New 50mm Heliar (and other Voigtlanders)

[nickthetasmaniac]

Three new manual focus Voigtlanders announced. And old-school rebody for the Nikon 58/f1.4, a 65/f2 macro for E-mount, and a very peculiar looking 50mm Heliar for M-mount.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/63731...ew-lenses-including-65mm-f2-macro-for-e-mount

I apologise if this has already been posted, but a search didn't bring anything up...

 

[ray*j*gun]

The Heliar was included in the Bessa R2s historical kit that I bought (then sold later). It was odd looking but quite sharp and had nice OOF. No F stop clicks then either.

 

[lawrence]

The Heliar looks like a spacecraft from a 1950s science fiction film. The Nikon looks very nice indeed.

 

[sevo]

The Heliar was included in the Bessa R2s historical kit that I bought (then sold later). It was odd looking but quite sharp and had nice OOF. No F stop clicks then either.

Right, they made a limited run in Nikon S mount 11 years ago. The optics are the same as on the collapsing LTM version, which saw several runs (if the site is right the head bartender still has some from the recent re-issue edition left).