Great review. What this demonstrates is that in 2021 we've arrived at a point where you need to spend four or more times the price just to get an extra 5-10% better overall image quality...that the average person will never even notice. The apex of the diminishing returns curve is kinda where we're at now.

I must admit; I use to go for the best, sharpest lens. Now I go only for vintage, character lenses. Makes my images look so much classier! Thank you for this wonderful review.

My 50mm of choice at the moment is the TTArtisan 1.4 M mount and I just love the images it produces, but it is a bit of the heavy side at 399 grams and have been thinking about picking up the CV 50mm 1.5 MC II for a much smaller lens. Have you used the TTArtisan lens? If so how would you say it stacks up to these 50's? Thanks

Amazing video! Looking forward to 35mm apo review 🤩

Can't believe this video just popped in my feed... 1 month later. You really gave me the desire for the 50 1.5.

I want the 50 APO right now!!! Brilliant review, love it, I gotta visit Riceball one of these days 😅

Superb review, as always, the perfect blend.

Great review thanks! Voigtlander have always produced some excellent lenses. I did notice that the 50mm F2 Apo has a bit more of a blueish colour tint versus the Leica, but as you said, to zoom in that much to find differences is really splitting hairs. Cheers!

Excellent review! Thank you!

Thanks for fascinating review. How does the f/1.2 compare with the APO when it is stopped down to f/2

Very nice review as always!

Thanks for doing what you do, subbed!

Great video!! Can’t wait for 35mm 50mm Comparison

Nice review !!!! I have the voightlander 50 1.5 same Panda version as the lens on your review......quite happy with it, but.......The APO Lanthar is tempting me after see your review, i think is the perfect daily day lens for my Monochrom.

I saw that the Summilux 50mm 1.4 has a nice lens flare (the ring of fire type) and am wondering what lens has a something familiar? Did you get to test these lenses with a back lit subject?

I concur. Having received my 35 and 50 APO- Lanthars, I am more than happy with their performance. I’ve used the 50 more, because I’m a 50 person. Also just sourced a used Summarit-M 50mm in good condition which is on its way to me.

Great Video! I'm currently torn between the APO 2.0 and the 1.2 by voigtlander. I only shoot film on a M6 and I can't seem to make up my mind. The APO seems like the better of the two but that extra stop could probably come in handy. Any thoughts?

Bobby, I’ve just placed an order for the 50 mm f2 APO Z mount. Can’t wait to check it out. I recently bought the 65 mm f2 APO E mount at Alan Photo (I use it on the Z7 with a techart adapter which works extremely well). I agree that these Voigtlanders are fantastic. Such a joy to use.

Really interesting. Thanks for sharing. I really like to see the new voigtlander 35mm APO! Hopefully you will review it soon.

Awesome vid. A comparison I'd like to see is the 50 apo lanthar vs the 50mm summicron V5 (pre-APO)

I can only imagine how good this APO lens is. I own a few modern Voigtlander f1.2 lenses and stepped down their optical quality is unbeatable (especially for the price). Don't even get me started on the build quality of their lenses. I personally really don't care, don't want Leica anymore given their insane pricing and lack of any customer service. As for shooting at Noktons at f1.2 I wouldn't say it's less sharp it's just has this "glow" that makes it appear less sharp but it's only pronounced at 200% zoom and can be easily fixed in post. So who cares!? Respect to Voigtlander, not sure how they do it but it's probably some dark magic involved. Also, I really liked your review, objective and to the point. Thanks!

Which lens do you feel is sharper for 16 x 24 enlargements & do you like the sl or the 240

Nice comparison. Thanks

Hi Great reviews. Presume that the new 50mm f1.5 is not suited to a Sony A7R III because of Sony's thick sensor stack leading to corner color rendition, and edge sharpness issues?

I use the Voigtlander 50mm f1.2 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 APO VM and Sony variant, the latter two being my favorite lens. For a lot of fun I pair the 50mm f2 APO with the xpro3 for street or the GFX 50r for portraits. Great review of the new 50mm v2, I had the first vatient and sold it but the new one sounds amazing. BTW, I love that shot of the guy sitting on the steps through the railings.

Is the 1.5/50mm better than the 1.2/50mm Nokton? The latter disappointed me a lot at large apertures (1.4-2.0) compared to my Nokton 1.5/75mm.

Very good comparison. Now I feel my dream to own Leica is getting closer despite not able to own it soon

The images around the web from the 50mm APO Lanthar seem highly descriptive in terms of colour. The 35mm images don't seem as distinctive, though I've only found a handful. Looking forward to some comparisons. I can't afford the Summilux-TL so hoping that the 35mm holds its own, but will lock in the 50mm otherwise (sorry Planar hehe).

Love Voigtlander videos!

Great review! I'm not in a position to buy a Leica 50mm APO but I'm struggling between the Voigtlander 50mm APO and the 1.2. I love the sharpness of the APO but the depth of field and rendering of the 1.2 are beautiful. As Mr Leica says, the 1.2 is like two lenses in one with a vintage glow wide open but with modern lens sharpness when stopped down. Are the CA comparisons shot with the 1.2 wide open or at f2? I'm really keen to see how it compares at equivalent apertures.

