agentlossing
Well-known
Explain this "click stop focus" to me! I've looked at this lens for a while, it temps me sometimes.
traveler_101
American abroad
Scale focusing, the three click stops are - 1 meter 1.5 meters and 3 meters. With practice you should be able to estimate distance, select click stop without the need to look at the lens's focusing scale, frame through auxiliary viewfinder and shoot. Wide angle - requires getting very close to subjects.
This is the Snapshot Skopar 25mm f/4 originally supplied with the Bessa L which has no viewfinder or rangefinder. Thread mount, not RF coupled, came with a dedicated accessory viewfinder, and it's a very good performer. I'm not fond of the "Snapshot" name... seems to trivialize a fine little lens.
Nitroplait
Well-known
Fine lens indeed - back when it was reasonably new, I remember seeing a photograph of Lee Friedlander at an event where he had one mounted on his camera.
Anyway, I love the name: some of the greatest and most moving photographs are snapshots.
Out to Lunch
Menteur
The first three with the Epson R-D1 and the last one with the M7.
GLL
Member
Lovely photos OTL - I find the vignetting on full frame very charming. Here's another shot on a roll of Reala that was probably a bit passed it.
HoodedOne
Well-known
Just to revitalize this topic, for a wonderful lens. My LTM copy is almost fixed permanently to my MD-2. This image was one of the rare occasions I used it on the Zeiss Ikon ZM though.
Out to Lunch
Menteur
The Netherlands, Stavoren, Lake IJssel. Epson R-D1s - Voigtlander Color-Skopar 4/25.
Out to Lunch
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Ontario, Mississauga, Lake Ontario. Epson R-D1s - Voigtlander Color-Skopar 4/25.
Bingley
Mentor
Thanks to Raid and others who mentioned using the Snapshot Skopar 25/4.0 on crop sensor digicams. I just put my copy on my Olympus Pen F digital and took a few snaps. Results looks pretty good! Sharp and w/ good color rendering. Manually focusing on the Pen F digi was easy-peasy. Here are two sample pics… no great shakes as images but good enough to reasure me about taking this tiny lens to Croatia and Slovenia next week to use on the Olympus Pen F as a stand-in for a 50mm equivalent:
At f.4.0, focus was on the stack of books:
At f.11:
At f.4.0, focus was on the stack of books:
At f.11:
Out to Lunch
Menteur
Saigon, Vinhomes, Central Park & the Saigon Bridge. Epson R-D1x - Cosina Voigtlander Color -Skopar 4/25.
rulnacco
Well-known
That is a nice, compact little lens. I used to have one--and years later, I still occasionally regret that I didn't keep it.
olakiril
Well-known
Yep, this is one of the lenses that I will never sell. Unless they come up with a newer snapshot version that is..
Out to Lunch
Menteur
The Netherlands, Stavoren, Lake IJssel. Epson R-D1s - Voigtlander Color-Skopar 4/25.
Out to Lunch
Menteur
The Netherlands, Lauwersoog. Wadden Sea. Epson R-D1s - Voigtlander Color-Skopar 4/25.
Bingley
Mentor
Back from nearly three weeks in Slovenia and Croatia. I used the Snapshot Skopar 25mm a lot on the Oly Pen F digital, where it functioned like a 50mm lens. Here are a few photos from that combination:
Regarding devices by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Passing Through by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Ljubljana by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Regarding devices by Steve Macfarlane, on FlickrPassing Through by Steve Macfarlane, on FlickrLjubljana by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
