Voigtlander Lente M-Mount Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

Such a teensy weensy little lens, perfect for my style of Gilden-esque photography. I shoot at f/11 or f/16 with this lens (which is equivalent to a 28mm on my M8) and hold a radio triggered flash in my hand. The DOF gets everything in focus and never miss a shot. It's crisp, it's clear, it does the job. I have ZERO complaints with this lens.

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

When shooting with Leica film cameras, 28 mm's satisfied my wide angle lens requirements. However, my new Ricoh GXR with a Leica lens mount module has a 1.5 crop factor, and so an 18mm lens would be necessary to produce the same field of view. This Voigtlander 21 mm lens was chosen because of its availability (similar Leica and Zeiss lenses were backordered), the company's good reputation, the price and favorable reviews.

At a little over $400, this lens is almost a steal for what you get. It is very compact, but solidly built of metal (almost a small Leica sibling), and its lens is tack sharp with no vignetting or even detectable peripheral light falloff at its full but modest f4 aperture.

Drawbacks relating to its small size are the control rings, which are a bit small for large fingers, and its f4 maximum aperture, but for me that's no deal breaker because of digital's superior ability than film to deal with low light. Also, as another reviewer noted, the lens hood supplied is really inadequate and should be replaced with Voigtlander's LH-1, which, unfortunately, has been discontinued but can still be found with a search of the internet.

Overall, a bargain at twice the price and highly recommended.

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

This lens can preferably be used with the LEICA M8 with the result of a 28 mm lens. It is a remarkable
lens. I would say one of the best I have come across since I started my LEICA-career in the fifties.

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

Amazing lens great color ,very sharp .
Using on g1 with adapt.

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

It is a fantastic wide-angle lens.Has rather small weight and the size, using with R4m, with ease is located in a jacket pocket.Sharpness remarkable on an open diaphragm.Not to catch "hares"))), I recommend to get lens hood.In the lens name "Color-Skopar" there is a direct hint on colour, photographing on a coloured film, it turns out to render that colour which exists, without lies.Black and white, certainly is classics, but here much depends on the chosen type of a film and proattendance process, however as well as in the colour.The unique possible minus when darkly, also there is no flash - is probably a small diaphragm of a lens.If diaphragm was 2.0 then it was invaluable... ха, well, the price has increased certainly)))... Though for dark conditions of shooting always there is a support or iso3200.Regards!

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

streeet or interior photography

Comments about Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens:

Excellent depth of field, no vignetting, sharp field corner to corner, very contrast lens, I love it. Hard to find something wrong on this lens, maybe just the focusing ring is sometime difficult to find in critical moment when you have to react quickly. Otherwise excellent lens and will recommend it to friend with no doubts.