What new Voigtlander RF or SLR product would you like to see?

+1 on the 75/1.5. That would be wonderful.

Also, why not a wide-angle finder, like the current 15mm one, with more sets of brightlines? Perhaps a 15/21/25? This would save wide shooters a bit of trouble and money (though, admittedly, money they would otherwise have to spend on separate CV finders...).
 
a 4x4 / 127 film (TLR, Folder, or even... interchangeable lens system!) revival! find some film producer that collaborates =)

I know I know, I'm going too far here...
 
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I still want a Tessar clone. No, not the expensive Helliar that's coming out. Not an Elmar clone either. Nope. A relatively cheap collapsible Tessar 50/3.5 or 2.8 for LTM, S & C mounts. Given what they have done in the past, I have no doubt that it could be done for less than $200 while still having the same level of profit as the rest of their line... No the real issue is getting Mr. K to want one...

William
 
I would welcome a fixed lens rangefinder with a fast lens (35mm f/1.4) and a leaf shutter. Multiple spot metering like on a canon T90 would be nice too. The rangefinder base length should be substantial. Just stick a seriously good lens on it!
 
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I still want a Tessar clone. No, not the expensive Helliar that's coming out. Not an Elmar clone either. Nope. A relatively cheap collapsible Tessar 50/3.5 or 2.8 for LTM, S & C mounts.
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I don't think there's much to be had in there. In LTM you can get an Industar-61, in Tessar clones for 35mm it doesn't get much better than that. Relatively cheap to boot, at $10 or so! No point producing a $200 lens if you'll be competing with $10 lenses. The only drawback is that it's not collapsible. Given that people have put it in Contax mount already, I guess putting one in a collapsible mount is not completely out of the question 😉

S and Contax mount lenses seem to have been abandoned by Cosina. In Contax mount you can get the original CZJ Tessar 50/3.5 or 50/2.8, they sell for about $150. Recently a 50/2.8 Tessar sold for $160 with a Contax II attached. I guess both versions should focus reasonably accurately on a Nikon, too.
 
I still think that with the R4 for wides and the R2/3 for normal lenses, that an R5 set up for teles is all that's missing from the Voigtlander line up.
Rob
 
I'd buy in an instant: 1.5/50 (or 55) mm Sonnar in Nikon F mount!

This lens would be lovely on a DSLR (and I could use it for my film Nikons).

I think it would sell: a portrait lens for all the digital folks, a great and different normal lens for the film shooters. And definitely a different signature then the Nikon lenses...

Do it!!
 
😱Are you kidding? Do I even have to say it??!! How about a fast small range zoom? say, 21mm or 24mm to 50mm!!!!!!!!!!! I love all the RF prime lenses, but I stay in RF fotog largely b/c of the small and high quality equipment, but Im really losing patience with changing lenses to get the right AOV......If I could just get a short zoom lens with a couple fast primes, I would be in heaven.............
 
How about m3 style goggles to accommodate a 28m on the R3a/m? Oh and how about side grip sized for grown up size fingers with a tripod mount. Grr. I'll also join the call for a 645 system RF-- Ideally with an f/2.8 normal lens.
 
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