Voigtländer Color Skopar 21mm f/3.5 on M10-D asking for trouble?

[astrostl]

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I would not go for the 21/4 on an M10-D unless you enjoy playing with stuff like CornerFix. Major magenta issues (as shown above by lct). My budget suggestion would be the TTArtisan 21/1.5 (link to review). Just treat it like an f/2.8 that you can shoot faster in a pinch and it will treat you great. It's not nearly as small as the VMs, though.

 

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[astrostl]

Here is the pic of the VM 21/4, VM 21/3.5, LM 21/3.4, and TM 21/1.5 side-by-side. I don't have the optional hood for the 21/3.5.

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[artjom.kutuzov]

On 11/17/2020 at 6:38 PM, astrostl said:

I have both the VM 21/4 and VM 21/3.5 (and TT 21/1.5 and Leica 21/3.4...) and this lines up with my ergonomic experience too: the VM 21/3.5 is too small for its own good IMO, between the focus lever and unreadable DOF scale. Vastly prefer the overall ergonomics of the VM 21/4 to it, but the purple edges are no joke on digital. I'm not a big zone focuser, but it's a default mode of operation for me with a 21mm (f/8 and an OVF).

21mm f4 works fine on M10-R, I was about to buy 3.5 version and then ran couple tests, more than happy. 

[astrostl]

Just now, artjom.kutuzov said:

21mm f4 works fine on M10-R, I was about to buy 3.5 version and then ran couple tests, more than happy. 

I've seen that in testing. M10-R seems to handle color cast better than every other digital M. M10-P or older though, you're in CornerFix / B&W territory with the 21/4.