Veteran Member Registered: September, 2017 Location: Medellín Posts: 1,322 | |
New Member Registered: June, 2018 Posts: 6 | | Review Date: July 23, 2018 | Recommended | Price: $400.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | small, excellent mechanics, good sharpness | | Cons: | quite expensive, not easy to focus, no lens hood | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 10
Value: 8
Camera Used: A7
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Finally exchanged my Voigtlander 20mm f/3,5 wide angle for this one.
Mechanically, Zuiko lenses are among the best legacy lenses I tried. The thing is small and handling is pure joy.
The lens is sharp and fully usable from f/3,5: great center, good edges, ok corners. Stopped down from one or two stops, everything becomes great. Quite outstanding considering it's age. Because of the serial numbers, I think mine is multicoated. Coatings are good but there is no native lens hood availiable, don't really understand why...
Zuiko 21mm f/3,5 is quite expensive, but it is one of the very best vintage ultra wide angle. Other options usually require to be stopped down to f/8 or f/11 to produce good quality pictures, so I think it's worth the price.
Only downside is that it is quite difficult to focus compared to other lenses. I don't understand why, but it's the same with Zuiko 24mm 2.8. Don't just focus to infinity, check carefully before shooting.
Mine had wobbly aperture ring but I paid for servicing and now it has beautiful new barrel and looks like new. Price given is in euro for lens + remplacement barrel.
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Veteran Member Registered: June, 2010 Posts: 753 | | Review Date: March 15, 2014 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | optical performance, small body | | Cons: | stop down metering | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 10
Value: 9
Camera Used: K20D
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for a wide angle incredibly small and lightweight lens, although wide nice solid feel
very sharp with very vivid colour rendering
in most aspects on par with Pentax SMC 20mm F4 which I bought to replace it
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