The Lens That Could Have Beat Leica?

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Жыл бұрын

Lets be honest, as much as I may or may not want to admit it, Leica is a fantastic brand for both cameras and glass. But just before the release the iconic M series, there was another Camera with better specs, and an equally impressive lens. The Voigtlander Nokton 50mm 1.5 really is a top notch lens with superior image quality for sure. Some say it rivals or even is better (in their opinion) than the Leica Summilux of the time. And if it wasn't for some critical design errors with the Voigtlander Prominont body, It is possible Voigtlander and Leica could have been in very different places today.
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@cameraprepper7938 Жыл бұрын

Leica Lenses are not always the best, but often the most expensive. Funny enough in the beginning Leica was the "poor" mans camera who could not afford to buy Contax cameras !

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@Astyanaz Ай бұрын

I have both Leica and Contax. For some reason, I find Leica more fun to use.@@graham_white

@brentbrown51 Жыл бұрын

Great content. Super production quality. Thanks!

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🔥 much appreciated!

@luissalazar2021 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff you got bro, keep sharing thanks for the info.

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@kumasan1969 Жыл бұрын

The user interface of Voigtlander Prominent 35 series was inherited from the Bessa series folding medium format cameras. It is right kind of set up. It just has a different historical background. Once you get hold of it. It operates smoothly, and you can hold the camera steady while focusing. Also try Prominent II. It has a built-in beautiful 1:1 viewfinder. In my opinion, Prominent 35 series is one of the most misunderstood and underestimated camera products of all time.

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

I do wanna get the II for that reason, the viewfinder and the advance lever instead of knob.

@kumasan1969 Жыл бұрын

Well, the lever isn't that bad even tho Vitessa or Leica M^ winds faste

@Drobium77 Жыл бұрын

I find that people who can afford Leicas will go to any length to defend their overspending, a bit like high end Nike trainers

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@Drobium77 Жыл бұрын

@@graham_white is that "hahaha" in good way, or "hahaha" in a bad way, like "you have no idea what you're talking about"?. Because if it's the latter, you're absolutely right 😄

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

@@Drobium77 Don't get me wrong leica glass is good. But I would agree with you in most cases it's bought for the name and hype and most people wouldnt recognize difference

@LieutenantLights Жыл бұрын

Can you share your adapter setup with the Fuji? I shoot my XT3 everyday, and I have this Nokton in a droor, waiting for me to have some time to develop film again. I'd love to fire it on the sweet x-,trans sensor... Also, when I've shot the Prominent, I keep it on a tripod, for the reasons you talk about. The fiddly swapping back and forth between either hands. Shooting this beast of a camera on a tripod doesn't seem like much more of a limitation. The camera is a wonderful curiosity, but the limitations are plentiful and taking photos is time consuming.

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

So I tried several variations. I adapt everything to to canon Ef speed booster but tue flange distance wasn’t working out. I got a prominent to m39 adapter, tried using a slim adapter ring to keep distance close to sensor but didn’t work. So I used a m39-Fuji x adapter which gave me more distance to sensor and works out. It’s closer to a 85 u fortunately but better than macro. I’ll go back eventually and try some other options.

@sentimental7167 Жыл бұрын

Yes! The Prominent and the Nokton -lucky you! I am trying to hunt down this lens for years, biggest problem apart from the price being many show signs of separation… allegedly, Zeiss Ikon bought Voigtländer in around 1957 because of this lens being superior to the Sonnar. There were prototypes made for the Contax RF. I have the Prominent Ultron which I use with an adapter for my Nikon S2, also a great little lens…

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

It was labeled improperly on marketplace so I got an absurd deal on it. Interesting information. I saw some of those Nikon S adapters and they were not cheap

@sentimental7167 Жыл бұрын

@@graham_white Nice buy! Bought the adapter 10+ years ago, about 25€, Cosina/ Voigtländer. I had the Cosina/ Voigtländer Nokton for Nikon S, which was nice, but not my taste, didn’t like the out-of-focus areas. Ultron (Prominent) at that time was 70€… those were the days… The Ultron is a very nice lens, but I think not better/ sharper etc. than the Nokton. Flares against direct sunlight.

@they-shoot-film-dont-they 4 ай бұрын

Zuiko film lens… pick one. On a par with Leica film lens… so not the current ones but the lens from 2960’--1980’s.

@colelowery1838 Жыл бұрын

canon p????

@graham_white Жыл бұрын

@sentimental7167 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the Canon RF 1,4/ 50mm is a great lens too, prefer it to the equivalent by Nikon… (but came a little later, around 1960 or so)

@Astyanaz Ай бұрын

Voigtlander was known for making great lenses and putting them on awkward cameras. Another example is the incredible Heliar which they put on the Superb TLR. One reason for this is that they went so far out of their way not to use other firms patents.

@graham_white Ай бұрын

makes sense. They took risks and did some cool stuff but yeah to their own detriment I suppose.