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 Re: Pre-order: Voigtlander APO-SKOPAR 90mm f/2.8 VM and F-mount | |
Steve Spencer wrote:
naturephoto1 wrote:
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken yesterday at 3:58 PM; this is my first processed image taken with my new Voigtlander 90mm f2.8 Apo-Skopar VM lens. Image taken near closest focusing distance for the lens.
Looking at Fallen and caught Browned what look to be Maple Leaves.
Full Frame, tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 90mm f2.8 Apo-Skopar VM lens; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f5.6?, 1/8 second.
December 8, 2021
At Lock Ridge Park in Alburtis, PA.
Rich
Nice shot Rich. They are Maple leaves and I believe they are Norway Maple. I would love to hear more about your impressions of the lens.
Hi Steve,
Thank you. If you did not see this posting of SOC the camera earlier in the thread, you should have a look.
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1723230/14#15791143
I am still feeling out the lens and have to still confirm that the lens is centered. I suspect that it is since I now have 6 Voigtlander lenses and I have not found one to this point that I did not believe was centered.
I really like the lens at this point. I also have to check the Star Bursts and the Bokeh for the lens with specular highlights near f2.8 and closed down. Also, I want to confirm that the lens focuses to infinity with my Novoflex Leica M to NEX adapter (s).
So far, I believe that the lens appears to be well behaved showing what I consider to be very good Bokeh for the close focusing images that I have taken. The lens appears to be extremely sharp, but I have not confirmed focus across the frame and from near to far. As to handling, the lens is extremely smooth for focus and an easy to turn focusing knurled ring that feels very good in the hands. The aperture ring is crisp and turns and locks into the 1/2 stop increments as it should and in my preferred direction having come from Leica R lenses for 35 years and Canon FD lenses prior. My only complaint, and this is at least when wearing gloves is turning the aperture ring with the reversible lens hood in the shooting direction is that I was also accidentally adjusted the focusing ring when making adjustments to the Aperture ring. I have to be careful not to do this. The hood is extremely nice and included as well as reversible. You do have to take some care when mounting the hood in either direction so that it bayonets in place correctly. The lens is also amazingly small and light for such a powerhouse which makes it such a pleasure to use on my A1 or A7rIII and to include in my kit as often as possible. Providing this copy passes all of my additional tests it is a keeper and is replacing my Zeiss 85mm f4 Tele-Tessar that only 6 months ago replaced my Leica M 90mm f2.5 Summarit. I have developed a closer attachment to the 90mm Apo-Skopar much more so and faster than I did with the Zeiss.
One thing that I will have to check at least for some distances is a comparison in sharpness between this lens and my Voigtlander 110mm f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar. I suspect from what I have been seeing, the new Apo-Skopar will give the Macro Apo-Lanthar a run for its money at least in many instances. Of course the Macro lens focuses to 1:1, but the money that I would much prefer to take into the field is the 90mm Apo-Skopar due its tiny size and weight.
Rich
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