Voigtlander lenses for AF100

Not sure why you would want to have the 40 mm and the 35 mm together. And also the 28 mm which is according to a friend who owns one a good lens does not make much sense given the quality of the 25 mm on an AG-AF - unless you want to use it on a full format camera as well.

Have a 50 Nokton 1.1 and the 25er and will be waiting as Voigtlander will come out with other stuff for MFT. Hav been in contact with the company in Germany but they won't say what will come next. Coming from old school I'd say the 25, the 35 and the 50 will cover most of what you need to shoot - and then we should be waiting for a nice 14 or so and .... make the 75er an option.

Only my 0,02 € and as Voigtlander Aficionado anyhow for reasons beyond logic....
 
Tipota - By "using it on a full format as well" you mean a Nikon camera, right? Lecia M mounts do not convert over to EOS, say the 5D, so that is a non-issue, right?
 
The reason the 25mm is such a huge hit, is because of its exquisite construction, its impressive imagery, and its amazing f-stop. Getting f/0.95 at $899 is pretty much unheard of in a large-sensor lens; the next-closest you can find would be the Noctilux at $10,000 (not including the Noktor because its f0.95 is so soft).

Part of the reason that the Voigtlander 25mm is so fast may be because it was specifically engineered for the Four Thirds chip size. Their other lenses are engineered for larger chips, and the smaller the chip that it has to cover, the faster a lens can be designed for that (and more affordably). So if they're looking at just adapting their existing lineup into m43 mount, that's not really all that appealing. But if they can make a 14mm f/1.4 or something like that, that would be huge. A 7mm f/2.8 would be extremely welcome.

Other than the 50mm/f1.1, which does look appealing, I don't think any of the others have any sort of "standout", "must-have" aura around them. The opening in the marketplace is for a well-constructed, well-performing, fast wide lens. And because the chip is smaller, it seems like they should be able to make a wide lens that is, indeed, faster -- just like they've made a standard lens that's over a stop faster than the typical 50mm f/1.4 lens.
 
I'd love to see this glass:

~10mm f/1.4 (or wider & faster, not even sure it's feasible)
~50mm f/1.0
~100mm f/1.4

...some in-between lenses would be nice too, like a super fast 15,35, and 70.
 
goetzpd said:
Tipota - By "using it on a full format as well" you mean a Nikon camera, right? Lecia M mounts do not convert over to EOS, say the 5D, so that is a non-issue, right?
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Don't know if it is possible to adapt a Leica mount lens to any other 35 mm full photo-format cameras - but that would be a reason maybe to go for some of the focal lengths you wrote about.

Apart from the fact that I am a Voigtlander fan myself because of the way they build there lenses (extremely good mechanically, btw) I agree with Barry - the 25 is just outstanding and a "must have", the 50 mm 1.1 is really good all though you have to use an adapter.

So: Why the 28 if you do not use it on a "normal" 35 mm photo camera also? The 25 mm is definitely much better for any MFT use.

About ultra-short and ultra-fast: There are physical restrictions. One of the shortest and fastest lens around was the Kinoptik Tegea 9.8 mm f 1.8 PL mount - and it did cost a fortune (around 9000 $)... but according to the sales representative of Kinoptik / France I communicated with they do not build this any more.
 
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Yep, it's constantly sold out everywhere. Try www.photovillage.com, call them up and ask them when their next batch will be in. Prepay through paypal and you should get it sooner than pretty much any other way -- at least, that's how it worked for me.
 
I placed and order on the 25/0.95 and took a look at the 50/1.1 But the later has a near limit of 1meter so not really as useful as my Zeiss 50/1.4.
 
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