Voigtländer Ultron 21mm f/1.8

Great news, bit pricey at 1,149 euro but comparing to Leica prices still a bargain. Hoepfully the perfomance is good...
 
The people who will get excited about this will be the RD-1 and M8 owners ... finally a fast wide that even with the crop factor of the two mentioned cameras offers new life to these digital antiques! :D
 
Keith said:
The people who will get excited about this will be the RD-1 and M8 owners ... finally a fast wide that even with the crop factor of the two mentioned cameras offers new life to these digital antiques! :D
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It‘s too big to block the VF of RD1?
 
roundg said:
It‘s too big to block the VF of RD1?
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Checking the dimensions it doesn't seem that big ... certainly no bigger than my 35mm 1.2 and that's OK on the RD-1. It does intrude into the viewfinder a little but I haven't found it to be a problem.
 
First new CV announcement that I'm seriously interested in, for a while. Great news!
 
This is totally awesome for those of us who want a cheaper alternative to the Summilux. Can't wait to see some images.
 
Paul T. said:
Stop it Keith... I'm suffering more R-D1 nostalgia...
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Yeah, trust Keith to get the R-D1 juices flowing again. ;) Cease and desist, pretty, pretty please?!

But a fast 21 would be nice on a regular M too. I use the 1.9 28mm Ultron on my M4-2 more or less 90% of the time, and could go wider.
 
Who said is was a bad time for the RF camera user.....
 
I hope this lens is an absolute pearler and proves that you don't have to be fleeced to the tune of five grand or so for a decent optic!
 
You'd think with all the excellent lenses from Zeiss and Voigtlander, it would keep prices low on Leica's glass...guess not!

But seriously, this could be a nice lens. However, if it's as big as it looks then I'm not really interested. The 35/1.2 was far too large for an RF IMO; it takes away the small, discrete nature of the RF, which for me is its raison d'etre!
 
It may be smaller than the 35mm 1.2 but its since I hven't handled once I compared it against the Canon 50mm 1.4 ltm (which strikes me as a larger lens while handling it).

VC 21mm 1.8
Diameter 69.0 mm
78.4 mm (with hood)

Canon 50mm 1.4
Diameter of ~55mm (lens)
Diameter of ~62mm (hood)
Length of 70mm (with hood)

The VC is a beast of a lens. :)
 
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