Any new Voigtlander lenses coming?

interesting for me would be a 24/35/60 or so in M-Mount, similar to the Leica M Tri-Elmar but available and much cheaper
 
noimmunity said:
I bet that CV's sales of RF bodies have plummeted, RF lens sales have hit a plateau and are in decline, and that the only positive expansion is found in the M4/3 area.
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Actually I don't know why their lenses would not continue to sell well.
In a lot of people's eyes (myself included), their optics has good enough quality.

And Fuji X-Pro practically beckons for native mount manual lenses.

What they may consider doing is to lower their body prices to attract more beginners.

At $700, I would pick a used M4-P over any Bessa.
But if I can get one for $300, that would cause me to pause and rethink.
 
shadowfox said:
Actually I don't know why their lenses would not continue to sell well.
In a lot of people's eyes (myself included), their optics has good enough quality.
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I have the suspicion that sale of new film RF bodies from CV has gone way down from several years ago. It doesn't have to do with CV quality, which I agree is excellent, but rather a combination of factors including price (see below), the growing expense and difficulty of film, and the maturation of digital products.

shadowfox said:
What they may consider doing is to lower their body prices to attract more beginners.
At $700, I would pick a used M4-P over any Bessa.
But if I can get one for $300, that would cause me to pause and rethink.
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With the depreciation of the US$ and the rise of the yen to unprecedented levels, it would be impossible to lower the price. In fact, the CV prices for the US market today are considerably lower than any other market in the world, including Japan.
 
noimmunity said:
With the depreciation of the US$ and the rise of the yen to unprecedented levels, it would be impossible to lower the price. In fact, the CV prices for the US market today are considerably lower than any other market in the world, including Japan.
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I hear you.
But anybody who still wants to market new film bodies have to do something out of ordinary, that will compel people to try film despite the promise of convenience from digital.

Specifically for Cosina, add to that the competitions which, in the US, are reasonably priced Leica M bodies in the used market. It may be different in Japan, China, or Europe.

Assuming that Cosina is still interested in this, I'd be scratching my head too if I am the marketing guy.

Maybe some sort of agreement with film factories to bundle the cameras with film, or coming up with a clever way to do self-developing that is hassle-free.

Who knows.
 
It's baffled me for some time why they do not make any fast wide primes optimized for x1.5 crop M compatible cameras ( such as the GXR, NEX and Fuji Xpro1 ).
 
regular said:
Yeah, I am waiting for a edge-to-edge sharp, medium-sized wide-angle (21 or 24mm) lens.
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Er... they have both, the 21/f4 and the 25/f4, they seem to fit your description just fine (except that they're not medium-sized, they're really small).
 
I would seriously like to see a 50 f/1 Nokton that performs as well as the 35 f/1.2
Or a 35mm f/2 color skopar pIII.

Joe
 
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