Why Zeiss Glass is Better Than Leica and Voigtlander

Is the title Clickbait? Well, maybe a little bit. Voigtlander is on a hot streak, Leica is always good (but at a price few can afford) and these slightly older Zeiss lenses are still quite good.

I wanted to make a video talking about my Zeiss ZM lenses that I own. I think these still bring a very good value to M-mount community and can be a great deal. Voigtlander seems to be the company that is pushing the newest and creative lens designs, and are a worthy consideration for someone buying today. Zeiss lenses were a level above Voigtlander especially in the decade from 2005-2015; but in the past several years, Voigtlander has released newly designed lenses with special aspherical glass and vastly improved manufacturing tolarances. When comparing any of the Zeiss lenses to their Leica equivalent, the Zeiss do quite well, and at about 1/3 of the price, they are great values for the money. I am very happy with the kit that I have assembled and show here.

There is a different design physiology that went into the Zeiss lenses, mostly of perfecting historical lower-element designs without as much focus on aspherical and special glass use as the most current Voigtlanders. These days we all seem to love just looking at test charts, but that isn’t what really matters in real world use. If you want more traditional designs made with modern glass, coatings, and manufacturing processes, then the Zeiss are hard to beat. I do personally prescribe to the idea that lower-element lenses, 5, 6, 8 pieces of glass in a lens give you an end result that is subtly different from modern zoom lenses or designs with 15 or 20 elements in the lens design. I only wish that Zeiss would put more effort into expanding and continuing to develop new lenses in the Leica M-Mount.

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