Beautiful images you all are sharing from the 28/2 APO. I really wanted this lens for some time, but I have to be honest with myself that I no longer enjoy manual focusing (after decades of doing it in the past). I’ve regretfully listed for sale on our b&s board a mint Sony E copy that is sharp and centered for $825, I hope this can get in the hands of another member who will make great use of it!
Ross Martin wrote:
I really wanted this lens for some time, but I have to be honest with myself that I no longer enjoy manual focusing
That's interesting because I had kind of the opposite experience in NZ. Especially for night shots it was so nice to have a proper manual focus ring, not focus-by-wire. It is a slow workflow though because the Voigtländer lenses don't have automatic apertures (at least on Nikon Z). Because of that I find it's better to open the lens up to somewhere between f2-f4, focus, and then stop down to f/8-f11 to take the shot. For landscapes I don't mind that workflow though.
Awesome shots of the famous tree! Wish when I was there the water level was higher...
I don't think CV lenses have auto anything. The only thing electronics are the fact that the lens talks to the camera about the aperture setting for exposure and that MF ring is being turned so the camera can turn on the focus assist to zoom in, at least thats the case on the E mount version.
fjablo wrote:
That's interesting because I had kind of the opposite experience in NZ. Especially for night shots it was so nice to have a proper manual focus ring, not focus-by-wire. It is a slow workflow though because the Voigtländer lenses don't have automatic apertures (at least on Nikon Z). Because of that I find it's better to open the lens up to somewhere between f2-f4, focus, and then stop down to f/8-f11 to take the shot. For landscapes I don't mind that workflow though.
