VOIGTLANDER lens for Leica M9

[goodday]

Greetings!

Guys, does anyone know if VOIGTLANDER 21mm F4 MC lens is compatible with Leca M9?
many thanks!

 

[rogerzilla]

No, it's not. The rear nodal point is too close to the sensor and you get terrible purple fringing at the outside of the frame. It's great for film.

 

[gavinlg]

What rogerzilla 'meant' to say is that yes, it's compatible and works fine with the m9 however he feels that it has a little too much chromatic aberration on a full frame digital body.

But yes, it works perfectly with the M9.

 

[250swb]

I think what rogerzilla and fdigital meant to say is that you get a lot of the red edge phenomenon with the CV 21mm f4 on the M9 whether it is coded or not. This exhibits itself as a magenta cast up the left hand edge of the image (assuming its horizontal). The solution is to use Cornerfix software to remove it, but otherwise the 21mm CV is a nice lens.

The 21mm ZM Biogon f4.5 also produces a lot of red edge when mounted on the M9, but a coded 21mm ZM F2.8 is perfect.

Steve