msendin Posted March 27, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 27, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just to post some photos of the new Voigtlander 15mm V3 I picked up yesterday. I have not the older V2 versión to compare directly because I sold it due to the strong purple borders. Here are the photos: - Voigtlander 15mm V2 with purple borders - 15mm V3 f4.5 Lens Detection ON (as 16mm f4.0) - 15mm V3 f4.5 Lens Detection OFF - 15mm V3 F8.0 Lens Detection ON (as 16mm f4.0) - 15mm V3 F8.0 Lens Detection OFF) I think it has all the good things of the older versión (except the tiny size) and no purple borders. Perhaps on a white wall it may show some, but I think they will be easy to correct. Definetively a great step forward. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/242852-voigtlander-15mm-v3-and-m240/?do=findComment&comment=2788098'>More sharing options...
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bocaburger Posted March 27, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 27, 2015 Congrats on the new lens! Just curious, I see you are coding it as a WATE 16mm. What did you code your V2 as? The WATE 16mm code indeed produces red corners with the previous 15mms. The code for 21mm Elmarit-M PRE-Asph reduces it almost to nil. At least it does with both of mine, which are the LTM versions. The V3 seems like a nice lens but for me it's too big, I'd end up leaving it home. T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 27, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for sharing msendin but the colour shift you're showing here would be a deal breaker for me. Did you try to code the lens as a 21/2.8 pre-asph or otherwise? Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
msendin Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted March 27, 2015 I had the V2 coded as the 21mm pre asph. and purple corners were still bad. I have coded this V3 as the Wate. If I have purple corners I will try the 21mm code. This weekend I pretend to shoot with it and see. But I feel it is a good improvement over the V2. There is certanly light fall off on the corners but I see much less color problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted March 27, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 27, 2015 My V1's (LTM) wide open even without coding and at ISO 800 won't produce as much edge cast as that V2 shot At base ISO and f/5.6 which is where I shoot 95% of the time, coded as 21 Pre-ASPH, I get so little casting I have never thus far needed to correct in post. Maybe the V2 (m-mount) is worse, Idk, makes no sense that it would as it's optically the same design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
msendin Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted March 27, 2015 I really cannot say. I sold mine because I finished not using it with the M240 because of the purple borders. I never tried another unit. It was always that bad and even converting to B&W it was not always easy to correct. In a color photo I was really unable to get a good photo without spending a lot of time on it. Of course with the M8 it was fairly good ans so confortable to carry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
msendin Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted March 28, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here are more samples in case they are useful for anyone. - Wall f4.5 LD ON (as 16mm f4) - Wall f8.0 LD ON (as 16mm f4) - Wall f4.5 LD OFF - Wall f8.0 LD OFF - Test 1 f8.0 (as 16mm f4) - Test 2 f8.0 (as 16mm f4) You can judge by yourself For me it is a big improvement, but it looks that I had worse problems than others. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/242852-voigtlander-15mm-v3-and-m240/?do=findComment&comment=2788429'>More sharing options...
pico Posted June 6, 2015 Share #8 Posted June 6, 2015 I ordered the 15mm CV, Version III late yesterday. It arrived at 10:55 this morning. (Stephen Gandy always comes through!) I immediately took three pictures just outside the house with the M9. The sky today is perfectly clear blue at near-noon. No magenta tinge anywhere! Version I would have been a wreck. I used the rangefinder which was not possible with Version I and 1:1 pixels there is a difference. This is one astounding lens, and a downright bargain. I'm tickled for the first time in years and off to photograph the building of the new bridge, and downtown to make up for the VI renderings. My V1 is now carefully stored - for what, I don't know. It is too small for a paperweight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Posted June 6, 2015 Share #9 Posted June 6, 2015 I ordered the 15mm CV, Version III late yesterday. It arrived at 10:55 this morning. (Stephen Gandy always comes through!) I immediately took three pictures just outside the house with the M9. The sky today is perfectly clear blue at near-noon. No magenta tinge anywhere! Version I would have been a wreck. I used the rangefinder which was not possible with Version I and 1:1 pixels there is a difference. This is one astounding lens, and a downright bargain. I'm tickled for the first time in years and off to photograph the building of the new bridge, and downtown to make