Voigtlander Color Heliar 75mm f/2.5 SL (C/Y to Canon) Review / Test Report - Sample Images & Verdict
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Sample Shots

OK, finally here're some quick'n dirty sample shots taken with the Canon EOS 350D (converted RAWs via RawShooter Premium 2006).

Click on a thumbnail to view the original file (opens in a separate window). Please note that the originals are FULL SIZE samples (=several megabytes) thus requiring a significant amount of bandwidth so please take care of the limited resources here.

Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 200
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/800s
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Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/160s
Size 3471x2311
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/1000s
Size 2311x3471
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/2000s
Size 3471x2311
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/800s
Size 3471x2311
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 200
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/500s
Size 2311x3471
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 200
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/1250s
Size 3471x2311
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
ISO Speed 200
Focal Length 0.0mm
Exposure Data: f/0.0 @ 1/400s
Size 2311x3471

Verdict

The Voigtlander Color Heliar 75mm f/2.5 SL is a tiny lens with an excellent performance - it is very sharp, shows little vignetting and both distortions and lateral CAs aren't field-relevant. Typical for Voigtlander lenses the quality of the bokeh (the out-of-focus blur) is very good although slightly underdeveloped due to the moderate focal length combined with the relatively slow max. aperture (for a medium tele lens). However, the lens has also a few weaknesses - in contra light it is prone to flare and in very critical scenes you can also force it to produce purple fringing at f/2.5. In principle the build quality of the Voigtlander is excellent - that is apart from the mentioned faux-pas. The 75mm f/2.5 is a manual focus lens with no electronic coupling. Consequently the handling is somewhat cumbersome when used on a Canon EOS DSLR (using an adapter) and generally an approach for enthusiasts only.

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