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Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical vs Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical

The Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical and the Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical side by side, computed from this guide's catalogue.

Which to pick

Pick the Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical if you want a brighter f/1.5 (0.8 stops more light), for dim light and softer backgrounds and a fit on more cameras (77 against 20 in this guide). On these specs the Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical has no clear advantage: choose it if the price, the handling or a lens you own decides it.

Still torn? Ask the guide about the Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical and the Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical

Specs side by side

Rows that differ are in full colour; the better value is marked where one is better by any measure.
SpecVoigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 AsphericalVoigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical
MakerVoigtländerVoigtländer
Focal length28mm (prime)28mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent28mm28mm
Maximum aperturef/1.5brighterf/2
Made forFull frameFull frame
MountsSony E, Nikon Z, Leica MLeica M
Stabilisednono
Autofocusno, manual focusno, manual focus
Weight320 gnot listed
Cameras it fits77 in this guidefits more cameras20 in this guide

Focal range, in full-frame terms

142435508513520040080028mm equiv.Nokton 28mm f/1.5
Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical: 28mm.
142435508513520040080028mm equiv.Ultron Vintage Line
Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical: 28mm.

Aperture

f/1.5
Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical: f/1.5 wide open.
f/2
Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical: f/2 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

Nokton 28mm f/1.5 · 65°Ultron Vintage Line · 65°
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. In all, the Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical fits 77 and the Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical 20.

Voigtländer Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical

and 67 more

Voigtländer Ultron Vintage Line 28mm f/2 Aspherical

and 10 more

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