Voigtländer Macro Apo Ultron 35/2 (APS-C)

[Airy]

Not so happy with the 23/1.2 (I'll resell it), I decided to buy the 35/2 and indeed it is a different animal. Not perfect, but... judge for yourself. All pics SOOC.

For one thing, it has near-zero distortion and very good overall sharpness.

[Airy]

Apo correction is fine. There is a wee hint of LoCA to be seen on this shot near minimal focussing distance (100% crop ; the original embraces the whole watch). On the Lightroom display the left stroke of the capital "A" is ever so slightly greenish ; on this JPEG export it seems gone. Shot at stupid f/2.

[Airy]

Now the only one thing that disturbed me is the overcorrected spherical aberration. If you look at the small lights, you will see "O"s suggesting a mirror lens, just smaller. Here is the full shot and a 100% crop at f/2. I got as close as possible to the crow; ten centimeters closer it would have flown away.

Also, you get an idea of the vignetting.

[ColinM]

I'm really curious about short focal length macro lenses.

Airy, can you tell us what sort of shooting distance was involved with the shot of the watch?

[Airy]

I'm really curious about short focal length macro lenses.

Airy, can you tell us what sort of shooting distance was involved with the shot of the watch?

Something like 5 cm from the front edge of the fully extended lens. Of course using such short FL to shoot 1:2 pics is hard to justify, but my purpose was to have a small, clean and somewhat punchy "nifty fifty" capable of close-ups.

[Airy]

I tried a few close-up shots (all handheld, f/5.6)  = no complaint.

[Airy]

Here a fun one. Overall, there are no chromatic aberrations to be seen, but definitely a moiré on the Beyer headphone.

[Airy]

Here a fun one. Overall, there are no chromatic aberrations to be seen, but definitely a moiré on the Beyer headphone. Shot at f/2.

[Airy]

Two night shots, ad f/2 and f/2.8, ISO = 4500 and 7200, no de-noising. The LED lighting signature is only visible from f/2.8. With the big 50/1.0 on Zf, the first signs came up at f/1.3.

[Airy]

Some more comments:

• overall, it reminds me a bit of the massive Zeiss 50/2 MP in a much smaller and lighter package
• I love the deeply recessed front lens in both cases, which make the provided lens shade practically superfluous
• manufacturing quality, smoothness of action are typical Voigtländer / Cosina / Zeiss
• the diaph ring is at its usual place, closest to the mount, which I am more used to
  
• this one is a keeper
• I wish I had more time to stand and stare (and shoot)