我用过的那些标头The 50mm Lenses I've Used
自从刘大程序猿买了X100s，对我一直挂机的福伦达50/1.8的体积的怨念越来越大。以致这两天甚至想要暂时放弃“蓄谋已久”的单车购买计划，先行更换一只新的挂机头。刚好，趁着到处了解各种标头的机会，遍历一下我用过的那些标头。
先说说现役这只福伦达镜头。此头全称应该是Voigtlander Color-Ultron 50 1.8.（话说我对福伦达这个名字一直有种奇怪的偏爱，尤其喜欢它的花体logo）。据说当年禄来工厂失火搬到新加坡后就由福伦达代工，后来福家自己出了只小标头，用的便是禄来的技术。
说实话这只头除了在A7上转接环体积过大之外没有什么明显的缺点。便宜量足，就算光圈全开也仍然可以得到让人满意的锐度。半年多用下来，在阴天情况下的表现尤其让我满意。
放张样片。不过相比起我使用过的几支Rollei老头，虽说这只福伦达镜头号称使用的也是禄来镀膜，相比起来颜色却寡淡得多。我其实还是个重口味的人啊。按时间顺序来吧，再之前使用的便是Rollei的HFT 50/1.8了。HFT本身是个好镀膜。风格我也是十分喜欢。据说蔡司众在禄来面前总是十分嚣张，但每每提起HFT镀膜便会闭嘴，也从侧面表现出HFT的高明。可惜在马云家的网店收过几支，不是镀膜有问题，就是卡口受损。后来好不容易收到一只满意的，又被失手摔了一下。这个头也是与我无缘了。再之前便是HFT 50/1.4了，我在今年五月份收了一只。关于这只镜头，无忌有位网友说是淡紫色的幸福。我深以为意。------好困，未完待续
Ever since Liu the Great Programmer bought an X100s, my grudge against the bulk of the Voigtländer 50/1.8 that lives on my camera has grown and grown. So much so that these past couple of days I’ve even considered shelving my long-plotted bicycle purchase plan and swapping in a new everyday lens first. Which makes this a good moment, while I’m out researching standard lenses of every stripe, to walk through all the standard lenses I’ve used.
First, the Voigtländer currently in active service. Its full name should be Voigtlander Color-Ultron 50 1.8. (I’ve always had an odd fondness for the Voigtländer name, and a special love for its cursive logo.) The story goes that after the Rollei factory fire and the move to Singapore, production was contracted to Voigtländer, and later the Voigtländer house put out a little standard lens of its own, built on Rollei’s technology.
Honestly, apart from how bulky it gets with an adapter on the A7, this lens has no obvious flaws. Cheap and plentiful, and even wide open it still delivers satisfying sharpness. After more than half a year with it, I’ve been especially pleased with how it renders on overcast days.Here’s a sample shot. That said, compared with the several old Rollei lenses I’ve used, and even though this Voigtländer supposedly carries Rollei coating too, its colors are far more watered-down. I am, after all, a man of strong flavors. Let’s go in chronological order: before this one came the Rollei HFT 50/1.8. HFT itself is a fine coating, and I love its character too. They say the Zeiss crowd always swaggered in front of Rollei, but fell silent whenever the HFT coating came up, which says something, sideways, about how brilliant HFT is. Sadly, of the several copies I picked up from Jack Ma’s online shop, either the coating had problems or the mount was damaged. When I finally landed a satisfying one, I fumbled and dropped it. That lens and I were simply not meant to be. Before that came the HFT 50/1.4, a copy I picked up in May this year. About this lens, a forum user on Xitek called it lavender-colored happiness. I couldn’t agree more.------So sleepy. To be continued
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