Cosina Voigtlander ULTRON 28/F2
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Leica M6, Voigtländer Ultron 28mm 1:2.0, Ilford FP4
Prominent Ultron
Few more photos taken with one of 100 of my favourite lenses.
I do not know is there any sence comparing those two Ultrons, as they are the same lens, put on different cameras.
I so wanted to get this flare at its best (or worst, depending on pow) that I totally forgot the focusing.
No processing done neither in software nor camera. Standard camera settings.
Few bokeh shots with Voigtländer Vitessa Ultron 50mm f2. This is the first version of Ultron design. This was an evolution of Xenon lens.
awesome clean lines in the space age apartment block. I suspect its still a bit boring on the inside.
I find this good example of Type I Ultron bokeh.
Usually, nature of bokeh changes for backend and frontend bokeh depending on how well lens is corrected. Ultron is very well corrected lens and differences in frontend and backend blur are almost nonexistent. Backend balls have just a hint of sharp border and frontend one slightly softer edges.
Vintage Ultron lenses are praised for their sharpness, micro contrast, even colors, but usually, they are not considered as bokeh monsters. Quite contrary, very often Ultron (and its successors, Planar) bokeh is considered as poor and distracting.
However, my experience is quite pleasing. With bit of care 'bout background and distance, some nice swirls pop up, or even smooth and creamy pastellish bokeh photos.
Few bokeh shots with Voigtländer Vitessa Ultron 50mm f2. This is the first version of Ultron design. This was an evolution of Xenon lens.
Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm f1.8
I find this combination of excellent sharpness in frontend and the quite controled bokeh that still gives lot of background context, pleasing
First generation of Ultron 50mm with F2 max aperture. Les sought than Carl Zeiss Ulron f1.8, but still a sort of legendary lens on its own. Sharpest 50mm f2 of the time, beautifully build.
Probably less known because it was standard lens on Vitessa RF an one of options for Prominent Rf cameras. One have to make DIY adapter to use it.
Leica M9M, Voigtlander Ultron 28mm F2 . © All rights reserved. This photograph is Copyright and may NOT in part or in whole be reproduced in any electronic or printed medium without prior permission from the photographer.
With a borrowed Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm f1.8
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Voigtländer Ultron 50mm f2 flares readilly and usually, not in a pleasant way. It has to be controlled or avoided. Single coated, it looses contrast a lot amd it is difficult to get it back.
However, with a lot of care it may produce some interesting photos.
I bought a few new sets a couple of weeks ago but work and a really bad case of proper "Man-Flu" I've only just managed to open up a few of these sets.
Simple set up, but brought out the "glow" of the face and his arc reactor.
Sorry! I have taken *cough* months to post, but I promise I'm still working on things even if they're not completed yet. This probably took me 3 and a half hours.
One of my favorite shots taken from the MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), here the Voigtländer ULTRON 27mm f2 shows it's impressive clean starbursts, a reason enough to own the lens. What's impressive about this trait is the strength of the burst and how quickly it can appear when stopping down, this shot is only f2.8!
This provides a fairly unique image where focus fall off exists with starbursts whereas typically to get similar strength starbursts the entire lens needs stopped much further down rendering shallow depth of field somewhat difficult to achieve.
Happy Starburst Saturday!
Ultron is a villain from the Marvel universe.
I will not write anymore about the whole process of building the custom, but if you have questions, don't be shy to ask, for sure I will answer.
This in my take on a character, trying to keep it close to the original, but adding things to make it more personal and unique.
Stay tuned, more will come :)
All the best!
Voigtländer Prominent Ultron 50mm f2. It is said to be the sharpest fifty of its time.
Optic design differs from latter version by having only six elements in five groups. Its design is probably an evolution of Xenon (specifically Kleinbild version) design.
To me it looks gentler than other Ultrons. It is slightly over corrected so balls of confusion had less sharp edges in most situations. In general it gives more controlled bokeh than variants.