Voigtländer 21mm f/3.5 FE review by Marc Alhadeff: “very good wide angle lens”

Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/3.5 E-mount lens at Amazon and BHphoto. In Europe at PCHstore.
Marc Alhadeff tested the new Voigtländer 21mm f/3.5 FE lens:
The Voigltänder 21mm F3.5 Color Skopar (750 Euros) is a very good wide angle lens
Pros
- Compact and light (very discrete)
- Very good build construction like all Voigtländer,
- Sharpness: very good to excellent
- Low CA , very good resistance to flare
- Reasonable distorsion
- Good Color rendition
- Very good sunstars effect when closed down
Cons
- Heavy lens fall off wide open that never completely disappear
- Background blur can be somewhat nervous depending of the subject
- A little bit lower contrast and sharpness than the excellent Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8
Sony Tidbits…
Sigma Five New Lenses and little more
My Shooting Experience With the Sony a9 and 400mm f/2.8 GM Handheld (Fstoppers).
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Ming Thein reviews the Nikon Z7 (Nikoneye.com).
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Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero D review (Sonyalpha.blog).
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The new 24mm GM and the new Sony TOUGH cards are now in Stock!

The new Sony TOUGH SD cards are finally in Stock:
Sony 128GB TOUGH SD card at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
Sony 64GB TOUGH SD card at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
Sony 32GB TOUGH SD card at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
The new 24mm GM is in Stock now at FocusCamera. It should be in Stock within hours here too: Bhphoto. Adorama. Amazon USA. BuyDig. Calumet Germany. WexUK.
New preorders:
Voigtlander 21mm FE lens preorders at BHphoto and Amazon US.
Voigtlander 110mm FE lens preorders at BHphoto and Adorama.
MIRRORLESS WARS II: Canon vs Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Panasonic!
Tony and Chelsea write:
The first round of the mirrorless wars are over – Canon released the EOS R, Nikon released the Z7 (and announced the Z6), Panasonic announced the S1 and S1R, and Fuji launched the X-T3. We were there at the events as the camera companies battled to win back the full-frame market from Sony. We think some of the camera companies did a great job, while others made some serious mistakes.
Now available for preorder: Laowa 10-18mm FE lens
You can now preorder the new Laowa 10-18mm FE lens at VenusOptics (Click here). The first 50 preorder will get a 100mm Magnetic Filter Holder for Free! See image below:

Here is the Press text:
Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom
This is the widest zoom lens available for Sony full frame FE-mount cameras available right now. Designed primarily for travel and reportage photography, Laowa have produced the smallest lens in its class at just 910mm in length and 70mm in diameter and weighing a meagre 496 grams makes this lens very convenient to carry just about anywhere.
With no electronic connections. It can also be used on Sony’s smaller APS-C sized sensors cameras, still giving a wide focal length of 15-27mm equivalent.

As well as being a very capable performer, the lens has a straight 5 bladed aperture, carefully chosen to offer a pleasant 10-points sunstars rendering, making it an excellent tool for nightscape photography. Short focusing distance as close as 15cm (which is about the closest in its class) for some mini- macro shooting possibilities. The all metal barrel of the lens houses 14 elements in 10 groups with one extra-low dispersion element and two aspherical elements to deliver exceptional optical quality and performance. The angle of view is 102-130 degrees with internal manual focus which means the front element does not rotate. A rear filter slot is included to fit 37mm filters or an optional filter holder is available for 100mm wide filters (such as Gradient /ND Grads, or other 100mm filters). For Cinematic uses the aperture ring can be switched to de-clicked silent control of the aperture’s, the minimum aperture is F:22.
With a high quality chromium FE mount to ensure a solid coupling between the camera body and the lens.
Whats In The Box
Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens, Front and rear lens caps.
MSRP will be £899 and stock is due at the end of November 2018.


Sony Tidbits…
Pink 40mm f/0.85 Lens BOKEH Machine!
Sony A9 review: World’s best camera! (Atamadnan).
7Artisans 55mm F1.4 review (Sonyalpha.blog).
Sony A7iii – 6 months later – The good and the bad (Chris Brockhurst).
New Ultra-Compact Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Camera with 24-720mm Zoom Lens (Shawn Steiner).
Zenit M image samples and interview (Mirrorlessrumors.com).
What is Photography? An Introduction (Explora).
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Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIII group and Sony A7rIII page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
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