Voigtlander 40mm f2.8 Heliar review

[JimmyCheng]

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I recently purchased this little gem for the love of small&light rangefinder lens formula which Leica seems to have forgotten long ago. Guess what, it’s such a perfect weekend lens for outdoor walks! It’s sharp, compact, and being f2.8 is not too shabby at all. 
 

I highly recommend this lens for anyone who dig the 28mm f5.6 summaron look but prefer something faster and longer. It’s no small feat for Voigtlander to jam so much lens into such a small package.

Here’s my video review, where I compared it to the 28mm summaron and have quite a few sample shots, enjoy!

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by JimmyCheng

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[Danner]

I made through 1:20 of pointless B-roll in a 7 minute review and gave up...

[bdjackson]

1 hour ago, Danner said:

I made through 1:20 of pointless B-roll in a 7 minute review and gave up...

Yet you spent more of your precious time posting a snarky comment on here. 

[shirubadanieru]

Thank you as always Jimmy! Just got mine now and testing it on film with the MP. Looking forward for the results. The size is indeed amazing, especially without the hood! 

[Newahvennick]

3 hours ago, JimmyCheng said:

I recently purchased this little gem for the love of small&light rangefinder lens formula which Leica seems to have forgotten long ago. Guess what, it’s such a perfect weekend lens for outdoor walks! It’s sharp, compact, and being f2.8 is not too shabby at all. 
 

I highly recommend this lens for anyone who dig the 28mm f5.6 summaron look but prefer something faster and longer. It’s no small feat for Voigtlander to jam so much lens into such a small package.

Here’s my video review, where I compared it to the 28mm summaron and have quite a few sample shots, enjoy!

 

Thanks for your review which is one of the first and shows real use examples and is helpful to those who are interested in this little lens. cheers

[cboy]

Is it better than 40mm rockstar/astrihori lens you reviewed earlier? I imagine it would be but gave no comparison to that or other 40mm lens though. Thanks for the review nonetheless.

[Danner]

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7 hours ago, bdjackson said:

Yet you spent more of your precious time posting a snarky comment on here. 

Good point.  I regret posting that.

JimmyCheng, I apologies.   Your review is better than anything I ever posted on YouTube.

 

[kivis]

Reminder? a 40mm lens brings up 50mm framelines? yes?

[shirubadanieru]

On 4/22/2022 at 8:18 AM, kivis said:

Reminder? a 40mm lens brings up 50mm framelines? yes?

Yes but you can buy the LTM version and use a 35mm adapter, which is what I’m doing

[Mech-Dragon]

Looks like a great lens, thank you for the review! I am very tempted to purchase one in LTM so that I can have a modern lens option for my Barnack while still being very tiny. 

[shirubadanieru]

Here are some pictures taken with the Heliar on Portra 400 in case you missed it on a separate Heliar thread. 

Tiny lens, great fun to use especially when traveling. And the build quality is amazing, pretty much like carrying a Summaron 28mm, but instead you get a 40mm f2.8! 

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