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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this lens? Has anyone taken a look at it? I am thinking about getting it in OM for use on an E-1. It looks like the MTF curve is awesome to 10mm. and the diagonal is 18mm for the E-1. It also looks like it has a tiny throw (from 2m to infinity), which would make it the first truly fast focusing lens for non-macro usage, I have ever used (if I buy it). It would also equate to a 2:1 macro without extensions tubes (hmmm. 25mm extension tube could be interesting). In general, I am wondering about quality, flare, contrast, build and usability. I am also wondering if Lanthar lenses age well? Some rare earth elements don't (see yellow glass Olympus lenses). Thanks all! Robert Meyers |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Robert Meyers" writes:
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this lens? Has anyone taken a look at it? I've written about this before, see message ID I am thinking about getting it in OM for use on an E-1. It looks like the MTF curve is awesome to 10mm. and the diagonal is 18mm for the E-1. It also looks like it has a tiny throw (from 2m to infinity), which would make it the first truly fast focusing lens for non-macro usage, I have ever used (if I buy it). Certainly not. In contrast to many other macro lenses (the Nikkors for example), the Macro-Lanthar takes 2 or three full rotations from close focus to infinity. So the focus throw is closer to normal portrait lenses. Regards, Chris -- Bokeh test images: http://www.bokeh.de/en/bokeh_images.html |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
Robert Meyers wrote: In general, I am wondering about quality, flare, contrast, build and usability. I am also wondering if Lanthar lenses age well? Some rare earth elements don't (see yellow glass Olympus lenses). It's an incredible lens - I have not used it but I have published results from it. As for lanthanum glass ageing badly, I am not entirely sure whether the Apo-Lanthar actually uses it - the name is simply a derivation from Voigtlander's old name for a rare earth glass Tessar derivative (Skopar was their triplet derivative and Heliar seemed to get used for anything from large format oldies to modern Gauss fast lenses). I suspect Cosina just used the name, because any real Apo-Lanthar would have been a process camera lens in the past. But plenty of rare earth glasses survive for decades without turning yellow - are you wanting the lens to outlive you? David |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Christoph Breitkopf" wrote in message
... "Robert Meyers" writes: I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this lens? Has anyone taken a look at it? I've written about this before, see message ID I am thinking about getting it in OM for use on an E-1. It looks like the MTF curve is awesome to 10mm. and the diagonal is 18mm for the E-1. It also looks like it has a tiny throw (from 2m to infinity), which would make it the first truly fast focusing lens for non-macro usage, I have ever used (if I buy it). Certainly not. In contrast to many other macro lenses (the Nikkors for example), the Macro-Lanthar takes 2 or three full rotations from close focus to infinity. So the focus throw is closer to normal portrait lenses. Thanks! But "Certainly not." what? Will do an id search in the groups. Robert Meyers |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Robert Meyers" writes:
Certainly not. In contrast to many other macro lenses (the Nikkors for example), the Macro-Lanthar takes 2 or three full rotations from close focus to infinity. So the focus throw is closer to normal portrait lenses. Thanks! But "Certainly not." what? Will do an id search in the groups. It does certainly not have a tiny focus throw in that range. The Micro Nikkors do, though. Regards, Chris -- Bokeh test images: http://www.bokeh.de/en/bokeh_images.html |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Christoph Breitkopf" wrote in message
... "Robert Meyers" writes: Certainly not. In contrast to many other macro lenses (the Nikkors for example), the Macro-Lanthar takes 2 or three full rotations from close focus to infinity. So the focus throw is closer to normal portrait lenses. Thanks! But "Certainly not." what? Will do an id search in the groups. It does certainly not have a tiny focus throw in that range. The Micro Nikkors do, though. Ah. I had thought the throw was short from 2m to infinity (not macro to infinity though). This is actually a long throw? Thanks! |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Robert Meyers" writes:
It does certainly not have a tiny focus throw in that range. The Micro Nikkors do, though. Ah. I had thought the throw was short from 2m to infinity (not macro to infinity though). This is actually a long throw? It is long compared to some (most?) other macro lenses, but likely somewhat shorter than non-macro lenses. I'll check this at home, and report exact numbers here. Regards, Chris -- Bokeh test images: http://www.bokeh.de/en/bokeh_images.html |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Christoph Breitkopf" wrote in message
... "Robert Meyers" writes: It does certainly not have a tiny focus throw in that range. The Micro Nikkors do, though. Ah. I had thought the throw was short from 2m to infinity (not macro to infinity though). This is actually a long throw? It is long compared to some (most?) other macro lenses, but likely somewhat shorter than non-macro lenses. I'll check this at home, and report exact numbers here. Thanks! |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
"Christoph Breitkopf" wrote in message
... "Robert Meyers" writes: It does certainly not have a tiny focus throw in that range. The Micro Nikkors do, though. Ah. I had thought the throw was short from 2m to infinity (not macro to infinity though). This is actually a long throw? It is long compared to some (most?) other macro lenses, but likely somewhat shorter than non-macro lenses. I'll check this at home, and report exact numbers here. As an aside, I am wanting to utilize this lens when it gets a little dark in the place of my 50-200mm F2.8-3.5, for motorsports as well as a macro. It ends up with a FOV or 250mm with it's f-Stop of 2.5. Very good speed. Thanks! |
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Voigtlander 125mm F/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macro Anyone?
In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Robert Meyers wrote:
As an aside, I am wanting to utilize this lens when it gets a little dark in the place of my 50-200mm F2.8-3.5, for motorsports as well as a macro. It ends up with a FOV or 250mm with it's f-Stop of 2.5. Very good speed. Can you buy this lens in the USA? Neither Adorama nor B&H lists it now, but I do remember it coming onto the market. |
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