up for the VI renderings. My V1 is now carefully stored - for what, I don't know. It is too small for a paperweight. +1 Pico. I love the Voigtlander 15mm III on the M240. I also got the Voit 15mm viewfinder to go with it. Not a Leica lens but it works and that is all that counts with me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted June 6, 2015 Share #10 Posted June 6, 2015 I should add that I set lens recognition to manual as the early 21mm Super Angulon but setting it to an early 50mm Summicron worked as well. What was disappointing were the results with Leica's 16mm setting. This should not be a surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Thompson Posted June 7, 2015 Share #11 Posted June 7, 2015 I ordered the 15mm CV, Version III late yesterday. It arrived at 10:55 this morning. (Stephen Gandy always comes through!) Ok, I'm toast. Time to place the order. Just wanted to add some props for Stephen. He's one of us. Good guy to do business with! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornnb Posted June 7, 2015 Share #12 Posted June 7, 2015 I have the v3 of this lens, and see absolutely no colour fringing on the corners. That issue only impacts the v2. The v3 is a sharp and high contrast lens. The only issue is the chromatic aberrations at the frame edges, but they're not terribly noticeable. It is an extremely capable ultra wide angle, and being just f4.5 it is very compact compared to the Zeiss 15mm Distagon or the Tri-Elmar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted June 7, 2015 Share #13 Posted June 7, 2015 I have 2 copies of the V1, and coded as a Pre-ASPH 21 Elmarit, neither of them gives me "purple borders". Kinda disappointing because therefore I have no excuse to give in to GAS and buy a V3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted June 7, 2015 Share #14 Posted June 7, 2015 V1 15mm CV @f/4.5, coded as 21mm pre-ASPH, M240 @ ISO 200, JPEG LG-FINE. No corrections other than downsizing it to upload to the forum. Yes there is a slight visible magenta at the edges, but nothing like msendin's example at the top of this thread. I don't usually take pics of the sky, and in practical shooting I have never needed to make corrections, but if I did it would not be difficult. As I said I have 2 copies of that lens and both are the same. I really don't know why others are having such dramatic color casts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted June 8, 2015 Share #15 Posted June 8, 2015 Sure VIII looks nice but it is 1.6 times the weight compared to VII (247 grams vs 156 grams). For me VII is perfect with LR's flat field plugin. It is simply one click. Pics: Before flat field, coded as 21 elmarit pre-ASPH After flat field Edge sharpness 1:1 pixel peeping BTW, I do see that price difference is not that much ($749 vs $595). Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/242852-voigtlander-15mm-v3-and-m240/?do=findComment&comment=2830286'>More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted June 8, 2015 Share #16 Posted June 8, 2015 Agreed. Sure VIII looks nice but it is 1.6 times the weight compared to VII (247 grams vs 156 grams). For me VII is perfect with LR's flat field plugin. It is simply one click. Agreed. And compared to the V1 the V2 is already much bigger. The only problem for me is LR and Cornerfix only work on raw files, and I prefer to shoot jpegs. However it is easy to correct even in my ancient CS2 using the color replacement tool, albeit a tad more than just one click. I put some examples below using msendin's horrific color cast example. The first is his shot unretouched, the second is corrected with color replacement in CS2. If I were going to shoot a ton of 15mm shots on a specific occasion I would probably be more tempted to have the new lens (or shoot DNG and use LR), but I would still travel with the tiny one and shoot jpg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted June 8, 2015 Share #17 Posted June 8, 2015 Same file with further reduction of vignetting using CS2's lens correction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted June 8, 2015 Share #18 Posted June 8, 2015 @jmahto: your file corrected in jpg form using my method: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted June 9, 2015 Share #19 Posted June 9, 2015 I tried to find out whether I can clean jpg with flat field correction. This is what I did: 1) Import jpg in LR5 2) save the jpg as DNG 3) apply flat field correction The results for the jpeg posted by msendin: It didn't fully remove the color cast since I had used my old template for correction. Maybe I have to create the flat field template based on the jpeg. But it shows that it is a workable solution for jpeg also. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/242852-voigtlander-15mm-v3-and-m240/?do=findComment&comment=2830696'>More sharing options...
jmahto Posted June 9, 2015 Share #20 Posted June 9, 2015 Same file with further reduction of vignetting using CS2's lens correction. Somehow the green color at left and right bottom corner has gone. It seems LR flat field preserves the color better. See prev post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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