Been shooting this lens for months now, my favorite Voigtlander hands down, I compliment it with the nokton classic 35mm 1.4 ii, awesome travel photography pair
I've had it in silver for about a year now. Love it. Only regret is not getting it in black. I also pair it with the 35 ultron mk2. Voigtlander is really doing amazing with all these recent lenses.
Alex! Please share you insight why you regret getting it in silver... Because I can not decide between silver and black... HELP ME... I'm gonna tax-free-raid MapCamera in a while ... Haha
I bought 2 of them recently. Focus shift do exist, need extra shim to fix the issue. I fixed them within the first day I received them. It is a marvellous lens. Micro contrast is really good on this lens.
@@frankjermannphotoart 1st, you need to know what make the focus shift. My 2 lenses are kind of whole lens element with front focus from near to infinity. There were 3 different shims inside the lens when leaving the factory. I added 0.04mm and make my lens perfect. I bought some copper tape and stick it to the existing shim. But not all lenses need adding shims. My brand new Leica APO ASPH 90mm was having too thick shims, I called Leica Germany, they asked me to send it back. My local Leica repairman ask me to check if the shims thickness is wrong, then I removed one of the 4 shims, the lens is back to normal focus. Some focus shift are not the problem of shims, may be the RF coupling issue. Make sure you know the mechanism of the lens before you proceed. Have fun.
It is indeed a lovely lens, the optics are stunning. Got a well-loved M246 Monochrom for a great deal and this is the first lens I got for it. It's almost a 2-in-1 lens - at F1.5 it gives you that soft dreamy look but by F2.5 or so it really sharpens up. For those who like to shoot wide open in daylight, you might need to look into a 3-stop (at least) ND filter. My copy does indeed have a back-focus issue, but after a few days I got used to the fine adjustment - from the 5 metre mark to infinity, the focus throw is very very short but nothing you can't deal with. When adapted to full-frame mirrorless cameras, it's just a dream to compose and shoot through the EVF. Cheers Benj!
I feel like few people are talking about this lens and it's very underrated. I first heard of it via Steve Huff and wanted to try it on my M9. I love it, but getting critical focus wide open can be tricky. I often shoot it at f2 or 2.8 to get a bit sharper, clearer image. The rendering really is special.
I currently have two Voigtländer VM Nokton lenses: 35 mm f/1.2 v1 and the 75 mm f/1.5. The former is a bit soft (which is its character) and a good alternative to my Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 FLE I and the latter is much lighter and more compact than my Leica Noctilux-M 75 mm f/1.25 (I won’t sell these Leica lenses).
Nice review. For anyone thinking of buying one I love mine because it’s 3 lenses in one. At f1.5 it is still sharp in the centre, but is lower in contrast and can give images a dreamy vintage look (without loosing detail). F2 is different again, a massive bump in contrast, very sharp, lovely bokeh, so great subject isolation. At 5.6 to f8 clinical and modern, sharp and faultless, but with great sunstars. A neat trick with it is to shoot at f1.5 or f2 and isolate a person on a beach at 100 feet away, it is not set at 100 feet and you will have infinity focus.
Thanks for another great video! I would be so interested to get the Leica M10/11 with a 35/1.4 compared with the Fuji XPro3 with the new 23/1.4 WR. Especially in terms of image quality, look in general, bokeh, ergonomics and how they focus manually would be so so interesting! Thanks for your great work!
Really Cool vid; as u say it does make the Leica system much more affordable … Is there a 50m lens for the M mount that you would recommend that has modest dimensions, a modest price yet still sharp ? (Nice pics, by the way …)
great review, I gotta say that I love those Voigtlander lenses! I have the 35mm f2 Ultron ii, and the 50mm f2 APO-Lnathar on my M10-R and very happy with both. On a side note when using your M10s during your weddings, what do you do if it starts to rain ? Obviously if it's a hard downpour you stop shooting and go inside, but what if it's a light rain, do you worry about your Leica(s) getting wet ?
I do find it a bit harder to shoot full body. The focus throw is optimized towards more close up portraits. More of a user error than a fault in the lens .
This lens was too big for me when I tried it. Settled on voigtlander 50mm 1.2 as my portrait lens. Perfect combo of size/subject isolation/being able to consistently get focus right vs the 75.
Hi Benj, Not to be unkind, however, this lens appears that it would work on a half frame camera. The reason is that it appears that you can only see half the subject (frame) through the viewfinder. It looks very very big! If so how does one deal with that or is it, as said, just the appearance on the video. I happen to be a fan of the 75mm lens e.g., a small 50mm on a 1.5 crop sensor camera. I use a Zeiss 50mm f1.5 on my Leica T ( I am looking to buy a tl2 at the right price?) I enjoy your channel very much.
