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Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical vs Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM

The Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical and the Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM side by side, computed from this guide's catalogue.

Which to pick

Pick the Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM if you want a brighter f/2.8 (0.6 stops more light), for dim light and softer backgrounds. On these specs the Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical has no clear advantage: choose it if the price, the handling or a lens you own decides it.

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Specs side by side

Rows that differ are in full colour; the better value is marked where one is better by any measure.
SpecVoigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 AsphericalZeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM
MakerVoigtländerZeiss
Focal length35mm (prime)35mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent35mm35mm
Maximum aperturef/3.5f/2.8brighter
Made forFull frameFull frame
MountsLeica MLeica M
Stabilisednono
Autofocusno, manual focusno, manual focus
Cameras it fits20 in this guide20 in this guide

Focal range, in full-frame terms

142435508513520040080035mm equiv.Voigtländer
Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical: 35mm.
142435508513520040080035mm equiv.Zeiss
Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM: 35mm.

Aperture

f/3.5
Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical: f/3.5 wide open.
f/2.8
Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM: f/2.8 wide open.

Each opening drawn to scale against f/1.4: a smaller f-number lets in more light and blurs the background more.

Field of view

Voigtländer · 54°Zeiss · 54°
How wide each sees, at each end, on the sensor it was made for.

Cameras they fit

20 cameras in this guide take both, so either works on the same body.

Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical

and 10 more

Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8 ZM

and 10 more

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