Nick,
Although Heliar lenses were the top of the range, Voigtländer always considered they lacked resolution and were not suitable for small format cameras. That's why you won't find Voiglander Heliar lenses for 35mm cameras (except of course the newer Cosina made lenses).
The Japanese have always been fond of the Heliar because of the way it renders out of focus aeras; afterall, the word "bokeh" doesn't come from the Japanese by pure coincidence. That's why Japanese companies, like Konishiroku (Konika), Asahi Optical Co., Nippon Kogaku (Nikon) and of course Cosina, made lenses of Heliar formula after WWII, many of them for small format cameras.
The first lens of Heliar formula for small format was the 58mm Takumar of 1954. It was not a very sharp lens, but it had the wonderful bokeh of the Heliar. Here is a superb photograph taken by Frank Mechelhoff with this lens:
More about the early Pentax lenses on Frank's site:
http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Pentax_main.html
Other Heliar type lenses released by Pentax and Nikon were macro lenses. Contrary to many other optical formulas, the Heliar maintains good correction at very close range. That's why many early macro lenses for SLRs were of Heliar type.
Only for documentation purposes
😀 , here are some suggestions of eBay searches (all are 5 element Heliar formula lenses):
* Lenses for 35mm Cameras
- Asahi Optical Takumar 58mm f/2.4 for 39mm screw mount Asahiflex-IIB (1954)
- Asahi Optical Takumar 58mm f/2.4 for 42mm screw mount Asahi-Pentax/Tower 26 cameras (1957)
- Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-Takumar 100mm f/4.0 (1971)
- Asahi Optical Co. Super-Multi-Coated Macro 100mm f/4.0-22.0 (1975)
- Cosina/Voigtländer Heliar S 50mm f/3.5 for Leica screw mount Bessa rangefinder cameras (also exists in Nikon rangefinder mount) (2001)
- Cosina/Voigtländer collapsible Classic Heliar 50mm f/2.0 in Leica M mount for Bessa rangefinder cameras (2006)
* Lenses for 3x4 cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 55mm f/3.5 on Perkeo 3x4 (1933)
* Lenses for 4.5x6 cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 75mm f/4.5 on Bergheil 4,5x6 (1923)
* Lenses for 6x6 cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 75mm f/3.5 on Brillant S TLR (Focusing Brillant) (1939)
- Voigtländer Heliar 75mm f/3.5 on Superb TLR
- Voigländer Color Heliar 75mm f/3.5 on Bessa 66 folding cameras (1948)
- Konica Hexanon 85mm f/3.5 on Koniflex TLR (1952)
- Mamiya 105mm f/3.5 D/DS for "C" series interchangeable lens TLRs (the first non-D 105mm lens had 4 elements/3 groups and was not a Heliar)
* Lenses for 6x9 cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 105mm f/4.5 on Rollfilm folding cameras (1927)
- Voigländer Heliar 105mm f/4.5 on Bessa folding cameras (1932)
- Voigländer Heliar 105mm f/3.5 on Prominent folding cameras (1932)
- Voigländer Heliar 105mm f/3.5 on Entfernungsmesser-Bessa (Bessa E or Bessa RF) folding cameras (1936)
- Kodak Ektar 105mm f/3.5 on Medalist cameras
- Voigländer Color Heliar 105mm f/3.5 on Bessa II folding cameras (1950)
- Voigländer Apo-Lanthar 105mm f/4.5 on Bessa II folding cameras (1952)
* Lenses for 6.5x9 plate cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 105mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1931)
- Voigländer Heliar 120mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1930)
* Lenses for 9x12 plate cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 150mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1911)
- Voigländer Heliar 135mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1925)
- Voigländer Heliar 135mm f/4.5 on Alpin folding cameras (1927)
* Lenses for 10x15 plate cameras
- Voigländer Heliar 180mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1926)
- Voigländer Heliar 165mm f/4.5 on Bergheil folding cameras (1927)
* Large Format Lenses
- f/4.5 15cm, 18cm, 21cm, 24cm, 30cm, 36cm and 42cm Heliar, covering formats from 9x14cm to 21x27cm
If anyone knows any other lens of Heliar formula (MF and LF Apo Lanthar, Nikon lenses), please PM me.
Cheers,
Abbazz