![]() ![]() I bought the Voigtländer to test ride not only the brand but the focal length as well. Anyway, I'm not part of the fence hopper fraction, so I'm more than optimistic. It feels solid, but time and use will tell the rest of the story. I can't give any ultimate judgement on the built. Just a slight difference, but it does remind you that there is a "guest at your table". The typo and color of the hyperfocal scales is different from Leica lenses'. As the hood has cutouts for the image angles but doesn't "snap to grid" I found myself controlling the right position every once and again, which was slightly irritating. The lens hood is fastened by means of a screw clamp. ![]() (Anyway, it helps the focussing, which overall is very smooth.) There is a tiny focussing tab that is not as ergonomic as a Leica's - but at least you can easily unscrew it. Voigtlander 28mm 1.9 how to#Well, I DO miss that red knob telling me how to align the bayonet fast. So, at about 2/3 of the cost of a Konica 28 RF, 1/3 of the cost of an Elmarit 28 and almost just 1/4 of a Summicron 28 I got a FAST piece of glass that is fun to handle. It is much more compact than I read it was (applies to viewfinder obstruction as well). ![]() (A chrome lens with its black hood on a black body might look even more stylish than my black version.!) It matches the Leica look quite nicely. In the US Voigtländer seems to be well represented though by the indefatiguable Steven Gandy ). (There seem to have been delays in production. So I had my Ultron ordered from Germany, which in turn took almost two months. It took QUITE a while to get the lens as Voigtländer is not being imported to Switzerland directly. To spill the beans: I'm very happy with the purchase. I might see how the set up looks on my classic M6.As promised, here are my first impressions. I have always felt that chrome lenses on black bodies look weird, but that crinkled black hood makes the combination look nice to me. One other point of strictly a cosmetic nature� there is a large photo of the (chrome) lens on a black Bessa R. gets these a bit late due to the shipping time from England). If you are interested, stop by the store and see if this magazine is there, (the U.S. Using the formula of optical and mechanical ratings, the magazine gave the lens a 92% out of a hundred. The light fall off is said to be only a third of a stop and the distortion is said to be mostly non-existent on film. In high contrast situations, even wide open is not too shabby, giving a central 80 LP/MM. The charts with the line pairs per millimeter give the optimum performance at f/8.0, but f/5.6 is almost identical. To me, the shots looked very good as reproduced, but I would guess that at least one of them had to be shot at a smaller aperture due to the deep depth of field. He quotes the technical details for the several photos as f/1.9 1/30th, with all of the photos shot at the last light of the day. The photographer that reviewed the lens used it on an actual photojournalistic assignment, covering the May Day demonstrations in London. In the 16 June 2001 issue of �Amateur Photography� magazine out of the U.K., there is a review which includes both graphs and actual photographs. In case any of you are interested in the new Voigtlander 28mm f/1.9, I ran across a review today in the book / magazine store. ![]()
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