Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 Vintage Line VM lens - Images

Yokosuka Mike

Yokosuka Mike

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Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 Vintage Line VM lens, Sony A7III camera
Yokohama, Japan - August 8, 2019

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Mike
 
Nice photos Mike. Just out of curiosity, with all the M lenses you own and shoot, why don't you use a digital M body?
 
bayernfan said:
Nice photos Mike. Just out of curiosity, with all the M lenses you own and shoot, why don't you use a digital M body?
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Also curious, Mike! And also, living in Japan, is it easier and faster to get these new Voigtlander lenses? Nice supply of used Leicas too, I bet!


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bayernfan said:
Nice photos Mike. Just out of curiosity, with all the M lenses you own and shoot, why don't you use a digital M body?
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Great question!

When the right digital “M” camera comes along and at the right price I’ll be ready to snap it up.

I held a Leica M10-P in my hand the other day, played around with it, I thought it was very nice, but not $7,995.00 worth of nice.

I really wish there was some competition in the digital rangefinder market. I’d like to do some comparative shopping, see some other manufacturers in the game.

For now I’ll just keep on playing with my Sony A7III, Voigtlander VM/E Close Focus Adapter, and beautiful “M” mount lenses.

Mike
 
Hey Mike,

These weren't shot wide open, were they? If so, damn I'm impressed.

Maybe it's just me, but seeing these I wouldn't have guessed they came from a 75mm lens. I don't see the same kind of compression that I usually see from long lenses, and there's a good amount of "3d pop" throughout the images. To me this is super appealing.
 
astrobuoy said:
Hey Mike,

These weren't shot wide open, were they? If so, damn I'm impressed.
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It's to hard to photograph moving subjects wide open with this lens.
These two images were shot at f1.5. With the nose in focus it starts to blur between the checks and the ears.

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Mike
 
Out to Lunch said:
Speed aside, any notable differences compared with the Zeiss Tele-Tessar 85mm f.4?
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Peter, is that you?

Frankly, there is a differance between them, the Zeiss Tele-Tessar 85mm f.4 is a bit easiar to get along with; but not much. They are both very demanding of the photographer to pay attention to what the desired result will be. There is no sweet spot, get it right or not. At least that's my opinion.

Mike
 
Yep, that's me... Agreed, the Tele-Tessar is not easy to use, especially in the street. Also, because it's 'pencil thin' -with the hood attached, and a bit heavy, it's cumbersome.
 
I'm enjoying the technical and aesthetic quality of the pictures of Japanese life you are showing Mike. They are lovely. A credit to you, Voigtlander and Sony. Thanks,
John Mc
 
mcfingon said:
I'm enjoying the technical and aesthetic quality of the pictures of Japanese life you are showing Mike. They are lovely. A credit to you, Voigtlander and Sony. Thanks,
John Mc
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Thank you, John, your kind comment is sincerely appreciated.

All the best,
Mike
 
Seconded - a silly little request, but given your location do you have any photos of the Mikasa pre-dreadnought battleship in Yokosuka Mike? It's the only remaining pre-Dreadnought in the world.
 
CharlesDAMorgan said:
Seconded - a silly little request, but given your location do you have any photos of the Mikasa pre-dreadnought battleship in Yokosuka Mike? It's the only remaining pre-Dreadnought in the world.
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Hello Charles!

I just did a search of my digital files and oddly enough I don’t have any images of the Battleship Mikasa. I know that I must have some somewhere in my old photo albums of 30 plus years ago but I don’t fancy cleaning out the closet looking for them. So, next week I’ll walk down to Mikasa park; it’s only about a 30 minute walk from my house and I’ll take a set of images for you and post them here at RFF. It’ll be a fun project.

By-the-way, I don’t know if you know it or not but the ship is moored in cement and not floating in the water.

All the best,
Mike
 
Thanks Mike - that's very kind! - I can live with the cement, HMS Victory floats on steel poles after all.

It's just such a rare thing, and made in Britain originally.
 
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