Reviews

Initial Impression: Sony A7RV

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19 December 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEDT

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 28 mm/1:2.0 Ultron Vintage Line VM

Chris Tham

28 April 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f2 M-mount (VM) lens with the Leica M10. This is a refreshed design from the previous Ultron 28mm featuring better lens performance in a smaller and lighter body.

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:1.5 Heliar Classic M-Mount

Chris Tham

26 April 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm f1.5 M-mount (VM) lens with the Leica M10. This is a unique lens featuring intentional chromatic and spherical aberrations wide open.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:1.5 Heliar Classic VM

Chris Tham

14 April 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

The Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm behaves more like a 'toy lens' with intentional chromatic and spherical aberrations wide open, and yet deliver a relatively good and distortion free image when stopped down to f4 and above.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 28 mm/1:2.0 Ultron VM

Chris Tham

12 April 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

Voigtländer has updated their 28 mm/1:2.0 Ultron VM lens by making it smaller and lighter.

Real Life Review: Sony Alpha 1 camera

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30 March 2022 at 9:34:58 pm AEDT

The Sony Alpha 1 is the first in a new line of Sony cameras. After using this camera for a year, I'm ready to summarise my experiences with it.

Initial Impression: Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II

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21 November 2021 at 10:31:46 pm AEDT

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 17.5 mm/1:0.95 Heliar Nokton MFT

Chris Tham

10 June 2021 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer 50mm f3.5 M-mount (VM) lens with the Leica M10. This is a unique lens featuring a classic or vintage look but a modern lens design.

Sony Alpha 1 camera - after thirty two thousand frames

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23 May 2021 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

The Sony Alpha 1 is the first in a new line of Sony cameras. This is my impressions of this new camera after 32 000 frames.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 35mm f2 APO Lanthar (E mount)

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11 May 2021 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

The Voigtländer 35mm f2 APO Lanthar is the next APO Lanthar released for E mount. Here are my first impressions of the lens.

Initial Impression: Sony Alpha 1 camera

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25 April 2021 at 2:50:51 pm AEST

The Sony Alpha 1 is the first in a new line of Sony cameras. This is my first impressions of this new camera.

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:2 APO-Lanthar lens

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12 April 2020 at 6:13:00 pm AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer 50mm f2 lens with the Sony A7R IV. This lens is apochromatic and extremely sharp, making it very well suited to the A7R IV.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 17.5 mm/1:0.95 Nokton MFT

Chris Tham

24 January 2020 at 12:18:16 pm AEDT

The Nokton 17.5mm lens is part of a series of Voigtländer lenses for the Micro Four-Thirds system, and all lenses in the series has an amazingly large aperture (f0.95).

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:3.5 Heliar Vintage M-Mount

Chris Tham

14 January 2020 at 9:12:49 am AEDT

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer 50mm f3.5 M-mount (VM) lens with the Leica M10. This is a unique lens featuring a classic or vintage look but a modern lens design.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:3.5 Heliar Vintage VM

Chris Tham

12 January 2020 at 11:12:58 am AEDT

This is probably the most quirky currently-in-production lens for the M-mount, looking more like a mini Dalek from Dr. Who than a boring camera lens.

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 40 mm/1:1.2 Nokton E-Mount

Chris Tham

8 January 2020 at 4:23:07 pm AEDT

This is a Real Life Review of the Voigtländer 40mm f1.2 E-mount lens with the Sony A7r body. This is a really versatile lens capable of shooting a range of subjects and compositions ranging from close ups of flowers, art/sculpture, portraits/street shooting, to landscapes and architecture.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:2.0 APO-Lanthar E-mount lens

Chris Tham

15 December 2019 at 9:36:05 pm AEDT

Voigtländer say that this is their 'best performance standard lens ever' and that's a pretty bold claim. It is a high performance manual focus standard lens optimised for the imaging sensors of Sony mirrorless cameras.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 40 mm/1:1.2 Nokton E-mount lens

Chris Tham

14 December 2019 at 9:50:17 pm AEDT

The Voigtländer 40 mm/1:1.2 Nokton is a fast, manual lens, intended as an all-rounder walkabout prime lens that can shoot a variety of subjects comfortably. It straddles the gap between two common focal lengths for standard/normal lenses: 35mm and 50mm.

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 75 mm/1:1.5 Nokton VM

Chris Tham

26 August 2019 at 9:00:49 am AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the new Voigtländer 75mm f1.5 VM-mount lens with Leica M10 and Sony A7r bodies.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 75 mm/1:1.5 Nokton VM

Chris Tham

8 August 2019 at 9:00:02 am AEST

Voigtländer has just released their latest M-mount lens, the Nokton VM 75mm f1.5 fast portrait lens.

Real Life Review: Voigtländer 21 mm/1:1.4 Nokton E-mount lens

Chris Tham

29 July 2019 at 9:00:59 am AEST

This is a Real Life Review of the new Voigtländer 21mm f1.4 E-mount lens with a Sony A9 body, taken on a photowalk around Sydney's Barangaroo, Darling Harbour, the Star, and along several stations on the new Sydney Metro line.

Initial Impression: Voigtländer 21 mm/1:1.4 Nokton E-mount lens

Chris Tham

21 July 2019 at 9:00:01 am AEST

Voigtländer's latest E-mount lens is an amazing super wide angle 21mm lens with a maximum aperture of f1.4!