voigtlander 25mm skopar - "color skopar " vs "snapshot skopar" - differences?

[Pikapig]

taffy: Yes it can take filters. there is a good deal on rff right now, i would have picked this if i didnt grab an equivalent good offer on my country sales...

Thanks Bob for the guide, guess im a little too adventurous and went pretty near to my subject, end up didnt get them on my focus range...

I think im still a little fast in arms movment from shots and somehow caused some motion blurness...well but it looks pleasant too...

I shot mainly from f8 to f11 on colorplus 200 and mostly are when im walking

The better ones here

 

[Pikapig]

Part of the reason i bought this lens is for landscape shots...so here's one

can find more of the pics here camerani.blogspot.com

 

[k__43]

I'm with Bob Michaels on the focusing argument. By the time you focused using an RF patch and realigned your eye to the auxiliary finder the situation is gone. with the click stops you focus the lens while you are moving the camera to your eye, take a peek thru the finder and press the release button.
I was stupid enough to sell mine to finance a Leica Elmarit 28mm (VIII) which gives me only little advantage over the 25mm (but had cost me more than 3 times of what I got for the 25). The skopar also takes 39mm filters which is convenient when you also carry an older leica 50ie or 35 (or as I do a CV35/2.5)

 

[rxmd]

Buy the 21mm LTM COlor skopar - coupled and click stops?

Not for the focusing, unless yours is different from mine.

I'd love it if the 21mm, in addition to the RF coupling, had click stops at 1, 1.5 and 3m like the 25/f4. It really is that useful.

 

[newspaperguy]

Love that jazz band shot, Bob.

Add me to the list of SS (Snapshot Skopar) lovers, and YES, clickstop focus fans.

In the working world, it can be a lifesaver.

What a wonderful, if unconventional, way to go!

 

[taffy]

I'm with Bob Michaels on the focusing argument. By the time you focused using an RF patch and realigned your eye to the auxiliary finder the situation is gone. with the click stops you focus the lens while you are moving the camera to your eye, take a peek thru the finder and press the release button.
I was stupid enough to sell mine to finance a Leica Elmarit 28mm (VIII) which gives me only little advantage over the 25mm (but had cost me more than 3 times of what I got for the 25). The skopar also takes 39mm filters which is convenient when you also carry an older leica 50ie or 35 (or as I do a CV35/2.5)

Can anyone show a photo with the filter attached to the 25 skopar?

 

[traveler_101]

I have the LTM version and it is the sharpest lens I have--nice level of contrast too.

 

[Range-rover]

Hi Guy's
I just got a 25mm in Nikon Rangefinder mount off ebay tonight, Hope I like
it, the photos of all look great by the way.

Range

 

[pepeguitarra]

Samples of my Voigtlander Snapshot Skopar 25/4 on my Leica M8

Samples of my Voigtlander Snapshot Skopar 25/4 on my Leica M8

My copy is the old black with no rangefinder-cam, the focus is by scale.


Marriott-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr


RedScooter1-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr


UndergroundParking-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr


CommunityGarden-1 by Palenquero, on Flickr

 

[traveler_101]

Wow! Sharp.

 

[Manuel Patino]

I bought a 25f4 snapshot from ebay and I wonder how should I try focusing with it on my R-D1 for indoor shooting? I have had good results with a 12-35 on my M43 camera but of course, this is very different. The 38mm equivalent in FF (19mm in M43) should work well. The question remains, will I be able to focus and shoot with this effectively? I like to shoot musicians and people in clubs and such...

 

[shadesofgris]

I bought a 25f4 snapshot from ebay and I wonder how should I try focusing with it on my R-D1 for indoor shooting? I have had good results with a 12-35 on my M43 camera but of course, this is very different. The 38mm equivalent in FF (19mm in M43) should work well. The question remains, will I be able to focus and shoot with this effectively? I like to shoot musicians and people in clubs and such...

You'll have to zone focus using a DOF calculator like this:
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Since you're using an R-D1, I believe there's some math involved if you want to use the existing scale engraved on the lens, since the Snapshot Skopar is originally scaled out for 35mm film. Mind your distance and you should get most things in focus (or focused enough).

However, shooting indoors will be a bit trickier since you'll want open up your lens to let more light in, which will shorten your depth of field.

Personally, in darker club/party situations, I always ended up taking a small flash so that I leave the aperture at f/8, focus to around 2 meters and consciously stood around 1.5 to 3 meters away at all times.

This way, all I really had to do was peak in the viewfinder for a quick framing (or sometimes not even that) and shoot. There was no worrying about focusing (2 meters), aperture (stuck at f/8) or shutter speed (synced to the flash).

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I opted for M version with RF. Looked at my first negatives with this lens this morning.
I'm glad I have it with RF cam, here is no way I would guess it right at 0.5-2m distances and f4-5.6. Negatives from yesterday are the prove of it

 

[Rob-F]

Probably they changed the name from "Snapshot-Skopar" to "Color-Skopar" when they recognized that serious photographers don't like having "Snapshot" engraved on their lenses. Me, I have the non-rangefinder coupled "Snapshot" more or less permanently on one of my IIIc bodies. Never felt the need to change to RF coupled. It's fine.