lawrence
Veteran
I'm Drunk on Sand Lawrence![]()
OMG it was such fun running up and down those dunes! Totally recommended.
froyd
Veteran
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For the size and money this lens is highly capable, however if you want technical perfection in a compact 21 you need the C Biogon (which is what I eventually traded up to).
Exquisite!
froyd
Veteran
Boss, boss, he plane, the plane.

Roninman
Established
Ed Bray
Established
2 from a very recent roll of Tri-X, 21mm f4 Color Skopar on Leica M4.

West Hoe foreshore, Grand Parade & Mouth of River Tamar by Ed Bray, on Flickr

Plymouth Hoe foreshore by Ed Bray, on Flickr

West Hoe foreshore, Grand Parade & Mouth of River Tamar by Ed Bray, on Flickr

Plymouth Hoe foreshore by Ed Bray, on Flickr
Tijmendal
Young photog
I rarely use anything wider than 35mm, with 24 being the absolute widest I'd ever shoot and it's very rare I like my shots that wide. In fact, whenever I think of why anyone would want a <21mm I don't understand it. This thread proves me wrong and makes me re-appreciate the wide shots. Great stuff everybody.
Tom A
RFF Sponsor

Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f4.0 in S-mount on a Nikon SP. Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Taken the day after it opened in 2006. This is the famous "racetrack" - each car was illuminated with a spot light and the sound of its engine was played - LOUD over the speaker system. The grand final was all cars lit up and a full symphony of engines. Evidently it was bit too loud and later the volume was turned down. TriX and D76 and @ f4.0
froyd
Veteran
Rockin' the 21 in color and BW
(please excuse the screwed up exposure, that forced the compressed tonal range in post)


(please excuse the screwed up exposure, that forced the compressed tonal range in post)
Tom A
RFF Sponsor

Whit Sands, New Mexixo. Bessa R4M. Voigtlander 21mm f4.0. red filter. TriX in PCK developer.
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
2 of the same tree, one converted to BW. Hexar RF, Ektar.


jondotkom
Established
Wah-ha-ha-hooow! Fantastic shots!
I too have never shot anything so wide (28mm was my go-to glass on my University-days' Nikon F, currently 35 and 50mm on my RFs), and have never even considered anything so wide. But now I have to re-think my focal length strategies.
Great stuff
I too have never shot anything so wide (28mm was my go-to glass on my University-days' Nikon F, currently 35 and 50mm on my RFs), and have never even considered anything so wide. But now I have to re-think my focal length strategies.
Great stuff
marameo
Established
Do you use this lens in hyperfocal too? I am wondering how wide the depht of field will be if a stop the lens down to f/11 at least.
Thanks
Thanks
CrisR
Well-known
I'd keep it to f8 myself, that gives you from 0.9m to infinity, hyperfocal.
marameo
Established
I'd keep it to f8 myself, that gives you from 0.9m to infinity, hyperfocal.
Do you think at f/11 diffraction will come into play?
Bob Michaels
nobody special
marameo
Established
Hi Bob, I could not help but notice the aspect ratio of the photo above and those in your web site! it's a 0,80 ratio the same of MF (6x7) and LF while 24x36 has a 0,66 ratio.
So I assume you always crop when printing?
Do you do that to change the viewer perception of the wide angle?
Thanks
So I assume you always crop when printing?
Do you do that to change the viewer perception of the wide angle?
Thanks
Bob Michaels
nobody special
...... Hi Bob, I could not help but notice the aspect ratio of the photo above and those in your web site! it's a 0,80 ratio the same of MF (6x7) and LF while 24x36 has a 0,66 ratio.
So I assume you always crop when printing?
Do you do that to change the viewer perception of the wide angle?
I simply crop all of my images to where they look best. If an image works better as an 8x10 aspect ratio rather than a 2x3, I just crop to that. If it works better uncropped, I leave it that way. A few work out better as squares, so they end up that way. You can even find some 6x6 negs cropped to 8x10 prints which others are square.
Nothing fixed, nothing sophisticated, nothing involved, just cropping photos so that they can look the best they can. I do use custom cut mats for my exhibition prints rather than letting the factory defined sizes drive my decision.
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