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This is my first Cosina-Voigtlander lens. I bought it because of CV's reputation the past few years for very high quality lenses at a fair price, and I have not been disappointed. Although I own a couple of "genuine" Leica rangefinder lenses, this CV35/1.7 with an "M" adapter has quickly become the main lens for my Zeiss Ikon ZI Rangefinder, and also is a street shooting favorite on my 1957 Leica M2. Very sharp, good contrast, no apparent distortion, beautiful color rendition, good bokeh, and plenty fast. Operation and focusing is butter-smooth, aperture click stops are precise and have a wonderful feel. The build quality looks and feels equal to my Leica lenses, which is to say outstanding. Leica also makes great lenses, but they need to take a page from C-V's playbook and stop pricing lenses higher than than the cost of a good used car, a policy that I feel is steadily killing off their traditional advanced amateur photographer market segment. In the future I will very likely be buying additional Cosina-Voigtlander lenses for my rangefinders, as opposed to paying triple the price or more for a Leica logo. With outstanding optics and Leica-like build quality at 1/3 the price or less, purchasing recent C-V lenses is a total no-brainer. In short, if you don't shoot actual photos very often but want to impress your friends, by all means buy a Gucci camera bag and a bunch of Leica lenses. But if you are not a well-heeled collector, actually shoot lots of photos, and insist on true value for your money, go with Cosina-Voigtlander or Zeiss.Read full review
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This lens is excellent. I use it in a Leica M8 and the overall quality from the wider aperture until f/8 is great. Sharp, contrasty and delivers true colours, even if doesn't have an exciting aperture. It´s small size doesn't interfere with the viewfinder, even with the proper (thin 35/135mm) adapter. The scale is accurate and a plus for nowadays the lens are strip of information. The downside I found was the choice of materials, making it less durable than the Leica ones (or at least if feels like it).
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