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This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Voigtlander 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar macro lens. The series starts here.  I’ve been asked about the Voigtlander 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar’s longitudinal chromatic aberration (LoCA) and focus shift at 1:2 reproduction ratio. I made a series of exposures at each whole f-stop from f/2 through… [Read More]

This is the first in a series of tests of the new Voigtlander macro lens. To see all the tests, scroll to the bottom of this pace — below the comments — and click on the ping-back links whose titles interest you. I received my Voigtlander 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar yesterday and tested it off-axis… [Read More]

This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Voigtlander 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar macro lens. The series starts here.  In this post, I showed 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar center and corner performance at f/2 and at a 1:2 reproduction ratio. Unsurprisingly, the corners were slightly softer than the center. I have improved my… [Read More]

The is the sixth in a series of posts about the Voigtlander 65 mm f/2 Apo-Lanthar macro lens. The series starts here. I screwed up the last landscape comparison that I tried to do between the Apo-Lanthar and the F-mount 55 mm f/1.4 Zeiss Otus, so I redid the test this morning. The scene with… [Read More]