Voigtländer 21mm f/3.5 FE review by Marc Alhadeff: “very good wide angle lens”

Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/3.5 E-mount lens at Amazon and BHphoto. In Europe at PCHstore.

Marc Alhadeff tested the new Voigtländer 21mm f/3.5 FE lens:

The Voigltänder 21mm F3.5 Color Skopar (750 Euros) is a very good wide angle lens

Pros

• Compact and light (very discrete)
• Very good  build construction like all Voigtländer,
• Sharpness: very good to excellent
• Low CA , very good resistance to flare
• Reasonable distorsion
• Good Color rendition
• Very good sunstars effect when closed down

Cons

• Heavy lens fall off wide open that never completely disappear
• Background blur can be somewhat nervous depending of the subject
• A little bit lower contrast and sharpness than the excellent Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8