira71A@@@ for the review links.
I'm torn between the 35/2.5 Skopar and the newer CV 35/2 Ultron. The latter seems even smaller than my CV 21/3.5 Color-Skopar but not quite pancake size.
Wondering how they differ wide open. From what I've read the CV 35/2 Ultron performs better off-axis but how would they compare rendering-wise?
I never compared the two--I was on the same spot as you. I ended up with the CV 35/2 after research. From what I had read, the CV 35/2.4 is older, and doesn't quite have the micro-contrast the new CV's do.
I had also read the CV 35/2 has more bite, feels more Zeiss-y than most other recent CV glass. The CV 21 1.4 seems to have that reputation too. And while the bokeh of the 35/2 is worse than some (lots!) other 35mms, the lens really does have a nice look to the files, even though it's not the type of glass I usually like. Here's a link where I compared it to other 35mms recently, and here's a couple samples below. It's really not a well controlled lens like the 35 1.2 or 35 1.7, it renders a little richer color wise, less neutral than those, bokeh is worse, and flare and highlights are handled differently (more wildly) when I tested, which I preferred. The second FM link has several samples. Not pocketable, but not far off:
That was a great blind test! The best rendering was from Sonnar 35/2 and Pentax 31!
The 35/2 Ultron's rendering reminds me of the Leica 35 summicron, except that the specular highlights are less rounded towards the edges.
There might be another in the works, you never know
Also, I use the CV 35/2 with an a7r2 and a very small but high IQ one lens solution as I tired of the finicky RX1r2--I have kept an original RX1 I still use for that glorious Sonnar. Here's the 35/2 on the a7r2--works well with the close focus helicoid--doesn't seem to lose much like some lenses.
Aug 16, 2020 at 11:34 PM
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