I recently picked up the Voigtlander 15mm Heliar III to use with my Sony A7r and the Fuji X-T1. I won’t go too deep into the ins and outs of this lens; I’ll save that for my full review.
But here is a quick shot taken with it on the Fuji X-T1. I have to say, I was not expecting this at all. The lens is amazing, especially with the APS-C sensor on the Fuji X-T1. The best part is that it also works great on my Sony A7r. With adapters, of course.
I took this shot in downtown Los Angeles. It took me a while to find this bridge. I checked out the other three in this photo while passing rows and rows of homeless people in their tents, but those views weren’t as good. Of course, when I got here, about seventy other photographers were hanging out as part of a meetup—just my luck. 🙂 Eventually, they left, and I had the whole area to myself.
A Little About The Lens
The Voigtlander 15mm Heliar III lens is a Leica M mount lens. I used the Fujifilm Leica M to Fuji X adapter, which works great. It gives about a 22mm (35mm equiv) field of view.
I got this lens because I still use my Sony A7r and wanted to start buying lenses I can use for both. The Leica M mount makes sense because the lenses are all fully mechanical.
I’m working on a complete review now. I might do two reviews, one for the Sony E-Mount and one for the Fuji X-Mount, but I haven’t decided. The characteristics of the lens on a full-frame sensor are very different.
Camera: Fuji X-T1
Lens: Voigtlander 15mm Heliar III f4.5
ISO 200, f8 (I think), 15sec
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