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Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Lens

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Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Lens
Key Features
  • Leica M-Mount Lens
  • Aperture Range: f/4 to f/22
  • Pancake Lens Form Factor
  • Manual Focus Design
Characterized by its especially thin pancake profile, the Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P from Voigtlander is an ultra-wide prime designed for M-mount rangefinder cameras. Its slim stature makes it ideal for everyday walk-around use, and the expansive field of view is well-suited to architectural and interior subjects. The manual focus design permits working with subjects as close as 1.6' away, and a removable lens hood is included to shield the front lens element to minimize flare and ghosting.
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Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Overview

Characterized by its especially thin pancake profile, the Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P from Voigtlander is an ultra-wide prime designed for M-mount rangefinder cameras. Its slim stature makes it ideal for everyday walk-around use, and the expansive field of view is well-suited to architectural and interior subjects. The manual focus design permits working with subjects as close as 1.6' away, and a removable lens hood is included to shield the front lens element to minimize flare and ghosting.

Slim, 1"-thick pancake profile makes this lens especially inconspicuous and portable.
Manual focus design enables a minimum focusing distance of 1.6', and it is rangefinder coupled for accurate focusing to 2.3'.
Removable lens hood helps to prevent lens flare and ghosting for increased contrast and color fidelity when working in strongly lit conditions.

Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Specs

Focal Length21mm
Maximum Aperturef/4
Minimum Aperturef/22
Lens MountLeica M
Angle of View91°
Minimum Focus Distance1.6' / 50 cm
Optical Design8 Elements in 6 Groups
Diaphragm Blades10
Focus TypeManual Focus
Filter Size39 mm (Front)
Dimensions (ø x L)2.2 x 1" / 55 x 25.4 mm
Weight4.8 oz / 136 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight0.49 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)4.7 x 4.05 x 3.2"

Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Reviews

Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Lens, The Best!

By William
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-03-11

Super sharp, small and well made! I use it on my Voigtlander Bessa R2A with an external finder and on my Fujifilm XPro 2 with an adapter. Super fast shipping by B&H!

Looking forward

By Brian
Rated 3 out of 5
Date: 2021-03-23

Looking forward to receiving my purchase in the mail soon. I expect it will receive more stars when it arrives!

21mm Voigtlander

By Charles
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2020-11-29

Outstanding

Great lens. Perfect size

By Brooke
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2020-04-19

I just this on a M7. It’s a great size, pancake style lens. For the price you can’t beat what you are getting.

What a surprise

By Eugueny
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2019-12-23

The build quality, as others have said, is spectacular. The haptic feeling of manually operating the diaphragm makes my shooting experience more fun. Optically it is pretty much perfect, at least on the cropped sensor of my Fuji X-T3. It's contrasty and sharp even wide open. I am not seeing any color casts, in fact the colors are nearly identical to Fuji'x own 23mm f/2. I bought it for zone focusing capabilities, for situations when I cannot rely on autofocus and it's been great for that.

Good but not great.

By Chris
Rated 3 out of 5
Date: 2019-08-03

A decent lens for the price point with short comings.  I bought this lens in December 2018 and use it with my Leica M240M-P. It is fairly sharp but suffers from quite severe (Magenta / Purple) chromatic aberration on the far left and particularly right side of the camera frame. This might be corrected somewhat in Lightroom although I have not specifically tried this yet. I would say for the price point its a good deal but know if you intend to use if with a M240 it comes with some shortcomings... As soon as I can afford it I will trade up to the 21mm Super Elmar f3.4 In fairness to Voightlander and this lens, it might perform better on a Sony or Fuji camera but as I do not own either, I can not test this for sure.

Fantastic Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Lens

By William
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-03-01

This is a tiny 21mm! Image quality is outstanding on my Voigtlander Bessa R2! Well made smooth focus. Aperture is a bit lose. I would prefer it a bit tighter to avoid accidentally bumping it.

Fantastic but not for all cameras

By Roberto
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2021-08-19

Hi, I purchased this lens for using on my M4 and found fantastic. But when I moved to my M240.... The Italian Flag problem present in some lenses was heavily present, nothing CornerFix cannot solves, but need to correct every photo done with this lens, (so I purchased a Zeiss zm biogon 21mm). Now using on my Monochrome M246 this lens is again a very beautiful lens, small, light and sharp (at least as I like).

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question

on the voightlander website, it is listed as 21 mm / F4,0 Color Skopar Pancake IIis this the same lens? thank you
Asked by: Anonymous
Yes, these are the same lens.
Answered by: Heather S.
Date published: 2018-08-27

question

Is there color shift on the sides when using this lens with a Leica M10?
Asked by: Shane T.
To our knowledge, there has been no issues with color shifting with this lens and the Leica M10.
Answered by: Kirk R.
Date published: 2018-08-27

Anyone with experience using this lens on the M11 ...

Anyone with experience using this lens on the M11 with regard to magenta or other colour shift towards the edges?
Asked by: Hanns
To our knowledge, the Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 P Lens has not yet been tested specifically with the Leica M11.
Answered by: Kirk
Date published: 2022-04-12

Anyone use on the Fuji x?

Anyone use on the Fuji x?
Asked by: Louis
Yes, works works well with the Fuji X system.
Answered by: Rob
Date published: 2021-01-29

question

Is there a hood for this lens? If not, why not?
Asked by: Anonymous
Voigtlander does not supply a lens hood with this lens in the US Market. They only supply the hood with the lens in the Japanese market.
Answered by: Heather S.
Date published: 2018-08-27

question

Which adapter would I need for a Fuji X-t1 ?
Asked by: Anonymous
Fuji sell that specific adapter and it has a useful special feature ... a button that triggers the MF assist magnifier. IOW Fuji approves using M lenses.
Answered by: david
Date published: 2020-05-03

question

What size lens cap does this take?
Asked by: Anonymous
The Color-Skopar 21mm f/4.0 P Pancake Lens comes with front and rear lens caps. If you need a replacement, the lens has a 39mm filter thread so will use a 39mm lens cap. http://bhpho.to/1lLDvNF
Answered by: Christina S.
Date published: 2018-08-27

question

Which adapter would I need to purchase for this to work on my Sony a7?
Asked by: Anonymous
Here is an adapter that would work:http://bhpho.to/1cZVftaHere is a less expensive option:http://bhpho.to/Nya3tN
Answered by: Steven C.
Date published: 2018-08-27
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