Hi Benj, this review is perfect timing for me ….so I’ve been debating getting this lens VS the TT artisan 90mm F1.25. I have the 7artisans 75mm f1.25 and I do like it I don’t love it. It’s so soft wide open I find it difficult to focus even at F2.0 which defeats the purpose of having the wide aperture. I use it now primarily for dreamy fine art nature shots and it’s great for that as I have the time and patience to focus wide open. Anyhow ….your thoughts on the TT artisans 90mm vs the Voightlander 75 F1.5. I watched your TT artisans review so I’m really curious as you have had time with both lenses. What are your thoughts comparing them
Yeah it’s a hard one. 75mm really is close to 50mm in a way. The 90/1.25 is really impressive but it’s also ENORMOUS and I really only use it for ceremonies and speeches and even then, I’ll often adapt it over to my Sony now. The 75/1.5 feels much more at home on the Leica system where the 90 feels like a mirrorless lens that they somehow adapted to M haha
Buy the 75, I think you’ll be delighted. Sharp yet dreamy lower contrast at f1.5, massively crisper and higher contrast at f2… very easy to focus with a rangefinder or EVF. I’ve had mine for about 18 months and I love it. At 350 grams it’s also fairly light and the filters fit the Ultron 21mm f1.8 as well… another favourite lens
@@marcusoutdoors4999 That’s what I was looking for lol. The size is perfect and I have two other voightlander’s and love the.m both. Great glass. Thanks for your recommendation!
Been shooting this lens for months now, my favorite Voigtlander hands down, I compliment it with the nokton classic 35mm 1.4 ii, awesome travel photography pair
I've had it in silver for about a year now. Love it. Only regret is not getting it in black. I also pair it with the 35 ultron mk2. Voigtlander is really doing amazing with all these recent lenses.
Alex! Please share you insight why you regret getting it in silver... Because I can not decide between silver and black... HELP ME... I'm gonna tax-free-raid MapCamera in a while ... Haha
I got it in silver and had to trade it in for a black. It looked too big as silver on my black m11 .
Why the regrets?!
It really has this 50 summilux kind of look I think. Nice smooth bokeh with a bit of that swirl. Beatiful lens.
I bought 2 of them recently. Focus shift do exist, need extra shim to fix the issue. I fixed them within the first day I received them. It is a marvellous lens. Micro contrast is really good on this lens.
What do you mean with "need extra shim"? How did you do it?
@@frankjermannphotoart 1st, you need to know what make the focus shift. My 2 lenses are kind of whole lens element with front focus from near to infinity. There were 3 different shims inside the lens when leaving the factory. I added 0.04mm and make my lens perfect. I bought some copper tape and stick it to the existing shim. But not all lenses need adding shims. My brand new Leica APO ASPH 90mm was having too thick shims, I called Leica Germany, they asked me to send it back. My local Leica repairman ask me to check if the shims thickness is wrong, then I removed one of the 4 shims, the lens is back to normal focus.
Some focus shift are not the problem of shims, may be the RF coupling issue. Make sure you know the mechanism of the lens before you proceed.
Have fun.
Thanks, Benj! I just ordered one! I have a Leica 75mm Summarit F2.5 which is a great lens but just too sharp for my liking. Really appreciate you.
It is indeed a lovely lens, the optics are stunning. Got a well-loved M246 Monochrom for a great deal and this is the first lens I got for it. It's almost a 2-in-1 lens - at F1.5 it gives you that soft dreamy look but by F2.5 or so it really sharpens up. For those who like to shoot wide open in daylight, you might need to look into a 3-stop (at least) ND filter. My copy does indeed have a back-focus issue, but after a few days I got used to the fine adjustment - from the 5 metre mark to infinity, the focus throw is very very short but nothing you can't deal with. When adapted to full-frame mirrorless cameras, it's just a dream to compose and shoot through the EVF. Cheers Benj!
I feel like few people are talking about this lens and it's very underrated. I first heard of it via Steve Huff and wanted to try it on my M9. I love it, but getting critical focus wide open can be tricky. I often shoot it at f2 or 2.8 to get a bit sharper, clearer image. The rendering really is special.
wide open it's one of the most difficult I've used for sure
I currently have two Voigtländer VM Nokton lenses: 35 mm f/1.2 v1 and the 75 mm f/1.5. The former is a bit soft (which is its character) and a good alternative to my Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 FLE I and the latter is much lighter and more compact than my Leica Noctilux-M 75 mm f/1.25 (I won’t sell these Leica lenses).
Nice review. For anyone thinking of buying one I love mine because it’s 3 lenses in one. At f1.5 it is still sharp in the centre, but is lower in contrast and can give images a dreamy vintage look (without loosing detail). F2 is different again, a massive bump in contrast, very sharp, lovely bokeh, so great subject isolation. At 5.6 to f8 clinical and modern, sharp and faultless, but with great sunstars. A neat trick with it is to shoot at f1.5 or f2 and isolate a person on a beach at 100 feet away, it is not set at 100 feet and you will have infinity focus.
