colonel Posted February 5, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 5, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) What is your favourite and/or go-to wide angle lens below 35mm ? The choices seem to be: 7Artisans 28mm f1.4 TTArtisans 21mm f1.5 Voigtlander 21mm f1.4 (new) Voigtlander 21mm f1.8 Voigtlander 21mm f3.5 Voigtlander 21mm f4 Voigtlander 24mm f4 Voigtlander 28mm f2 Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Zeiss 25mm f2.8 Zeiss 28mm f2.8 If I have missed any please say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 5, 2021 Posted February 5, 2021 Hi colonel, Take a look here Non-Leica wide angle (21-28mm). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Cobram Posted February 5, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 5, 2021 Voigtlander 21mm f4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted February 5, 2021 Share #3 Posted February 5, 2021 If you are talking new. First of all you have dropped all the Leica lenses 28mm, 24mm and 21mm, I am not knowlegable enough to list them all. On the used market there are: Canon 28mm f2.8 LTM Canon 25mm f3.5 LTM Nikon 25mm f4 LTM Nikon 28mm f2.8 LTM I use the Canon 25 regularly and itis a good lens. I have had the Nikon 25, also a good lens. There is also a series by Avenon, a 21 and 28 I believe, and a couple by Angenieux. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2van Posted February 6, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 6, 2021 Konica Dual M-Hexanon 21-35mm f3.4 - 4. Two primes in one. Superb. My choice. Used to be Voigtlander 21mm f4 ltm due to its tiny size. Voigtlander 28mm f3.5 ltm Avenon/Kobalux 28mm f3.5 ltm - had this before having a digital M - great on film M Ricoh 28mm f2.8 ltm Avenon/Kobalux 21mm f2.8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfisher Posted February 6, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 6, 2021 Zeiss 15/2.8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 6, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 6, 2021 Hi, Harold, A few more non-Leica options that haven't been mentioned yet. 21mm f/4.5 - MS Optical Super Wide Triplet Perar 4.5/21 24mm f/4 - MS Optical Super Triplet Perar 4/24 28mm f/2 - APOQUALIA II 2/28 F-MC MICRO-GAUSS 28mm f/2 - MS Optics Apoqualia-G 2/28 28mm f/4 - MS Optical Super Triplet Perar 4/28 28/2.8 M-Hexanon 28/6 Orion-15 28/4.5 Fed Pete. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean2059 Posted February 6, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 6, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) My non-Leica wide angle lenses list: Konica Dual M-Hexanon 21-35mm f3.4-4; Zeiss Biogon 25mm ZM; Voigtlander 28mm f3.5 ltm; Konica M-Hexanon 28mm f2.8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted February 6, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2021 WATE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 6, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, jdlaing said: WATE Non-Leica? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted February 6, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, farnz said: Non-Leica? Pete. Oops. Konica Hexanon Dual 21-35 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted February 6, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, g2van said: Konica Dual M-Hexanon 21-35mm f3.4 - 4 46 minutes ago, jdlaing said: Konica Hexanon Dual 21-35 I'm very curious to try it. It's a super smart FL combination, wow. One can use this lens for travel, shooting at f/3.4 both on 21 and 35 all day and night long and voila. I saw it has focus tab and 21/35 viewfinder 🙂 Love it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted February 6, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Dennis said: I'm very curious to try it. It's a super smart FL combination, wow. One can use this lens for travel, shooting at f/3.4 both on 21 and 35 all day and night long and voila. I saw it has focus tab and 21/35 viewfinder 🙂 Love it They are very hard to come by and have gotten expensive with a price well over $2,000.00 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 6, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 6, 2021 10 hours ago, colonel said: What is your favourite and/or go-to wide angle lens below 35mm ? The choices seem to be: 7Artisans 28mm f1.4 TTArtisans 21mm f1.5 Voigtlander 21mm f1.4 (new) Voigtlander 21mm f1.8 Voigtlander 21mm f3.5 Voigtlander 21mm f4 Voigtlander 24mm f4 Voigtlander 28mm f2 Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Zeiss 25mm f2.8 Zeiss 28mm f2.8 If I have missed any please say. If pressed, the Zeiss 25 although I have no experience with it; I never meshed with 21 and 28 lenses. My preference lies in the 24 and 18 mm. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted February 6, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, jdlaing said: They are very hard to come by I can imagine. Shame 7 minutes ago, jdlaing said: have gotten expensive with a price well over $2,000.00 If the lens perform very well, I think (for two FL) it worth every penny 10 hours ago, colonel said: Voigtlander 21mm f3.5 The brand new ASPH version, this would me my choice among your list 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2021 I always liked the results from the Zeiss ZM 4.5/21mm Biogon in the old (film) days, although I never had one myself. I understand that lens is much less useful for color digital photography. I wish Zeiss would revise it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 6, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 6, 2021 8 hours ago, Dennis said: I'm very curious to try it. It's a super smart FL combination, wow. One can use this lens for travel, shooting at f/3.4 both on 21 and 35 all day and night long and voila. I saw it has focus tab and 21/35 viewfinder 🙂 Love it It's an excellent lens and it's a true zoom lens so you don't only get 21 and 35 you get every focal length in between with LiveView/EVF. A minor correction: you can shoot 21 at f/3.4 all day and night long and 35 at f/4 all day and night long. The depth of field scales for 21 are engraved in orange and for 35 are engraved in green so it's a well thought-out lens. It is a very well built lens and has a good, sturdy hood. My 21-35 doesn't go out nearly enough and I must remember to use it more often. Pete. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted February 6, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 6, 2021 4 hours ago, farnz said: A minor correction: you can shoot 21 at f/3.4 all day and night long and 35 at f/4 all day and night long. Correct. Enough to shoot at f/4 and f/8 only for both FL 🙂 4 hours ago, farnz said: My 21-35 doesn't go out nearly enough and I must remember to use it more often. Yes please, show us some Konica Dual M-Hexanon magic when you have chance, that would be great. Have a great Saturday Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgray Posted February 6, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Joachim_I said: I always liked the results from the Zeiss ZM 4.5/21mm Biogon in the old (film) days, although I never had one myself. I understand that lens is much less useful for color digital photography. I wish Zeiss would revise it. It's one of the main reasons I got an M Monochrom instead of a color one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrostl Posted February 6, 2021 Share #19 Posted February 6, 2021 - TTArtisan 21/1.5 - Voigtlander VM 21/3.5 - Voigtlander VM 21/4 - 7Artisans 28/1.4 I own those. Of them, the TT would be my choice. It offers speed in a pinch, more quality stopped down, and is very usable overall to me. The VM 21/4 has color casting issues on the base M10, I simply hate the difficulty using the focus scale on the 21/3.5 (a fine optical instrument), and the 7A is a honker. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, astrostl said: - TTArtisan 21/1.5 - Voigtlander VM 21/3.5 - Voigtlander VM 21/4 - 7Artisans 28/1.4 I own those. Of them, the TT would be my choice. It offers speed in a pinch, more quality stopped down, and is very usable overall to me. The VM 21/4 has color casting issues on the base M10, I simply hate the difficulty using the focus scale on the 21/3.5 (a fine optical instrument), and the 7A is a honker. The TTArtisan is intriguing, watch this space ... Is a honker a good or bad lens ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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