What are your Favorite Voigtlander Leica Mount lenses?

[Out to Lunch]

My favorite in the line-up is the Super Wide Heliar 4.5/15. I have the II version but will soon also buy the III version for use with my digital rangefinder cameras.

 

[Bingley]

The Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 LTM is optically very good and is very handy and can be used on both screw mount and M-mount cameras. My favorite!

Erik.

+1! A great little lens. I added the Color Skopar 28/3.5, which is also outstanding optically and has the same build quality as the Skopar 50.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I used 35 2.5 LTM and M for at least two years and now in the process of getting my third Cosina Voigtlander 35mm lens.
I've told you it's a trap! 🙂

 

[besk]

The only two Leica mount lenses I use nowadays are the 50/2.5 and the 28/3.5. I own the 50/1.5 LTM and 35/2.5 C but don't use them and have owned the 21/4 Ltm and the 25/4 Ltm. The first two are the best of the bunch IMHO.

 

[Vince Lupo]

I love my 35/1.7 - seem to have a lot of good luck with it:


Riley in Berlin by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Last Supper by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Wild Horses by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


France236 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Jesus is Watching You by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Pioneer]

My favorites for the M Mount are the Nokton 50/1.1 and Color Skopar 50/2.5.

My favorites for LTM, and my overall favorites, are the Color Skopar 35/2.5, the Heliar 50/3.5 Collapsible and the Apo Lanthar 90/3.5.

Truthfully, they are all very nice lenses.

 

[peterm1]

Every one I have tried has been surprisingly good. Even the much maligned 50mm f1.1. Which in my view is unfairly criticised because it's compared with the 10x more expensive Leica Noctilux. My real favourite though, is probably the 40mm f1.4. It renders beautifully and has pretty nice bokeh. This shot was made with it mounted on a Panasonic GF1

Fiefy by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[f16sunshine]

Beautiful work Vince ^^

 

[Roger Hicks]

All the ones I've tried have been very good. I've never felt any need to "upgrade" to later models because they wouldn't make me a better photographer, and there are several where I have other lenses and feel no need for Voigtländer as well.

I sincerely wonder how many photographers have found that later "upgrades" (e.g. after the original 15/4.5) have turned them into better photographers or even given them better pictures unless they're into pixel peeping.

Cheers,

R.

 

[f16sunshine]

All the ones I've tried have been very good. I've never felt any need to "upgrade" to later models because they wouldn't make me a better photographer, and there are several where I have other lenses and feel no need for Voigtländer as well.

I sincerely wonder how many photographers have found that later "upgrades" (e.g. after the original 15/4.5) have turned them into better photographers or even given them better pictures unless they're into pixel peeping.

Cheers,

R.

Most of the second versions were produced for practical reasons.
The 15mm for example became an M mount and included a filter thread and larger shade.
The 50mm f1.5 got a closer focusing mount M mount from it's previous ltm body.

Will the addition of a filter give better results? With the digital M's yes it will.

 

[lawrence]

My favourites: Ultron 28mm f1.9, Nokton SC 35mm f1.4, Color-Skopar 50mm f2.5, Nokton -M 50mm f1.5 and Color-Heliar 75mm f2.5.

 

[bobby_novatron]

I owned the 75/2.5 LTM but sold it ... now I kind of wish I'd kept it.

Still have the 21/4 Skopar, and the 50/1.5 M-mount. Very pleased with the CV products overall.

 

[newspaperguy]

The 25/4 ltm when I was working... click and shoot!

35/2.5 ltm for my all around personal use.

CV = Good stuff, Stephan.

 

[Rayt]

I like all the early LTM ones and the way they gave the old Barnacks a new life. I especially enjoyed the snap Skopars.

 

[Emile de Leon]

I only own 1 Voightlander..the original 15mm ver. 1.0..I like the lens a lot for color..less for B&W..
Just a nice lil tiny 15...and I like the plastic finder too..came in handy in Nepal and India back in the day..film days that is..

 

[uhoh7]

Like many I have a bunch.

The last I'd let go is this one:


L1024326 by unoh7, on Flickr


Mike by unoh7, on Flickr


Garbo by unoh7, on Flickr


It's the original 35/1.2 🙂

 

[michaelwj]

I chose just one, the 4.5/15 ltm. So compact, yet so good.

 

[michaelwj]

Surprising to see just how good the LTM lenses are doing overall in this poll. Makes me feel less alone 😉

Of the 10 with more than 10%, only one M mount (the 1.5/50) features.

Could it be that just more people have experience with the ltm as they've been in the field longer, or do people genuinely prefer them due to their size, mount versatility, or other characteristics?

Consider the 4/21, three times as many people prefer the ltm over the m mount. Same with the 1.7/35 and the 4.5/15's. Interesting.

 

[pyeh]

I don't think the 10/5.6M and 12/5.6M vIII have even been released yet. Perhaps the one voter for each has an early copy. Tom A?
I ticked all the LTM Skopars and ultra-wides. I just think they are marvellous little treasures, mechanically and optically.
I am so thankful for Cosina Voigtlander.

 

[merciless49]

Have only really had a chance to play with 2 VC lenses, but 40mm f1.4 MC was my favorite and most successful one. Great combo when I had it on the M3 - sold both and regret it 'til this day.