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Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II (Canon EF) - Review / Lab Test Report |
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Lens Reviews -
Canon EOS (Full Format)
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The lens was kindly provided for testing purposes by Walter Greifenstein!
Introduction
Pancake lenses are hot sellers in the mirrorless system world but unfortunately there're only a handful avaiable for full format DSLRs. As of the time of this review only Voigtländer offers two of such lenses in Canon EF mount and today we will have a look at the Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II. We already reviewed the lens quite a while ago on Nikon DX but we were curious how the lens performs on a full format camera. Like all SL II lenses it is a manual focus lens but it is fully coupled so a camera-controlled aperture, focus confirmation and EXIF information are all available. The Ultron is basically a standard lens with typical applications such as street and low light photography.
The build quality of the lens is absolutely beautiful. The outer barrel is made of metal and it's a pure joy to use the well-damped focus ring. Unlike on other pancake lenses manual focusing is also doable without major obstacles. The lens extends a bit when focusing towards closer distances and the front element does not rotate. The tiny but efficient dome-type lens hood can remain mounted without any significant increase in length.
| Specifications |
| Optical construction | 6 elements in 5 groups inc. 1 aspherical element |
| Number of aperture blades | 9 |
| min. focus distance | 0.45m (max. magnification ratio 1:7) |
| Dimensions | 63x25mm |
| Weight | 200g |
| Filter size | 52mm (non-rotating) |
| Hood | included, dome shaped (screw-in) |
| Other features | close up lens for 0.25m (1:4 magnification) included |
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