Voigtlaender announces 3 ultra wide lenses in E mount, 2 in M Mount

[kuuan]

There has been much talking about the corner problems of rangefinder wide angle lenses on the Sony A7 series cameras. Recently Voigtlaender had issued the f4.5/15mm Super Wide Heliar in a version III addressing these problems:

Today Voigtlaender announced 3 wide angles lens that will come in Sony E mount, one can expect that they will be optimized to work well with the Sony A7 series cameras.

They are a completely new f5.6/10mm and a f5.6/12mm and f4.5/15mm based on the existing lenses in Leica M mount. If I understand right the new f5.6/10mm and the f5.6/12mm also will come in new versions, optimized for digital use, in Leica M mount.

here the news by Voigtlaender: http://voigtlaender.com/news.html

 

[f16sunshine]

Thanks Andreas

 

[kuuan]

oh, I see now it's old news, there has been talking about these lenses in the thread about the rumoured new digital Voigtlaender cameras. Anyway I hope that the link to the Voigtlaender site and announcement clears up some doubts and adds the info that these ultra wides, optimized for digital, also will come in Leica M mount.

 

[jsrockit]

You were in the right to start a new thread. The other thread should be for the rumored camera.

 

[lonemantis]

10mm rectilinear on full frame is very impressive. It looks like Cosina is taking back the title for widest full-frame lens - Canon unseated them for less than a year with their 11-24. Not bad for such a tiny company!

 

[CameraQuest]

One new design 10/5.6 which will be available in E or M mounts

An updated 12/5.6 III for digital which which will be available in E or M mounts

A 15/4.5 E mount which is apparently the same glass as the existing 15/4.5 III M lens

All full frame lenses.

Other E mount Voigtlander lenses may follow.

the popular Voigtlander 15/4.5 III really took off in popularity after being redesigned for digital.
I expect the new 10mm and redesigned 12mm will be just as good.