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

Modern faithful, aspherical reissue of the 58mm Noct-Nikkor.
Or a modern coated Dagor or Artar.
I've always wanted a meniscus lens for my 35mm cameras. Either in F mount or even an RF coupled lens with modern coatings would be awesome. Somewhere in the 50 - 90mm range with a nice f/5.6 conservative aperture.

Come to think of it, I need to hack one of these onto the front of a glass free lens barrel and start shooting. I have one in storage 2000 miles away! D'oh!

Phil Forrest
 
Some nice lenses for the digital mirrorless cameras, so they make money and profit, and have resources left to continue producing the wonderful Bessa III and possibly improve that....more significant for me than their good lenses for digital is the fact that they are the only ones to produce a modern medium format film camera at the moment :)
 
Peter_S said:
Some nice lenses for the digital mirrorless cameras, so they make money and profit, and have resources left to continue producing the wonderful Bessa III and possibly improve that....more significant for me than their good lenses for digital is the fact that they are the only ones to produce a modern medium format film camera at the moment :)
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Well, to be fair, Mamiya still makes medium format cameras (the 7 and I believe the RZ is still in production).

But I like the spirit of what you said (because I love medium format cameras).
 
Thanks! My bad - I was not aware that they do make them at the moment...I am happy to read that (the Mamiya 7 I eyed up for some time). Mamiya/Leaf lists them as "legacy" - a bit ambigious term. Same for them then as for Voigtländer - produce for the digital market what keeps film cameras alive.

jkrumsick said:
Well, to be fair, Mamiya still makes medium format cameras (the 7 and I believe the RZ is still in production).
But I like the spirit of what you said (because I love medium format cameras).
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.....a fast focusing 35mm 2.0 point and shoot camera similar to a hexar af but with up to at least 1600 asa, 1000th/sec top shutter speed and manual exposure option..
 
An Olympus XA-like clamshell rangefinder with the best of 2014's optical and mechanical technology.

Sony had a Walkman which was only a few millimeters larger than the tape that was fitting inside.

I would like a clamshell rangefinder with the same leitmotiv : just slightly larger than a film roll.
 
I would say a compact film RF with a fixed 40mm. Maybe with a retractable lens like the Minox 35 GT. Quiet (leaf?) shutter and manual film advance. Built-in meter and electronic shutter with aperture priority. Built-in TTL flash with on/off button, but that's optional. Weather sealed. It would be better with a metal body but I'd take good plastic. As small as possible to fit in a pocket.

Gil.
 
If Mr. Kobayashi could upgrade the Epson R-d1s and be able to undersell the Leica ME -which, by the way, has not been available since it was announced some 14 months ago, and provide good maintenance services in Europe, North America, and Asia, I'd believe he'd sell a lot of them. And no...I don't need live view, 36Mp, over the top ISO, EFV, movies, focus peaking etc.... I'd buy one.
 
I would like to see a gift set of a camera styled as a tribute to the Nikon SP with an M-mount and three adapters one for nikon s, one for contax rf and one for voigtlander prominent. Subcontract the adapters to Amadeo in Venezuela, because he is one of the modern heroes of photography.

David
 
Of course this has been mentioned, but I repeat because its my most pressing desire and I would purchase this in a heartbeat. Mostly because it would be what I want at the right price, but VC is such a savior of RF photography I should buy from them on principal.

What do I dearly want?
An RD-1 style camera (RF form factor and size) with M-mount and a FF sensor. It was technically challenging to do such a thing a year or two ago, but things have progressed considerably! I think it is a fair suggestion today.

No need for optical RF, no need for live view. no need or desire for video. no need for ultra-high pixel count. no need for fancy AF (at all). Just a manual/aperture/shutter-priority mode, EVF with focus peaking, and adequate sensor/processor.

This camera would severely undermine digital M sales, but I know I'm not alone in my inability (or unwillingness) to spend > $4000 on a digital body and have a budget left for the important part of the system -- lenses. Leica will get some of my dollars eventually through lens sales, but VC could make an absolute killing with a FF digital M-mount body that I described above. I truly believe there is more market for this than the analysts think. I also think there will be those who believe otherwise...
 
How about something like Dual Range M mount lenses? Today, a lot of people use M/LTM lenses on mirrorless cameras including Leica's very own M which now has live view/optional EVF.

Would be great if CV can reissue updated version of their popular lenses with - 0.7m (RF coupled on M bodies) zone and closer focus zone (maybe with a lock or simple clicking detent). I'm currently using their close-up adapter on A7R and that opened up a lot of possibilities with my M mount lenses.
 
Replacement elements for vintage Leitz & Canon lenses

Replacement elements for vintage Leitz & Canon lenses

One of the many things I would love to see Cosina bring to market is replacement elements for the classic Leica and Canon lenses.

Vintage Leitz lenses are known for their weak coatings and the use of soft glass. Vintage Canon lenses (especially the late model "black" lenses) are known for permanent fogging of the internal elements due to lubrication off-gassing. All of this leads to otherwise wonderful and useful lenses being compromised due to scratches/cleaning marks or internal haze.

How cool would it be to be able to purchase replacement elements for these commonly afflicted lenses? I am no optical engineer or camera tech but maybe Cosina could offer a simple solution to these problems. Imagine being able to purchase a new front/rear element for your scratched up Elmar or Summicron? How about all of those foggy Canons out there? Maybe they could offer front/rear or complete element packages using modern glass and SC or MC options? That would be great!

Seems to me that even though this might be a limited market for Cosina, the profit margins would be quite decent considering that they would not have to manufacture or assemble lens barrels/mounts. I believe there would be a steady market demand, but I could easily be wrong about that.

What do you think about this?
 
New glass in the Nikon S rangefinder mount, a faster 35mm or 28mm would be great. Oh, and a 1.5 Sonnar design 50mm!

Also, a Nikon mount Bessa R2S, but with a 1:1 (or close to it) viewfinder.
 
I'd buy a black version of the collapsible 50mm f3.5 Heliar, LTM or M mount.
I'd buy a black, small, slow lens for street/available natural light: not a zoom but a lens with a first position for 35mm, and a second position for 50mm. f4 or even f5.6 are more than enough for ASA400 film pushed to 800 or 1600. Lots of new street shooters would buy it, and perhaps a good number of veteran shooters too... It could become a future classic for street photography because of light weight & small size, with a lot to offer...
Cheers,
Juan
 
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