75/1.8 $759 with black 75 Viewfinder

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The new Leica M mount Voigtlander 75/1.8 is now in stock at CameraQuest.

$715 for lens & hood, or $759 including a black 75 viewfinder - the same 75mm viewfinder which has been available for some time! Offer good while 75 viewfinder supplies last! Lens Hood included!


Thanks for looking!

Stephen
 
How soft wide open?

How soft wide open?

Stephen, is the lens softer than comparable lenses wide open?Would it be possible for you to post some images shot with this lens wide open? I do male portraiture and generally don't like those very soft. It does seem kind of an odd design goal to me - you can always soften in post, but you can't make a soft image sharper. Thx.
 
Has anyone actually tried one of these lenses yet? I would like to know wha you think.

I went into my local camera store earlier in the week and handled one - I must say that its build quality is excellent and I like the "heft" of the thing. (It's relatively compact in dimensions although bigger than say a 90mm tele elmarit f2.8 but very heavy.) I see that reports suggest it may be quite soft wide open but sharpen up considerably as it stops down. (A true classic lens??)

I am awaiting arrival of my M8 due any day now, and am seriously considering getting one of these if it "scrubs up". I already own a late tele elmarit 90mm from the 1980s (thin black version) but have a soft spot for faster portrait lenses even though that is a perfectly fine lens for my purposes. I ahev considered getting a 90mm Summicron but they are a toouch too large and heavy for every day use.

One thing I would like advice on is which framelines this lens will bring up in the M8 as that camera lacks 75mm framelines or so I am told (I have not checked). If the lens brings up the 90mm framelines on an M8 I could use those at a pinch, as 75mm equates to around 100mm on an M8 and the 90mm on that camera should only be a tad out.

Although they are presently shipping these with a complimentary (and equally nicely made) 75mm finder this seems to be designed for full frame digital or film camera, not a cropped sensor.
 
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Love the lens!

Love the lens!

Hello! Hey, I bought and am shooting this lens since it arrived last week. I use it on the M9, not M8. However, it focuses easily wide open, I find the bokeh to be attractive and the colors and contrast neutral. All in all, a fine lens, one that I am very pleased with! You can see smaple images, some edited, some not, via my flickr site. I have a set of just 75 heliar shots -rob
 
rwchisholm said:
Hello! Hey, I bought and am shooting this lens since it arrived last week. I use it on the M9, not M8. However, it focuses easily wide open, I find the bokeh to be attractive and the colors and contrast neutral. All in all, a fine lens, one that I am very pleased with! You can see smaple images, some edited, some not, via my flickr site. I have a set of just 75 heliar shots -rob
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Really nice images on your Flickr stream.
I can now see why RF users have such a wide selection of lenses to choose from in their bag.

Steve.
 
I can't figure out how sharp or soft the lens is wide open from the samples posted on flickr. Can somebody post some crops, please..
 
yep, full resolution would be nice, maybe even DNGs, so I could print them at home myself to see how it looks like on ilford pearl *g*

re framelines: of course the M8 has 75mm frame lines :)
 
I've put a few test shots on my flickr stream. These were all shot wide open. Some at ISO 160. Others at ISO 640.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbarker/sets/72157625042382484/

The ones I posted are huge files.
If you go to View All Sizes and choose "original," you are going to get a very large image.

This, for example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbarker/5031775677/sizes/o/in/set-72157625042382484/

Also, if anyone wants one of these files, I'm happy to get it to you (or the .DNG file) to play with.
 
any sample from this lens with an m9? i wonder how it fairs on a full frame digital? would love to see some wide open shots with the 9
 
ferider said:
I really like apples. And oranges, too. Definitely.
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So you've got both lenses and can speak with authority that these are apples and oranges? :rolleyes:

Bottom line: This lens seems to be a clear attempt to copy the 75 'lux rendering, just like the CV 35/1.4 appears to have been an attempt to copy the pre-ASPH 35 'lux, etc. Its a trend with Mr. K.

Is it a perfect copy? No, but in many ways I actually like this lens better than my 75 'lux. Like I pointed out, smaller and lighter. Apples and oranges, no. Navel oranges vs. Clementines--probably more like it. :D
 
Jeff, these picture look sharp on the monitor, thank you. i am trying to understand the comment on cameraquests site a while back about the lens not being sharp wide open and then sharp @ 5.6. what has been your experience
 
msadat said:
Jeff, these picture look sharp on the monitor, thank you. i am trying to understand the comment on cameraquests site a while back about the lens not being sharp wide open and then sharp @ 5.6. what has been your experience
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Hmmm. I don't know where Stephen got that information, presumably from Mr. K himself. That said, I think it was just a modest assessment. By f/5.6 the lens is sharp across the frame, out to the corners, so perhaps that was what was meant.

Personally I find it quite sharp in the center of the frame even wide open--not clinically sharp like the modern Leica glass, but still very sharp.

This weekend I am hoping to get a few more comparison shots up on my Flickr site so you can compare it against a 75 'Lux, 75 'Cron AA and the CV 75/2.5.

My personal recommendation: If you like to do portraits, BUY this lens. I am really digging it. The next best thing to the 75 'Lux, and better in some ways.

Jeff
 
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