UPDATE: full size comparison shots at different aperture setting (shot on 5D mark II) can be downloaded from here.
If you are looking for small, high quality lenses for your Canon Dslr’s, look no further, they are here! The Voigtlander Utron SL II 40mm 2.0 is totally amazing. Sharp wide open on the a full frame sensor, slight vignetting is visible, but that is to be expected, and pretty much flawless once you stop down to 4 and 5.6. The 20mm 3.5 Color Skopar SL II is not far behind, although the edges are not sharp wide open on the 5D2. Stopped down to 5.6 it produces amazing results. Just love them, the built quality is first rate, manual focus ring is very smooth and a joy to operate. I am using mine on the 5D mark II and the 7D.Check the short video for to see how they look mounted on the camera and compared to the Sigma 50mm 1.4 and the Canon 28mm 2.8 (one of the smallest lenses in the Canon line up). Photozone posted a review/MTF test of the 40mm, tested on a Nikon D300. I got mine from Cameraquest.comIf you find this information helpful, please consider helping me maintaining this blog by purchasing your gear through my product links to B&H. It will cost you nothing and allows me to keep adding! Thank you.
January 13, 2010
Brand new Voigtlander pancake lenses for Canon, quick look on Canon Eos 5D mark II
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I had no idea that anyone made pancake lenses for Canon.
I still prefer my Pentax lenses over all my Canon Lenses.
I have a couple of the Pentax pancake lenses and love them.
Comment by Rob — January 14, 2010 @ 1:03 am
Hi mike, sorry to burge this questions on your comments but I’m about to spend some dough on the 7D and I’m a bit unsure about which the lenses to buy. I have already a tele (canon 70-150, f4-5.6), so no point spending more on teles, but I was thinking if to buy: canon 50mm f1.4 (340 euros) + canon 28mm f.28 (190 euros) + tokina 11-16mm f.28 [aps-c] (500 euros) OR a sigma 30mm [aps-c] (420 euros) + the tokina. I’m unsure if a 50mm 1.4 is a vital lens to have. I think it is, but people told me wonders about the sigma 30mm 1.4, and if I buy that there is no point on the 28mm.
Help?
best,
andré
Comment by andré m. — January 14, 2010 @ 7:50 am
Great video review! Well produced. Keep them coming.
Thanks!
- Sara
Comment by Sara Churchill — January 14, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
Pleasant and lust provoking video – please don’t do it again
Peter
Comment by Peter Dahms — January 27, 2010 @ 1:37 am
Thanks for the very interesting review!
Grüße aus Wien
Peter
Comment by Peter — February 3, 2010 @ 11:13 am
I forgot to say: this is for instance a great lense using with a glidecam where you can cut down on counterweight cause each gram/ounce counts twice…
Comment by Peter — February 3, 2010 @ 11:27 am
thanks und Danke
glad you guys find it useful.
Comment by mike.kobal — February 8, 2010 @ 11:41 am
Hi Mike,
The video was very helpful. I was wondering if Voigtlander lenses:
-Voigtlander SL Series I 125/2.5 APO-Lanthar;
-Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4 will work with Canon EOS 550D or 5DM2?
Working with DSLRs will be my first experience, though had some feeling with Nikon D5000, learned from other sources and classes, so I feel I am ready “to hit the road”. I was planning to get Zeiss Planar 50mm f/2 or 100mm f/2 Planar, but when I found in Photozone about Voigtlander, I thought these lenses are what I need: quality of Zeiss but very affordable.
Thank you in advance,
Ema Lee
ema5friends@yahoo.com
Comment by Ema — May 2, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
Ema, I love the Voigtlander lenses, they are great. I rented the 58mm 1.4 in Nikon mount a while ago, excellent. I am sure the 125mm won’t disappoint either. good luck
Comment by mike.kobal — May 4, 2010 @ 8:58 pm