Okay, Voigtlander is just knocking them out of the park these days.
No sooner than the V2 M-Mount 50/1.5 Nokton comes out, they do this to me...
50mm F2 APO lens, floating element, 4 ASPH surfaces, and classic Cosina Styling. My first SLR is a Argus/Cosina STL1000 with 50/1.8 Cosinon lens. Knurling on the new APO lens is like my Cosinon... I have half the money sitting in Paypal from selling a pair of lenses.
49mm Filters, like my Cosinon and Pentax 85/4.5 Ultra-Achromat. At $999, this new lens is about 1/2 the price of the Pentax in 1970 and about 1/6th the price of the Leica APO-Summicron.
Lanthar is an old trade name of Voigtlander for APO lenses. Cosina Voigtlander has used this name for the newer 90/3.5 APO-Lanthar in LTM. Making a faster lens with a shorter focal length is hard.
I have lenses of all types for my Leica cameras. Everything from a $9 Industar-26m that I spent hours getting "just right" on the M9, to using the Ultra-Achromatic Pentax on the M-Monochrom. The new Nokton is impressive, more elements, special glass, and aspheric optics. Bought it for the rendering and to match my 1934 Sonnar for styling.
It's been a long time since buying a lens to be sharp- will report back when mine is received.
No sooner than the V2 M-Mount 50/1.5 Nokton comes out, they do this to me...
50mm F2 APO lens, floating element, 4 ASPH surfaces, and classic Cosina Styling. My first SLR is a Argus/Cosina STL1000 with 50/1.8 Cosinon lens. Knurling on the new APO lens is like my Cosinon... I have half the money sitting in Paypal from selling a pair of lenses.
49mm Filters, like my Cosinon and Pentax 85/4.5 Ultra-Achromat. At $999, this new lens is about 1/2 the price of the Pentax in 1970 and about 1/6th the price of the Leica APO-Summicron.
Lanthar is an old trade name of Voigtlander for APO lenses. Cosina Voigtlander has used this name for the newer 90/3.5 APO-Lanthar in LTM. Making a faster lens with a shorter focal length is hard.
I have lenses of all types for my Leica cameras. Everything from a $9 Industar-26m that I spent hours getting "just right" on the M9, to using the Ultra-Achromatic Pentax on the M-Monochrom. The new Nokton is impressive, more elements, special glass, and aspheric optics. Bought it for the rendering and to match my 1934 Sonnar for styling.
It's been a long time since buying a lens to be sharp- will report back when mine is received.