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Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 50mm f/2 Aspherical VM lens to be announced soon


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4 minutes ago, padam said:


Yes, it is the E-mount version but the differences will be very similar on the M-mount as well.

The APO-Lanthar is sharper and better corrected but the Planar is still sharp and great value.

Thats the Loxia, quite a different lens, not the 50mm f2 ZM

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Slight differences in design, but in essence they are very similar, same drawing, same distortion, etc. so you can expect the same differences between those two, the APO-Lanthar is an upgrade.

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8 hours ago, pedaes said:

They haven't had a delivery of the 50mm 1.5II originally due in December yet, and they are the UK importer.

Yes that’s what led me to believe it could be a long wait, hence I paid slightly more by sourcing my lens from Jo Geiger in Austria but I had the lens delivered within 2 working days and the hood as well. 

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Hi, all

 

  I have received this lens and shot some testing photos with M10.

  After zooming in some photo to 1:1, I observed obvious purple fringing, likes the attached file.

  Is it expected performance on APO lens? Or, it is just because my lens is a bad copy? 

 

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Another wide-open with the M9.

 

Someone on RFF wanted to see red. Full-res Jpeg uploaded. The out-of-focus white edges should be a good test of any CA.

 

 

On the M10: are you turning lens profile off?

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9 hours ago, Leon Sung said:

Hi, all

 

  I have received this lens and shot some testing photos with M10.

  After zooming in some photo to 1:1, I observed obvious purple fringing, likes the attached file.

  Is it expected performance on APO lens? Or, it is just because my lens is a bad copy? 

 

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If it makes you feel better, I get that on backlit foliage on the Leica APO-Summicron.

 

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Made me Trek into the Backyard. In the Snow...

 

100% crops with my M9, Lens Coding OFF, Heliopan UV/IR filter on the lens.

The shots into the Sun- blown highlights so bad that sensor artifacts crept into the image. I've never seen that before, so I would state that these images are "extreme". On some I got reflections from the filter.

 

I suspect this is an issue of lens coding, sensor stack, and maybe reflections off the sensor stack on the M10.

On my M9- this lens is as good as I will ever need. And the M9 is as good of a color camera that I ever want.

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38 minutes ago, Gobert said:

The more results I see, the more disappointed I feel.

The more I use this lens, the more impressed I am with it. Pointing a digital sensor straight into the Sun and getting clean edges, pretty impressive. 

I'm surprised at the these results on the M10- and believe the sensor stack is at fault.

 

I bought this lens for the M Monochrom, the Nokton V2 for the M9. 

 

Contrail, 100% crop.

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1 hour ago, BrianS said:

The more I use this lens, the more impressed I am with it. Pointing a digital sensor straight into the Sun and getting clean edges, pretty impressive. 

I'm surprised at the these results on the M10- and believe the sensor stack is at fault.

 

I bought this lens for the M Monochrom, the Nokton V2 for the M9. 

 

Contrail, 100% crop.

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Please keep posting photos... 

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Wide-Open, my Back Yard-


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Front Yard-

 

Someone on RFF complained that nothing colorful was being posted.

My old John Deere and little leaf blower. I use the big one to blow snow off the driveway. But it is green.

 

 

This came with the house, bought 27 years ago. Replaced it last year.

 

 

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13 hours ago, Leon Sung said:

Hi, all

 I have received this lens and shot some testing photos with M10.

  After zooming in some photo to 1:1, I observed obvious purple fringing, likes the attached file.

  Is it expected performance on APO lens? Or, it is just because my lens is a bad copy? 

Sony version is not fully corrected also compared to CV 65mm and CV 125mm copies that I have... My first shot to the tree branches in the garden on Sony version showed similar result. You can check FM test:

CA Correction (Longitudinal and lateral CA)

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@BrianS Thank you for your photos🙂. From your samples it seems Lanthar is a nice and sharp lens. Colors are typical Voigtlander... Another great product from Cosina. 🙌

I encourage you to post new photos in next weeks. We are hungry of Voigtlander stuff 😁

Portraits will be much appreciated as I'm obsessed with skin tones 😁

Again thank you very much for your effort!

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I will do so. And if we get some decent weather, take my Daughter out to a park again. I'll get her to pose in sunlight for me.

 

This NOT with the APO-Lanthar.

This is with the Pentax 85/4.5 "Ultra-Achromatic Takumar" (UAT, corrected for 4 wavelengths). On film. We'll see how the APO-Lanthar compares with it. Might try it on the M9 with the Pentax Adapter.

This shot- always impressed me with the delicate rendering.

One estimate gives 40 of these lenses still in existance. (Not a Leica Lens, not a Leica camera- posted for comparison. And you may never see anyone else posting pictures of their kids taken with this lens)

 

These days- the 50 year old lens goes in the $4500 range. Both lenses use 49mm filters. I'm in luck.

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In some challenging situations, the lens will show flaws (bad fringing). However, I have to say that this lens has very nice warm rendering in general and crazy sharp all over at f2. My 50/1.5 v1 sharpness is not quite in the same league, even step down to f2.8.

Distortion and vignette are very very low, I would say if your eyes are very picky. Not a problem for me at all. Overall, it did not dissapoint me and I really enjoy pairing this one with my M10. It is rare for me to shoot in such a condition that makes CA appears, which still easy to correct.

I also have some friends, who already bought the lens but we have not discussed about this in person.

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M10P @ F/5.6...

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