Please share more of your impressions. Are the wonky features in your images due to field curvature from the lens or just age related warping of the subjects?
TIA!
leicamera wrote:
Thank you Fred for kindly sharing your test results of your Voigtlander 35mm Apo Lanthars (FE)...most appreciated - Its a wonderful lens!
This afternoons snaps on a walkabout around the back streets of Looe, Cornwall (A7R4 + 35mm Apo-Lanthar FE)
Hi Vivek, you do have a wonderful way with words my friend ...So you want to know about my "wonky features"
I won't upload all of my initial infinite de-centering test images (center and 4 corners etc...) + All of my other test images, like if you need to refocus for the corners or not (I don't!)...suffice to say I'm very happy with my copy of this lens.
I will add these 2 SooC images though, just some levels applied as the light changed between shots (Camera was resting on the table with EFCS left turned ON for worse case scenario creamy back/foregrounds etc...)...I took these shots a few days ago.
First up the big heavy 35mm Sigma DN DG @ f1.2 followed by the 35mm Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar @ f2.0 both images were shot WO...The larger full sized versions can be found on my Flickr.
Plane of focus (just visible across the table) was about 0.5m away with the edge of a white door about 0.8m beyond that (center top/vertical white line)...I just wanted to see how these lenses compared/rendered at a very close distances (focus zone).
I'm not detecting any field curvature in landscapes or close-ups...the lens is another Planar style lens just like it's twin brother the 50mm Apo Lanthar.
It's definitely not another wavy moustached Zeiss Distagon type design with a mid-field drop in resolution (As per MTF's) case in point my old ZM 35mm f1.4 Distagon.
(That needed a OptoSigma correction lens to sort out most of the field curvature + In my particular case one shim was also removed to get infinite at the hard stop).
BTW. I'm not knocking that lens because I believe you also have a copy...in truth I REALLY loved that lens despite all of it's faults with the Sony sensor cover glass plate, it's one of those lenses I miss the most!
The only glaring obvious problem (for me) is that the 35mm Apo-Lanthar is only f2 fast!!!...I still need/want to keep the 35mm Sigma f1.2 for it's extra OoF when shooting WO subjects circa 3-5m away.
My 35mm Apo-Lanthar very slightly out resolves my Bigma from f2 to stopped down f8 across the frame (Center/Mid/Corners) the centers were very close...The 35mm Apo-Lanthar will cover 80% of what I regularly shoot in a nice lightweight/small travel package.
I have just cancelled my order for the Sony 35mm f1.4 GM as the Bigma gives me more range of speed and smoother OoF than that lens does below f2...It will be interesting to see how the 35mm Sony GM stacks up against the 35mm Apo-Lanthar (as that lens could be still the best 1 lens solution for many).
So long story short...Obviously we don't have a profile for it yet, so I guess what you must be seeing is an "age related warping of the subjects" - Some of those stores were indeed in a sorry old state.
Cheers Barry
Please share more of your impressions. Are the wonky features in your images due to field curvature from the lens or just age related warping of the subjects?
TIA!
leicamera wrote:
Thank you Fred for kindly sharing your test results of your Voigtlander 35mm Apo Lanthars (FE)...most appreciated - Its a wonderful lens!
This afternoons snaps on a walkabout around the back streets of Looe, Cornwall (A7R4 + 35mm Apo-Lanthar FE)
Hi Vivek, you do have a wonderful way with words my friend ...So you want to know about my "wonky features"
I won't upload all of my initial infinite de-centering test images (center and 4 corners etc...) + All of my other test images, like if you need to refocus for the corners or not (I don't!)...suffice to say I'm very happy with my copy of this lens.
I will add these 2 SooC images though, just some levels applied as the light changed between shots (Camera was resting on the table with EFCS left turned ON for worse case scenario creamy back/foregrounds etc...)...I took these shots a few days ago.
First up the big heavy 35mm Sigma DN DG @ f1.2 followed by the 35mm Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar @ f2.0 both images were shot WO...The larger full sized versions can be found on my Flickr.
Plane of focus (just visible across the table) was about 0.5m away with the edge of a white door about 0.8m beyond that (center top/vertical white line)...I just wanted to see how these lenses compared/rendered at a very close distances (focus zone).
I'm not detecting any field curvature in landscapes or close-ups...the lens is another Planar style lens just like it's twin brother the 50mm Apo Lanthar.
It's definitely not another wavy moustached Zeiss Distagon type design with a mid-field drop in resolution (As per MTF's) case in point my old ZM 35mm f1.4 Distagon.
(That needed a OptoSigma correction lens to sort out most of the field curvature + In my particular case one shim was also removed to get infinite at the hard stop).
BTW. I'm not knocking that lens because I believe you also have a copy...in truth I REALLY loved that lens despite all of it's faults with the Sony sensor cover glass plate, it's one of those lenses I miss the most!
The only glaring obvious problem (for me) is that the 35mm Apo-Lanthar is only f2 fast!!!...I still need/want to keep the 35mm Sigma f1.2 for it's extra OoF when shooting WO subjects circa 3-5m away.
My 35mm Apo-Lanthar very slightly out resolves my Bigma from f2 to stopped down f8 across the frame (Center/Mid/Corners) the centers were very close...The 35mm Apo-Lanthar will cover 80% of what I regularly shoot in a nice lightweight/small travel package.
I have just cancelled my order for the Sony 35mm f1.4 GM as the Bigma gives me more range of speed and smoother OoF than that lens does below f2...It will be interesting to see how the 35mm Sony GM stacks up against the 35mm Apo-Lanthar (as that lens could be still the best 1 lens solution for many).
So long story short...Obviously we don't have a profile for it yet, so I guess what you must be seeing is an "age related warping of the subjects" - Some of those stores were indeed in a sorry old state.
Cheers Barry
Apr 19, 2021 at 03:00 PM
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