New Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 $899

[CameraQuest]

UPDATE - on sale now at $899
IN STOCK AND SHIPPING !

I handled this a few months ago at the factory. It is a very sweet handling lens.


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Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 Nokton Aspherical Black
Leica M Vintage Line

PRE-ORDER FOR DELIVERY ESTIMATED LATE JULY

I handled this new lens at the factory. Its amazingly small and lightweight for its fast aperture.
The lens throw from infinity to .7 is short and very fast.
This is a GREAT handling small compact fast portrait lens.
The factory is very happy with its performance and image quality.
I think shooters will agree.

close focus rangefinder focus .7m
small 58mm filter size
lightweight 350 grams or 12.35 oz
small size 63.3mm length x 62.8mm diamter
clicked half f stops
7 lens elements in 6 groups
one aspherical element
three high index elements
12 aperture blades for beautiful bokeh
f1.5 to f16 aperture range
front and rear lens caps included
vented lens hood included
hood position adjustable for different rangefinder camera viewfinders
precision all metal construction made in Japan
easily adaptable to mirrorless cameras with proper adapter
great for film or digital cameras
fits ALL Leica M mount cameras, film or digital
bar coding can be owner added using various lens coding kits​

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[Ko.Fe.]

This is how 35 1.7 and 50 1.5 VM has to be made. IMO. With space to install focus tab. Or just no sharpeis on focus ring...

 

[Huss]

Nice to see that the design on this is cohesive unlike the complete mess with the other vintage line lenses.

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Am I right in thinking the silver version of the 75mm is just the finish over an aluminum body, rather than the plated brass of the silver 50/f1.5 and 35/f1.7 versions?

 

[CameraQuest]

Am I right in thinking the silver version of the 75mm is just the finish over an aluminum body, rather than the plated brass of the silver 50/f1.5 and 35/f1.7 versions?

it does not appear to be chrome

 

[aizan]

it's still silver chrome on aluminum, right? not silver paint? or is it anodized?

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

it's still silver chrome on aluminum, right? not silver paint? or is it anodized?

It looks anodised to me (but I certainly don't know for sure)...

 

[jonmanjiro]

The silver version I tried out at CP+ was anodized.

 

[Doug]

Tempting! I have the 75mm f/1.8 Heliar Classic and like it a lot. Compared to this new f/1.5 lens the older lens is 77g heavier, 10.5mm longer, and 4.9mm smaller in diameter. Focus to 0.9m for the Heliar Classic, and it uses 52mm vs 58mm filters for the new one's flared front. Quite an accomplishment to make the new lens lighter and shorter while also faster. Any sample pics to show, Jon?

 

[Michiel Fokkema]

Looks very interesting. Can't find any sample pictures on the net though. Not even on Voigtlander's own website, it's not even listed there.
Before I buy a lens I'd love to see some sample pictures.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Any sample pics to show, Jon?

I posted a couple in this thread below, Doug. Only had a few minutes to play with the lens so don’t have much to show for it.

https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2873162&postcount=19

 

[steveyork]

Voigtlander's coming out with some really nice stuff.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Looks very interesting. Can't find any sample pictures on the net though. Not even on Voigtlander's own website, it's not even listed there.
Before I buy a lens I'd love to see some sample pictures.

There are sample pictures on the Cosina website.

http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigtlander/vm-mount/vm-75mm1_5/index.html

Mike