Voigtlander Color-Skopar Pan 35mm f/2.5 Wide Angle Manual Focus Lens - Black

by Voigtlander

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000BZZG9
• Item model number: VCS35PB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voigtlander's splendid update of the Leica Summaron, July 16, 2005

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John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voigtlander Color-Skopar Pan 35mm f/2.5 Wide Angle Manual Focus Lens - Black (Electronics)

The Voigtlander Color-Skopar Pan 35mm f2.5 wide angle lens should appeal to Leica screw mount and M rangefinder camera users who are interested in travelling light, with a pocket camera that is almost easy to fit inside a deep coat or shirt pocket. This lens may be the ideal tool for street photographers interested in acquiring a compact 35mm rangefinder lens; ergonimically it almost resembles the Contax Zeiss 45mm f2.8 Tessar or the Nikon 45mm f2.8 Nikkor lenses with respect to size and shape. I have seen at Erwin Puts's website an enthusiastic technical report by him in which he claims that this lens is optically superior to Leica's vintage 35mm f2.8 Summaron lens made for its M mount rangefinder cameras from the 1950s to early 1970s; I believe Popular Photography had another splendid technical report on this lens in a recent issue. Owners of M mount rangefinder cameras will have to purchase a screw mount to M mount adaptor to mount this lens onto their cameras (However, this lens may be the new M mount version, so purchasing a screw mount to M mount adaptator will be unnecessary.).

4.0 out of 5 stars voigtlander 35mm, December 3, 2010

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josh - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Voigtlander Color-Skopar Pan 35mm f/2.5 Wide Angle Manual Focus Lens - Black (Electronics)

i bought this lens for my leica and it is actually an updated version which uses the leica m mount. when i first got it, i couldnt get over how compact it was! the build quality is decent, but it feels downgraded compared to my zeiss 50mm f2 planar. the aperture ring is loose and is easily knocked out of place. the focusing ring feels plasticy, but overall focusing is smooth. i cant gripe too much because the leica and zeiss equivalents to this lens are several times more expensive. overall this lens is pretty decent. wide open, its a little soft, vignettes, and ive noticed some color fringing. for black and white, it does give it that "classic" look. stopped down, this lens performs well and produces sharp images.