EXksporry
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Guys,
I'm contemplating getting a 21mm lens. Not sure if i should go for the Voigtlander f4 skopar, or the Zeiss f2.8 version, which is more than twice as expensive.
From what I read the Voigtlander skopar f4 gets raving reviews, and it has a good price. It would be a 28mm lens on my M8.2, and a 31mm lens on my Epson R-D1. I haven't found many reviews of the Zeiss Biogon f2.8 so far. I'm sure it's great but I wonder how it fares against the skopar.
I'm excluding Leica 21mm lenses because they are out of my budget, lus as it happens, the Leica version of the skopar has a larger minimum focus distance.
Also I spotted a nokton 50mm f1.1 in near mint without box, asking price 6000rmb (ca. 600 gbp, or 900usd.) New it costs 7000rmb. I don't know how 2nd hand prices for Voigtlanders go, but as a standard I think a 15% drop in price is not that significant, and I would be more inclined to go for a brand new boxed version (though new versions are a bit hard to get here in Shanghai)
I'm using the lenses on an M8.2 as well as an Epson R-D1, and I am aware of the crop factors for both cameras. The epson has a silky smooth high-ISO performance, but the M8.2 is downright nasty, which is why I generally prefer large aperture lenses.
I'm contemplating getting a 21mm lens. Not sure if i should go for the Voigtlander f4 skopar, or the Zeiss f2.8 version, which is more than twice as expensive.
From what I read the Voigtlander skopar f4 gets raving reviews, and it has a good price. It would be a 28mm lens on my M8.2, and a 31mm lens on my Epson R-D1. I haven't found many reviews of the Zeiss Biogon f2.8 so far. I'm sure it's great but I wonder how it fares against the skopar.
I'm excluding Leica 21mm lenses because they are out of my budget, lus as it happens, the Leica version of the skopar has a larger minimum focus distance.
Also I spotted a nokton 50mm f1.1 in near mint without box, asking price 6000rmb (ca. 600 gbp, or 900usd.) New it costs 7000rmb. I don't know how 2nd hand prices for Voigtlanders go, but as a standard I think a 15% drop in price is not that significant, and I would be more inclined to go for a brand new boxed version (though new versions are a bit hard to get here in Shanghai)
I'm using the lenses on an M8.2 as well as an Epson R-D1, and I am aware of the crop factors for both cameras. The epson has a silky smooth high-ISO performance, but the M8.2 is downright nasty, which is why I generally prefer large aperture lenses.