Beautiful shots, but I can’t help wondering where you got those silver and black Leica dots / dot covers?
Would love to hear your thoughts about adapting it to the GFX. I know a lot of folks adapt the older 75 f1.8.
It doesn’t cover :/
Thanks for another great video!
I would be so interested to get the Leica M10/11 with a 35/1.4 compared with the Fuji XPro3 with the new 23/1.4 WR.
Especially in terms of image quality, look in general, bokeh, ergonomics and how they focus manually would be so so interesting!
Thanks for your great work!
Really Cool vid; as u say it does make the Leica system much more affordable … Is there a 50m lens for the M mount that you would recommend that has modest dimensions, a modest price yet still sharp ? (Nice pics, by the way …)
maybe do the Voigtlander 90mm F2.8 APO next!
great review, I gotta say that I love those Voigtlander lenses! I have the 35mm f2 Ultron ii, and the 50mm f2 APO-Lnathar on my M10-R and very happy with both. On a side note when using your M10s during your weddings, what do you do if it starts to rain ? Obviously if it's a hard downpour you stop shooting and go inside, but what if it's a light rain, do you worry about your Leica(s) getting wet ?
I’ve used them in an all out downpour
Thoughts on the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.5 Aspherical Lens?
I do find it a bit harder to shoot full body.
The focus throw is optimized towards more close up portraits. More of a user error than a fault in the lens .
I have the 90mm APO and it’s spectacular!
This lens was too big for me when I tried it. Settled on voigtlander 50mm 1.2 as my portrait lens. Perfect combo of size/subject isolation/being able to consistently get focus right vs the 75.
Hi Benj, Not to be unkind, however, this lens appears that it would work on a half frame camera. The reason is that it appears that you can only see half the subject (frame) through the viewfinder. It looks very very big! If so how does one deal with that or is it, as said, just the appearance on the video. I happen to be a fan of the 75mm lens e.g., a small 50mm on a 1.5 crop sensor camera. I use a Zeiss 50mm f1.5 on my Leica T ( I am looking to buy a tl2 at the right price?) I enjoy your channel very much.
it only takes up a small portion of the 75mm part of the frame in the viewfinder
Did you use this on a GFX? Could be a nice combo !?
I’m wondering if you adapted the 75mm to a Fuji XF mount body?
Oh I haven’t, but it would work well
Hi Benj, this review is perfect timing for me ….so I’ve been debating getting this lens VS the TT artisan 90mm F1.25. I have the 7artisans 75mm f1.25 and I do like it I don’t love it. It’s so soft wide open I find it difficult to focus even at F2.0 which defeats the purpose of having the wide aperture. I use it now primarily for dreamy fine art nature shots and it’s great for that as I have the time and patience to focus wide open. Anyhow ….your thoughts on the TT artisans 90mm vs the Voightlander 75 F1.5. I watched your TT artisans review so I’m really curious as you have had time with both lenses. What are your thoughts comparing them
Yeah it’s a hard one. 75mm really is close to 50mm in a way. The 90/1.25 is really impressive but it’s also ENORMOUS and I really only use it for ceremonies and speeches and even then, I’ll often adapt it over to my Sony now. The 75/1.5 feels much more at home on the Leica system where the 90 feels like a mirrorless lens that they somehow adapted to M haha
Buy the 75, I think you’ll be delighted. Sharp yet dreamy lower contrast at f1.5, massively crisper and higher contrast at f2… very easy to focus with a rangefinder or EVF. I’ve had mine for about 18 months and I love it. At 350 grams it’s also fairly light and the filters fit the Ultron 21mm f1.8 as well… another favourite lens
@@marcusoutdoors4999 That’s what I was looking for lol. The size is perfect and I have two other voightlander’s and love the.m both. Great glass. Thanks for your recommendation!
Rad! What 90 do you recommend?
I do like the TTArt 90/1.25 but it is MASSIVE
Voigtlander 90 apo
Or maybe the cheaper Voigtländer Ultron 75mm 1.9 single- or multicoated. I would get the Voigrländer APO-Scopar 90mm 2.8
Good morning. What do you think of the Voigtlander APO SKOPAR 2.8/90mm?
I haven’t used it, but I’m sure they’ll just give you very different looks between f/1.5 & f/2.8 if that matters to you
Thanks for the review! Ive been looking for a m portait lens. Also...first!
Does anyone have a good lens case recommendation for it?
Super nice lens! The 75mm F1.8 is also a fantastic lens and really cheap used for what you get. Also a tad easier to nail focus with :-)
This or the 7artisans 75mm?
This 100%. Easier to carry and much sharper
You love your hoods!
haha, they're helpful when photographing weddings for sure
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