Voigtlander 80/2.3 Soft Focus Portrait Lens

[CameraQuest]

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VOIGTLANDE...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I couldn't resist.

Anyone know what camera it was made for ? date ?

Stephen

 

[Avotius]

a truly rare find, oh how I would love to get my hands on that....

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Wow! I have no idea what you'd put that on.

 

[dexdog]

bonus VOKEH!

 

[Ronald_H]

Beware of the Vokeh!

 

[xayraa33]

for a moment there I thought Mr. K brought out an 80mm version of the Thambar.
not a bad idea, a modern soft focus lens in M mount.

 

[Seele]

Since Cosina has access to Voigtlander's catalogue of designs, thee should be quite easy for Mr K to make a modern replica of this for the Bessas, I suppose.

 

[jwhitley]

That has the look of a large format barrel portrait lens, but I'm not (yet) knowledgable enough in vintage LF lenses to guess beyond that. Obviously from the focal length, it's intended for a fairly small format by LF standards. I'd drop in over at the large format photography forum to see if folks there can be of assistance.