Voigtländer Ultron 40/2.0 vs Pentax DA40 and FA43
What follows is a short comparison of the Ultron against the Pentax DA40 and the FA43. This was done during a User-Meeting without a tripod. Nevertheless I repeated all shots about 10 times with different manual focussing and selected the sharpest.
There was no time for a Bokeh test, unfortunately.
Conclusion: All three are about the same, with the FA43 perhaps having a slight weakness in the corners and the Ultron showing slightly better CA control. But I would say all three are very good. To me, none of the lenses is particularly exceptional, compared to the others.
Disclaimer: This was only a short field test, without defined conditions.
First a sharpness test:
Full image:
100% Crops:
Center
Corner:
another corner:
This weakness is confirmed if we look at the Photozone Charts:
FA43:
DA40:
Chromatic Aberrations/Purple Fringing:
The Ultron has a slightly better behaviour regarding color fringes.
This has already been found in comparison to the FA35, too.
Final verdict:
The Ultron has passed the challenge.
Recommended!
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