SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO-Lanthar: Mossy Bridge
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UPDATE: additional unrelated series lead me to believe that the Leica 35/2 APO I tested is a 'bad sample”. Anyone near Palo Alto CA who can loan a 35/2 APO for a day? I’d repeat the comparison. Of course, it strongly supports my claim that computed-not-measured fantasy MTF charts vs real physical lenses is more of a problem than ever.
UPDATE 2: now I wonder if there is any bad sample issue at all,since the Leica 50/2 APO is trounced by the Voigtlander 50/2 APO. Maybe it is just what it looks like: great superiority of the Voigtlander APO lenses.
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The Leica SL3 and Sony A7R V are both 60-megapixel cameras sharing the same-generation Sony sensor with identical pixel pitch.
The Leica 35mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH (about $5200) might be Leica’s finest SL lens. And the Voigtlander 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical (about $1149 and as low as $949) is my reference lens among all 35mm lenses on the 35mm format.
There is performance and there is value. Surely a lens costing nearly 5X as much at twice the weight and 3X the bulk can outperform the Voigtlander 35/2 APO and justify its cost by some kind of value?
Check your premises.
SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO: Mossy Bridge
Includes images up to full camera resolution from f/2 - f/11 plus crops, and a 2-frame focus stack for both.
WOW.
LEICA SL3 + Leica 35mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH @ 53mm equiv (35mm)
RAW: Enhance Details, WB 5500°K tint 21, push 0.33 stops, +100 Shadows, +10 Whites, +10 Clarity, AI Denoise 10, +10 Vibrance
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