Just took possession of the voigtlander this morning from the postman, and I have to say it's a bit of a beast in size. Weight doesn't seem overly heavy at the moment, but I'm just about to load up the camera bag for the day, and we'll see about the heft after toting it about for the day.
The M3 is loaded with TriX, and for once I am hoping for gloomy weather here, so that I may give it a whirl at wider apertures 🙂
Aside from the size, other first impressions are mainly that the viewfinder blockage is a little more than I anticipated with the M3, but overall quite manageable. That is without the hood though, and think I shall not be using the hood unless necessary. Focus is quite smooth, and a little on the easy side in comparison to my Sonnar-C which I found a little stiff focus-wise.
The front profile of the lens sees it 'hang down' a little further than the baseplate does, so when set on a flat surface the M3 'looks up' a little at you, if that makes any sense. This is nothing to do with the lens mount, just the large overall diameter of the lens.
Lastly, to liberate the wider apertures during daytime shooting, I will probably look at getting one of those Fader variable-ND filters, as it will be virtually all TriX I will be shooting with the lens.
Anywho, off to do some shooting! 🙂
