Is there a better tiny 28mm lens than the Voigtlander?

Huss · Jul 6, 2022

Huss · Jul 25, 2022

LEICA M7, TTA 28mm f5.6 BLACK (!), C200

Huss · Aug 10, 2022

The black TTA 28 rocks

guangong · Aug 10, 2022

What a rollicking thread. Great fun. I really don’t have a dog in this ring. The great majority of my photography is with lenses from 45mm to 90mm, although I have acquired a bunch of lenses up to 400mm and down to 15mm. I have a couple 28mm lenses. When in North Korea decades agonI hung my M4 fitted with Leitz 28mm around my neck, cultivated an ostensible habit of fiddling with the wind lever, and ran a cable release through the sleeve of my jacket to the camera. With the 28 only had to turn in general direction to fire shutter. Got enough on negative to capture pictures. I can verify the quietness of the M4 shutter. (Since I’m still here)
Besides the Leitz 28, I have a Canon 28 for ltm. Both are fine lenses.

pentaxuser · Aug 11, 2022

Paul Howell said:
I agree with Huss, what is a sterile lens?

One that is incapable or reproducing itself? I have no problem with this as long as it was the lens' free choice. Whether I agree with this choice as being socially responsible in times of lens shortages is another matter

pentaxuser

pentaxuser · Aug 11, 2022

That black 28TTA looks to produce good pics, Huss so hopefully it is not sterile - see# 80

pentaxuser

Huss · Aug 11, 2022

Any lens that has fungus in it is not a sterile lens. By that notion, I prefer sterile lenses.

Huss · Aug 11, 2022

Sterile TTA 28 5.6 Black on an M7 w/ Kentmere 400

Rayt · Aug 11, 2022

How far did you stop down for those bright sunny day shots Huss?

Huss · Aug 11, 2022

F11 or F16 Ray.

Huss · Aug 12, 2022

Huss · Sep 25, 2022

I've taken similar pics to this, but this is the first one using E6 film

Leica MP, TTA 28mm f5.6 BP, Kodak E100VS

Huss · Sep 25, 2022

TTA 28mm 5.6 BP, Kodak E100VS

Huss · Sep 26, 2022

Leica MP, TTA 28mm 5.6 BP, Kodak E100VS

Great lens, even if you only use it as a tiny, carry everywhere emergency wide:

Moose22 · Sep 26, 2022

I'd think about it, but then I'd need a 28mm frame line. The viewfinder costs 50% as much as the lens!

And, yes, that's sarcasm. The shots look nice for a $300 walkin' around lens.

GregY · Sep 26, 2022

The results look great....i think i'll hold out for another example of the voigtlander 28mm f 3.5.. (some of us don't live in sunny California) . I might be warming up the 28mm focal length....

Huss · Sep 26, 2022

GregY said:
The results look great....i think i'll hold out for another example of the voigtlander 28mm f 3.5.. (some of us don't live in sunny California) . I might be warming up the 28mm focal length....

That is a lens that they really should reintroduce.

Huss · Oct 3, 2022

The styling miss with the black paint TTA is the paint is matt finish. I don’t know of any Leica M that has a matt finish BP. Don’t get me wrong, the lens still looks great, but it could have looked perfect if it was glossy like a BP Leica MP.
Bummer because Cosina nailed the paint finish with the BP CV 40 2.8.

Pioneer · Oct 22, 2022

MS Optical 28mm f4

Pioneer · Oct 22, 2022

MS Optical 28mm f4

Pioneer · Oct 22, 2022

MS Optical 28mm f4

Huss · Oct 22, 2022

Huss said:
The styling miss with the black paint TTA is the paint is matt finish. I don’t know of any Leica M that has a matt finish BP. Don’t get me wrong, the lens still looks great, but it could have looked perfect if it was glossy like a BP Leica MP.
Bummer because Cosina nailed the paint finish with the BP CV 40 2.8.

And now the matte black paint has become a styling hit, seeing Leica has just so thoughtfully introduced the matte black paint M6 to go with it!

cliveh · Oct 22, 2022

LEICA 28mm f/2.8 ELMARIT-M ASPH

Huss · Oct 22, 2022

cliveh said:
LEICA 28mm f/2.8 ELMARIT-M ASPH

Guess you didn't read the very first entry to this thread.

Huss · Oct 26, 2022

Such a great tiny lens

Leica MP, TTA 28 5.6 BP, Lomo Fantome 8

Is there a better tiny 28mm lens than the Voigtlander?

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