Voigtlander 21mm f4 Color Skopar

[le vrai rdu]

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

"le front nationale right hand" might be a good title?

no, not really, really.

 

[Stravinsky]

First test roll with the 21 Color Skopar:

 

[helen.HH]

SUPERB shot, Stravinsky !!!
Congrats on your New Acquisition
You understand the Lure & Charm of a 21 with ease....

 

[kossi008]

Oh yes, indeed.

 

[Tom A]

I have plenty of 21's (seem to gravitate to me, for some reason). The Color Skopar is often my "pocket lens" - small enough to sit in a jacket or vest pocket as a "just in case" lens. Performance is very good and considering the price, even extremely good. I also like that it uses 39 mm filters (I have lots of those). As with any wide-angle, you have to shoot yourself in with it. Usually a severe case of "wideitis" sets in initially - but after some time you get the idea of going in closer and filling the frame. The slower speed is not a problem in my opinion. You can handhold a 21 at 1/8 or even 1/4 of a second with some practice. I have the VC 21 both for my Nikon Rf kit and the M kit.

 

[kshapero]

One of my favorite lenses.

 

[ampguy]

yes

yes

I've noticed, and hoods won't help when shooting into the sun. Sometimes the multi-colored aperture flare pattern can be nice, but usually it doesn't result in a keeper for me.

If I shot 21 more often, I'd probably go for the Zeiss or Leica, but for casual use outside of direct sunlight, it's a great lens value. I'm on my 2nd one (LTM version), and it behaves like my first one did.

Just wonder how few people notice that this lens is very prone to flare.
Got mine recently, shot a roll using a Canon IVsb LTM, 1/4 of my shots were flared, even some I took indoors, when there's a light source nearby.
With a sunny sky you must be extremely careful. Will try the rectangular hood, hope it helps.

 

[JayM]

21mm is the hot fire Pictures in this thread just reminded to kick the 28 off the M4 for a while!

 

[Tom A]

This is Canada, even the dogs carry hockey sticks!
Color Skopar 21mm f4.0 LTM, Neopan Presto 400 in Beutler 1:1:8 for 10 min.

 

[semilog]

^-------- The quintessence of western Canada. Love it!

 

[Tom A]

A shot from last week-end. Vancouver's Olympic Village - now a high, some say overpriced, condo-development VC 21 mm f4.0 in M-mount. Arista Premium 400 in D96 for 7.5 min.

 

[yossarian123]

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