A Lovely Little Lens: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 VM P.

I did not expect to like this lens this much.

Why? I am glad I imagined you asked.

Two words. Humble spec.

I will throw in two words. Small size.

Ok… two more. Low price.

Small, relatively inexpensive lenses bring compromises typically.

A good for their size and/or price scenario.

There are caveats. Magenta fringing with digital M bodies if one does not at least apply the Leica 21mm f/2.8 profile and is only fully cleaned up if one also applies the Lightroom Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 VM P lens profile. But once aware of this, both are easy asks. Especially considering the next topic.

Wonderful IQ.

This is not what I expected. I love the way this lens renders a scene. The colors, the sharpness, the 3D pop, so on and so forth. Lovely.

All in a lens so small that it can be thrown in a pants pocket. And small enough that it makes for a very compact camera and lens pairing. And while small it is well built at that. Nice.

It effectively replaced a lens with the same focal length, but a much brighter aperture. A great lens. But I do not miss it at all. I much prefer the small size at play here. This much more closely matches what I expected from a rangefinder camera form factor wise.

Enough of that.

Here are photos taken out and about last night. We were having a rehearsal to prepare us to sing at the funeral of a former member this Saturday. Rest well Brother Anthony. Big Anthony, you will be missed.