Any new Voigtlander lenses coming?

Richard Griffith · 05-09-2012

Do you thin there will be any new Voigtlander lenses coming out soon, both for rangefinders and SLR's?

We were promised a NAIS fit 75mm f1.8 last year but there still does not seem to be any sign of it in the shops.

They could also surely expand their range of rangefinder 50mm lenses e.g. a compact f1.4 to 2.

Perhaps Tom A could give us some hints. ;-)

richardhkirkando · 05-09-2012

I heard theres going to be a 21/1.4 for Argus C44.

jsrockit · 05-09-2012

Come on CV, where's the 50mm f/0.0005 lens?

Joe AC · 05-09-2012

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Originally Posted by jsrockit

Come on CV, where's the 50mm f/0.0005 lens?

That's what I'm talking about!

Joe

kossi008 · 05-10-2012

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Originally Posted by jsrockit

Come on CV, where's the 50mm f/0.0005 lens?

Well, they can manufacture that only in orbit, otherwise it would break under it's own weight... so they still haven't figured out how to deliver that to customers... bwarhar...

shadowfox · 05-10-2012

Didn't they just come out with Nokton 50mm f/0.95 for m4/3rd systems?
I wonder why don't they make one for Sony Nex?

richardhkirkando · 05-10-2012

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Originally Posted by shadowfox

Didn't they just come out with Nokton 50mm f/0.95 for m4/3rd systems?
I wonder why don't they make one for Sony Nex?

It was a 25/0.95 and 17/0.95, but I agree, some similar NEX lenses would be awesome.

Field · 05-10-2012

The limits to lenses that have super big apertures... there is only so much light direct to a given film/censor plane size. I realize the joke about the 50mm with some unheard of aperture, but the lens would be a circle much, much, bigger than the camera so effectively you wouldn't be able to concentrate the light to the film/censor so it could never act as anything faster than probably like a f.5 at most, ever. The f.95 lenses are a bigger diameter than their own focal length already; very impressive.

I'm waiting on the 10mm lens with an adapt-all system (or a mount that works for all of them, maybe M42) for EOS, Sony, Pentax, and Nikon DSLR's in order to shoot video close up, always in focus. (it'd be like using the 15mm Helier but on a smaller sensor) Great for things like ski videos, etc.

Joosep · 05-13-2012

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Originally Posted by Field

maybe M42.

M42 doesnt go with Nikon.
Maybe a T2 will suit better ? Alot of adapters out there for T2....

Field · 05-13-2012

I don't care about Nikon.

filmfan · 05-13-2012

All they need to add to their line-up is a $1000 35mm f/1.4 lens that is good (don't give me the Nokton, please-- been there, done that), and a 50mm f/1.4. Why they don't is beyond me.

c.poulton · 05-16-2012

Maybe CV are waiting until photokina to release something 'big' so as to rain on Leica's parade - an 'affordable' FF digital RF for instance?

Regarding lenses, there is a gap in the 50 line - maybe a new APO 50 f2 to rival the new Leica APO-Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 ASPH?

lcpr · 05-16-2012

A 75/1.4 Nokton should be next. Or an update for the 50/1.5.

Bill58 · 05-16-2012

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Originally Posted by Field

I don't care about Nikon.

I honestly don't care about Voigtlander.

buzzardkid · 05-16-2012

I'd like a 50/1.5 or faster in LTM mount.

Or a 35/1.4 or faster in LTM mount.

Small lenses preferred.

They've re-created the optical formula of the Hektor 73/1.9 in their Heliar 75/1.8, why not re-create a smallish Nikkor 50/1.4 or Canon 50/1.5? And re-create a pre-ASPH Summilux 35/1.4 in LTM?

Reeeaaally neeeed those lenses

Livesteamer · 05-16-2012

I'd like a modern CV version of the old Summitar to fit my IIIc. F2.0 would be nice but even a copy of the old Elmar f3.5 would be nice as those have gotten quite expensive. Joe

hipsterdufus · 05-16-2012

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I'd like a modern CV version of the old Summitar to fit my IIIc.

A new version of the Summitar formula with harder, modern coatings would be wonderful. I'd buy that.

paulfish4570 · 05-16-2012

a nice, compact 50/2 or so would be nice at the same price of the nokton 35/1.4 and 40/1.4 classics in m-mount ...

noimmunity · 05-16-2012

I bet that CV's sales of RF bodies have plummeted, RF lens sales have hit a plateau and are in decline, and that the only positive expansion is found in the M4/3 area.

mabelsound · 05-16-2012

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I bet that CV's sales of RF bodies have plummeted, RF lens sales have hit a plateau and are in decline, and that the only positive expansion is found in the M4/3 area.

Very possible. I think they would do well to concentrate on m4/3, NEX, and FX.

Cron · 05-16-2012

interesting for me would be a 24/35/60 or so in M-Mount, similar to the Leica M Tri-Elmar but available and much cheaper

shadowfox · 05-16-2012

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I bet that CV's sales of RF bodies have plummeted, RF lens sales have hit a plateau and are in decline, and that the only positive expansion is found in the M4/3 area.

Actually I don't know why their lenses would not continue to sell well.
In a lot of people's eyes (myself included), their optics has good enough quality.

And Fuji X-Pro practically beckons for native mount manual lenses.

What they may consider doing is to lower their body prices to attract more beginners.

At $700, I would pick a used M4-P over any Bessa.
But if I can get one for $300, that would cause me to pause and rethink.

jsrockit · 05-16-2012

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Originally Posted by shadowfox

And Fuji X-Pro practically beckons for native mount manual lenses..

I'd be down for some CV MF lenses for the X-Pro1.

noimmunity · 05-16-2012

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I'd be down for some CV MF lenses for the X-Pro1.

Me too. Or some Fuji ones for that matter!

noimmunity · 05-16-2012

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Actually I don't know why their lenses would not continue to sell well.
In a lot of people's eyes (myself included), their optics has good enough quality.

I have the suspicion that sale of new film RF bodies from CV has gone way down from several years ago. It doesn't have to do with CV quality, which I agree is excellent, but rather a combination of factors including price (see below), the growing expense and difficulty of film, and the maturation of digital products.

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Originally Posted by shadowfox

What they may consider doing is to lower their body prices to attract more beginners.
At $700, I would pick a used M4-P over any Bessa.
But if I can get one for $300, that would cause me to pause and rethink.

With the depreciation of the US$ and the rise of the yen to unprecedented levels, it would be impossible to lower the price. In fact, the CV prices for the US market today are considerably lower than any other market in the world, including Japan.