Do you have a Sony camera? If yes, can you test those lenses with the upcoming techart pro lm9?

I wonder how the Nikon s-mount voigtlander lenses compare. I think the larger diameter of the z-mount may give the APO lenses a bit of an advantage over the m-mount but would love an actual comparison.

I am sure that the overwhelming majority of leica excessively priced gear goes to people who never bother to crictically examen their shots. Many probably don’t even know what to look for.

我有50apo很喜欢这个镜头，准备再买入35apo

Hi, Thanks for a great youtube channel.! Can the Voigtlander be used on Canon R5 / 6 or Nikon Z. ?? With good results. It might be an idea for a test :-)

Does this lens is only Manual focus. If yes, how your camera can detect what Aperture you have set? or it can't detect it

Speaking of amazing rendering from a 50 F2. My vintage Nikkor auto H 50mm f2 single coated in blue. I use it on a d700 and holy shit, there's something special about that combo. It's gotta be the 6 elements in 4 groups. It's actually consider the japanese summicron. Great video!

If you have the Leica 50mm APO F2, should you still consider Voigtlander 50mm f/2 VM ASPH APO-Lanthar Lens for Leica M?

Been using the single coating 50mm 1.5 for a few months already, somehow I always prefer this to my summarit, just so mich more character

Excellent review.I look forward to the 35 APO.I have three voigt lenses and enjoy using them all.Cheers.

Very nice video as always. In the end it seems to be more between the 50 mm F2 APO's. The Leica is 'perfect' but expensive. The Voigtlander is clearly very nice too and no compromise.

How do you compare Nokton 1.2 at f/2 or Nokton 1.5 at f/2, to APO Lanthar at f/2?

Matt Osborne (aka, Mr. Leica) said it best when he compared the Nokton, at either the 35mm or 50mm focal lengths, to modern, highly corrected lenses. In one of his KZfaq videos, Matt claimed, and I'm paraphrasing, that the Nokton gives us a progressively lovely glow between f/2 and f/1.2. The lens becomes increasingly sharper at f/2.8 and beyond; at f/5.6 and f/8, the Nokton provides landscape-level sharpness. On the other hand, the Apo-Lanthar simply gives us sharpness from f/2 onwards, according to Matt. There is no glow whatsoever. As a portrait lens, according to Matt, the Apo-Lanthar and other highly corrected lenses have the tendency to "rip the faces off" his young, beautiful models. To soften the image made by such lenses, Matt uses a mild mist filter. Bobby Tonelli demonstrated the Apo-Lanthar's weaknesses as a portrait lens when he showed a picture of himself, taken with the Apo-Lanthar. Bobby is a good-looking man, but the image made him look older than he is thanks to the Apo-Lanthar and maybe some harsh lightning. In fairness, and because of my age, I would have looked like a corpse if my picture had been taken instead.

I also own the 50mm 1.2. Super tempted by the 50 Apo. But using for shooting with M6 so I fear missing out on 1.2-1.4 when needed... Looking forward to 35mm APo review... Might sell my voigtlander Ultron for the Apo sin aperture would be the same... Keep up the great reviews

this apo lens is so difficult to buy! i cant find it in Russia and there is only one lot on eBay. I have no idea why

Im looking at the Zeiss Biogon 35 f/2.8 and Zeiss 50 f/2 Planar but Voightlander is alot more affordable and faster ugh... the struggle lol.

How do these compare to a Sony 1.4..

Very nice video > so 5% difference cost 7K USD wow

You should have stopped all the lenses down to f2 for the image quality test

I didn't think the Lanthar came in other colors... this looks like the Nokton.

can you just show us the sooc images not edited images.because we also need to see it.if you edit the images,the only thing we can see just how sharp the images and vignette

1830 the paint on the camera is clearer on the voigtlander apo

Leica how you compared the two Apo's; that you need to zoom 400% to see the 5% performance difference.

The Leica has more magenta chromatic fringe over the Voigtlander APO.....

Can you speak faster?

If you call these lenses sharp , what should I say about my GF45mm F2.8 and GF80mm F1.7 lol

Why would you spend 11k to get a 4 percent gain from a lens ? foolishhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Why buy a Leica M6 or a M10 and shoot with Zeiss, Voigtländer or Artisan glass? That's ridiculous. The more photographers buy cheap lenses, the faster Leica gets bankrupt and disappears. That's the truth guys. Leica Camera & Leica Glass. No more not less.

95% of the Leica apo ? I totally disagree. Different color different bokeh different everything when you look closely. There is not a single manufacturer that makes lenses like Leica. Maybe you like what you get from Voigtländer (me too) but the lenses are different. Same with Zeiss. I also disagree about importance of bokeh. So much so that I have serious concerns about your expertise as a reviewer. Lost a subscriber but I am shure you can live with that....

Wear your mask in public at all time.

Very good review ! Thank you !