Anyone used the Voigtlander SL lenses for the MD mount?

[scott ream]

I was wondering if anyone has used the Voigtlander lenses for Minolta

MD mount and can give an opinion. I am interested in the 75mm and the

90mm.

 

Thanks,

Scott

[lens_four]

Not sure how helpful this is going to be. I've not used either SL item you mention. But i have had Voigtlkänder 21/25/35P/35f1.7/75 lenses on the Bessa rangefinders. The 35s and the 75 were outstanding lenses.

 

I haven't done a formal comparison, they were slides now I'm digital. But the 35/1.7 may be the sharpest lens I have ever used. Either that or the Min 200/2.8 Canon 200/2.8 or the Tamron 90 macro.

 

So if the optical design of the 75 is the same as the 75/2.5 in rangefinder fit, then my "GUESS" is that these lenses are going to be exceptional. While I was in Bessa the 90 got just as good things said about it as the 75. The 75 I knew from personal experience. I used the 35/1.7 a lot more than any of the others, but the first time I saw a slide on the lightbox from the 35/1.7 I was stunned! This sounds a bit "yeah yeah yeah". I'd been shooting slide for about 15 years at that point. With some very nice prime lenses on SLRs. That rangefinder (and things are a bit different on rangefinder).

 

If the Dynax 7D was manual focus or could take the manual lenses then I can honestly say that i would have a couple of Voigtländer primes already. They are something that I would buy unseen, untried, and without looking for a test report.

 

Steve Gandy is bound to have something about the SL lenses on his Voigt pages

http://cameraquest.com/index.html

 

SL page

http://cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm

[franka t.l.]

I can't comment on the 90, but I have done a fair amount of comparison on the 75 and found that its top notch lens, but only beaten by my Pentax LE 77. I think the motto is to see it as a long focal standard instead of a short tele.