Voigtlander 17.5 / 0.95 coming...???

[Rolf Silber]

Still a rumour ...

http://www.43rumors.com/ft3-hot-new-...coming-in-may/

....but nice. 12 or 14 mm would have been even nicer.

[Bern Caughey]

Odd focal length to add at this point. A wider angle lens would have seemed a no brainer, & better seller.

Or a portrait lens with closer minimum focus distance than Voigtlander's M mounts. A 35/1.2, or 50/1.0, would be sweet.

[Barry_Green]

A portrait lens would have been fantastic. 35/0.95 would have been perfect. Of course, there's the Zeiss 35/1.4 now, so, really, not that much need I guess. Whereas the ZF 18mm is an f/3.5, and the Voigtlander is f/0.95, so yeah, I'm looking at this new V pretty ravenously. That's nearly four stops faster... sixteen times as much light...

[Erik Naso]

a portrait lens would have been fantastic. 35/0.95 would have been perfect. Of course, there's the zeiss 35/1.4 now, so, really, not that much need i guess. Whereas the zf 18mm is an f/3.5, and the voigtlander is f/0.95, so yeah, i'm looking at this new v pretty ravenously. That's nearly four stops faster... Sixteen times as much light...

nice!

[Rolf Silber]

....... I'm looking at this new V pretty ravenously. That's nearly four stops faster... sixteen times as much light...

I pre-pre-ordered it just in case the rumour is true .... am really fascinated by what Voigtlaender seems able to bring out, merging new & old school in lens building ...

[Osslund]

I have a Voigtländer 35/1.2 and it's a very nice portrait lens. Fast enough at F1.2 also.

[Forge]

Did you guys note that it had the option to go 'clickless' on aperture by moving the ring forward?

[dregenthal]

I think I'm going to get one (when they are available) and just tell myself it's 35mm.
Sure have enjoyed my 25 f/0.95.

[Rolf Silber]

I have a Voigtländer 35/1.2 and it's a very nice portrait lens. Fast enough at F1.2 also.

Not forgetting the 75 mm f 1.8 which is a really nice lens that I've started to like a lot. Panasonic should team up with Voigtlaender as their manufacturer of speedy primes.

postscriptum:

Status has changed from rumour to announcement it seems...

http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Voi...aspherical-MFT

[Rolf Silber]

And here we are....

http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigt...dih8rbj9k.html

..... de-clickable aperture & 15 cm minimum focal distance. Yes.