Voigtlander FE 35/2 APO, M 35/2 APO, M 35/2 Ultron II's SHIPPING

[Tim Gray]

APO correction makes B&W images sharper. Same reason one might use APO enlarging lenses for B&W printing.

It’s just more of the same reason most non-APO lenses aren’t simple lenses, but achromats. If it didn’t matter for B&W, we’d all be shooting with single element simple lenses. That works okay if the source scene is (or recording medium is sensitive to) a single color (narrow band of wavelenths), but that isn’t B&W photography. Our recording medium might be monochromatic, but it is sensitive to many wavelengths of light which are out there in the world we photograph.

 

[Tim Gray]

Also important, APO lenses are very well corrected for other optical aberrations as well. This can be desirable outside of color reasons.

 

[james.liam]

Or put differently, colors/light wavelengths coming into focus fore and aft of the focal plane lowers overall contrast and acuity in B&W images as well. Perhaps more so.

 

[Tim Gray]

Whether or not the gains are worth it is another discussion 🙂

 

[Finglas]

The new brass 35/2 Ultron II - looks very nice, I wish they would revise their 40mm lens to look like this. A small well made modern pancake 40mm F2 (even F1.8) in brass would be great. Afterall the Minolta Rokker and the Leica 40mm F2 are from mid 1970's while Cosina/Voigtlander own 40mm F1.4 is about 16 years now. It needs a new improved look, and this 35/2 points the way?

 

[CameraQuest]

The new 35mm f/2 Ultron II's have arrived and are shipping.

New pics up soon.

The shiny black paint on brass barrel is beautiful.

Sean Reid just tested Version 1 (same glass as Version 2)
as sharper than the Leica 35mm f/2 Aspheric Summicron!

 

[CameraQuest]

Updated pics! Check the first post

All in stock and shipping except the FE 35mm F2 APO

which starts shipping April 9th!