Voigtlander Ultron 35mm F2 Aspherical Images

My thoughts on Miss Ultron ... a gurly perspective :p

*Beautiful compact build
*black paint or chrome all rather sexy
*my kind of focusing tab
*Easy to Focus, slides right into place
* Mellow signature, not too overt with a lovely hint of 3d pop
* Holds up well in difficult lighting, pretty star shape lights
* No jittery bokeh
Yum !
 
Amazing images. Congratulations, all!

A wonderful lens with unique rendition. I have its close (but not quite up to par) relation, the Zeiss Contax G 35/2 Planar. Sadly, I do not really use it enough, as I nowadays shoot so little film and converting it to digital use is too expensive. So it sits mostly unloved in my camera cabinet. Now and then I think about selling it, but I dither and then defer. It is just too, well, special.

If Voigtlander ever produces one of these for LTM, I will be buying a Leica iiif or iiig in a lightning-flash.
 
helenhill said:
My thoughts on Miss Ultron ... a gurly perspective :p

*Beautiful compact build
*black paint or chrome all rather sexy
*my kind of focusing tab
*Easy to Focus, slides right into place
* Mellow signature, not too overt with a lovely hint of 3d pop
* Holds up well in difficult lighting, pretty star shape lights
* No jittery bokeh
Yum !
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That sums it up nicely, Helen.
 
Thank you, Jamie. Here is a photo of my granddaughter, taken at f2.8, again using a Leica M-E 240, with a .jpeg image straight out of the camera (no post processing). I like the bokeh and nice separation between in focus and out of focus areas.

KB by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
 
The more I shoot with this, the more the tonality reminds me of the Biogon 35 f/2 ZM - it really favors dark mid-tones and gives images an almost charcoal-like quality to the draw. Thankfully, it's size is much nicer than the Biogon. Here are a few from last week - all on a Zeiss Ikon ZM with Tri-x in Rodinal 1:50

I don't love the out-of-focus wide-open, but I do love some swirl...so...it's a mixed bag on that front:
Taylor by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Cool Car by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Vine by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Cool Car by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Taylor by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Buzzed the focus here a touch...dang it...
Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Me by Jim Fischer, on Flickr
 
the_jim said:
The more I shoot with this, the more the tonality reminds me of the Biogon 35 f/2 ZM - it really favors dark mid-tones and gives images an almost charcoal-like quality to the draw.
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I feel this too - it has a 'heaviness' in the midtones that makes the output have a really strongly defined look/feel - especially in black and white.
Those portraits you're posting are really striking!
 
the_jim said:
[...] I don't love the out-of-focus wide-open, but I do love some swirl...so...it's a mixed bag on that front [...]
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Funny, I have yet to see a 35mm lens render out-of-focus areas more beautifully than the Ultron. I love the look it gives your portraits. Just the right amount of character while remaining sharp and contrasty.

Many 35mm lenses (most wide-angles in general) are much busier wide open. As a 50mm guy this lens is all I need for the occasional day where feel like going a little wider.
 
Testing some Kentmere Pan 100 in Ilfotec HC 1+31 6.5m 20C
CL + Ultron 35mm f/2 Vintage Line v1.

Contrast increased in post. Yellow filter.
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foreground lightened and increased contrast in post. Yellow filter.
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in deep shade. No filter.
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wide open in deep shade. No filter.
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Testing some Kentmere Pan 100 in Ilfotec HC 1+31 6.5m 20C
CL + Ultron 35mm f/2 Vintage Line v1. Yellow filter.
Full width crop to 16:9, top part of frame.

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