Voigtlander Ultron 40 mm f/2 SL II Aspherical
11. Summary
- small, compact and very solid barrel at the same time,
- high build quality,
- very good image quality in the frame centre,
- chromatic aberration well-controlled,
- low distortion,
- vignetting on the APS-C/DX sensor not bothersome,
- good work against bright light.
Cons:
- weak image quality at the edge of the frame near the maximum relative aperture,
- high coma,
- significant vignetting on full frame.
The Voigtlander Ultron 40 mm f/2 SL II Aspherical is an interesting lens with a lot of assets. Its parameters are original and they allow you to use it on reflex cameras with different size of sensors; it also features a relatively good fastness still remaining rather physically small. Its optics is good (but not outstanding) and its barrel – splendid and very solid. Because of the combination of two last advantages this lens will last you for years – you can be sure it will perform equally well today, tomorrow and most probably in 30 years’ time too.
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The tested instrument is far from flawless. The important thing is that if you look at our tests of other 35-50 mm lenses, with the apertures ranging from f/1.4 to f/2.0, you will find these three Voigtlander’s disadvantages also concern practically each and every one of them.
Sample shots:
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/4000 s, ISO 200 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 7.4 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/6400 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 8.13 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/1000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 6.18 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/640 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 7.53 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/60 s, ISO 800 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.5 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/1600 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 8.66 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/50 s, ISO 400 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 8.45 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/6.3, exp. 1/320 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 9.6 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/2500 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 7.5 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/640 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 8.17 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/1600 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 11.38 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/1250 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 12.4 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/800 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.99 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/250 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 7.46 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/60 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 9.1 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/4000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 9.79 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/2500 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 7.85 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/125 s, ISO 200 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.74 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/7.1, exp. 1/400 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.92 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.5, exp. 1/3200 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 9.49 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/640 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.38 MB |
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Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/1250 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 11.46 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/200 s, ISO 200 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.69 MB |
Camera: Nikon D3x Parameters: 40 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/400 s, ISO 200 File: JPEG, 6048×4032 pix, 10.27 MB |
