Voigtlander Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SLII Review

Updated on Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:41 by Willem

For the last year I've been searching for a <24mm prime. I did have some requirements for this new lens;

1. It should be flare resistant.
   I hate flares on my wide-angle lenses (my Nikon 17-55mm, and Sigma 10-20mm)
2. It should be small (as small as possible).
   Not a 'look-at-my-camera-with-this-huge-lens' lens.

After much deliberation I bought the Voigtlander Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL II @ Robert White (direct link) in the UK.

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New Fast Nikon 24mm Lens

Nikon 24mm f/1.4G EDNikon is catching up with Canon in regards to the (really) fast prime lenses. They announced a new 24mm f/1.4G ED (link to the techpart)wide-angle lens today. This new lens makes it possible to do low-light photography with a maximum aperture of 1.4. Especially when you're shooting with a low-light monster like the Nikon D700 or D3(x/s).
The lens should also give you a nice depth of field (DoF) when shooting wide open, and being relatively close to your subject. We all know that wide-angle lenses tend to have a large DoF due to wide-angle optic characteristics (et voila).

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