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Voightlander 15mm V2 or V3 versus Super-Angulon f3.4 21mm?


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The S-A runs around $1500; the V around $750 ($550 for V2) ...... forgetting for the moment the difference in focal length, which is the better lens? Pay up for a 50 year old lens or get the latest? For the moment, I am using this with film, although that can always change int he future .... 

 

Thoughts?

 

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Firstly the 15 and 21 are very different focal lengths and hard to compare side-by-side. The 21 SA is virtually distortion free, even better than the 21 SEM.

 

However in the digital world the 21 SA exhibits strong colour shifts and additional effort is needed to removing its effect.

 

The CV 15 V3 exhibits no colour shift while the V2 is somewhere in between.

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The digital color shift and metering issues with M6 and up make the SA somewhat of a hassle, but it's still a good lens.  I suppose it would be more utilitarian to have the 15 and crop to 21mm FOV if needed.  I have the 21mm pre-ASPH Elmarit and love it, in fact I got rid of the ASPH version I had because I couldn't see a reason for the cost differential.  Also have both LTM and M versions of the CV 21/4 which work well on digital (coded as 21 Pre-ASPH) and are very small. 

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