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Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron

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The Voigtlander Ultron 21mm F1.8 is a wide-angle lens that captures a lot of light, but you'll have to stop down for edge-to-edge crispness.Read more
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Pros

  • looks fine
  • is clean and delivers great colors and no vignetting
  • They look VERY nice on my iMac 27″ display

Cons

  • the pots at the far end are considerably out of focus
  • You lose one aperture stop
  • it does not have the preview lever or USB port

Key specs

  • Fixed
  • 13
  • no
  • Full-frame (35mm)
  • , 21 mm
  • Normal, Wide angle

Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron - Pros & Cons

Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron

Pros

  • looks fine
  • is clean and delivers great colors and no vignetting
  • They look VERY nice on my iMac 27″ display
  • Bokeh quality from this lens is smooth and silky
  • large
  • bright and easy to frame with
  • It performed much better than I expected in all areas
  • Fast
  • Wide
  • Sharp and Reasonably Priced
  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images

Cons

  • the pots at the far end are considerably out of focus
  • You lose one aperture stop
  • it does not have the preview lever or USB port
  • purple color-fringing issues with his lens
  • Old classic lenses usually had a 1 meter limitation
  • The edges and corners are quite blurry at wider apertures
  • performance is not even across the frame
  • the outer edges (617 lines) are still a bit muddy
  • does show purple color fringing in high contrast areas

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Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron - Full Specifications

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General
Lens type
  • Normal
  • Wide angle
Lens mountLeica M
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Aperture
Aperture max1.8
Aperture min22
Aperture ringyes
Number of diaphragm blades10
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Optics
ConstructionFixed
Elements13
Groups11
Special elements / coatingsAspherical element
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Dimensions
Weight14.53 oz
Diameter2.72 in
Length3.09 in
Does not rotate on focusing2.28 in
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Image properties
Max Format size
Full-frame
Focal length< 21
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Focus
Autofocusno
Full-time Manual focusingno
Closest focusing distance0.5
Distance scaleyes
Depth of field (DoF) scaleyes
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Design
Colour of productBlack
Body materialsMetal
Hood suppliedyes
Filter threadyes

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