james.liam
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Got to be 1/7th (!!) the cost of a new Leica 50 APO?
Voigtländer 2/50 APO-M mount! PREORDER $999
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Got to be 1/7th (!!) the cost of a new Leica 50 APO?
cboy
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Doubt it. The VM 50 1.5 is already 1300aud, which is smaller and less glass. 1400-1900 is more likely sadly...
sarkleshark
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hopefully in silver as well as black.
gavinlg
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Oof... looks kinda big.
Out to Lunch
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A review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_oB7SaCYw
Archlich
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But it's actually lighter than the Leica APO.
One thing curious is it has 2 low dispersion elements compared to 5 of the FE version. MTF differs a bit too.
WJJ3
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Smaller and lighter than the E Mount version too. Looks like a sweet lens for a digital M.
Here’s the Cosina link Jon probably meant to post 😉
http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigtlander/vm-mount/vm-apo50mmF2/index.html
Nitroplait
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Specially optimised for the M sensor and not recommended by Cosina to be used with adapter on Sony E, Nikon Z etc.
I wonder about film?
I wonder about film?
Oops, thanks for the correction, Will! Links above now corrected.
Film is more forgiving than digital with light hitting it at more oblique angles, but there's no downside if the light hits in more straight on. Long story short, the lens should be great on film too.
james.liam
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According to Leica Rumors, looks like a Jan ‘21 release and a price of US$1200, and extra $100 for the hood. No mention of a silver version.
mpaniagua
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ummm sounds to me that this will be a great seller. Think I will save my Chistmast money for thies. I mean, one can't never have enoughs 50's righ? 🙂
Ko.Fe.
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Cute cubby.
Should be no problem to apply 7Artisans focus tab on it. Or TAAB.
Should be no problem to apply 7Artisans focus tab on it. Or TAAB.
Benjamin Marks
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gavinlg
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According to cosina’s dimensions it’s shorter in length but wider in diameter than the zm planar f2. It might be just me, but it looks bigger in those photos of it mounted on the digital leica.
Benjamin Marks
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Snatached from Petapixel's site. . . .
james.liam
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Hern
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Oh golly, we really are spoilt for choice these days. I'd just gone out on a spree to secure the fast (50 1.5 nokton v1), the sharp (rigid cron), and the small (reissue elmar-m), and within the span of a year the v2 nokton and this beauty come out. Exciting times.
Archiver
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Yeah, now this is the business.
On one hand, I love the choices Voigtlander give us, with the 50mm f1.2 and 40mm f1.2, and now the APO Lanthar. On the other hand, it raises questions about which one to get!
I wonder how this will perform and render compared with the Zeiss Sonnar and Summicron v5, or even the APO Summicron.
I also hope that Voigtlander eventually repackages the vintage style 50/1.5 with lens barrels more like this. The thin scalloped ring version is reportedly difficult to manage. Another lens I'd like to see with this lens barrel is the Ultron 35/1.7. But this APO Lanthar is very, very enticing.
On one hand, I love the choices Voigtlander give us, with the 50mm f1.2 and 40mm f1.2, and now the APO Lanthar. On the other hand, it raises questions about which one to get!
I wonder how this will perform and render compared with the Zeiss Sonnar and Summicron v5, or even the APO Summicron.
I also hope that Voigtlander eventually repackages the vintage style 50/1.5 with lens barrels more like this. The thin scalloped ring version is reportedly difficult to manage. Another lens I'd like to see with this lens barrel is the Ultron 35/1.7. But this APO Lanthar is very, very enticing.
brusby
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Interesting. They are labeled here as "abnormal". 'Guess that is just a synonym for "anomalous" or maybe just a difference in translation. And I wonder what it means in this context. Different index of refraction?
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