Cosina Voigtländer

Cosina Voigtländer refers to photographic products manufactured by Cosina under the Voigtländer name since 1999. Cosina leases rights to the Voigtländer name from Ringfoto. Cosina Voigtländer products have included 35mm film SLR and rangefinder camera bodies, and lenses for the M39 lens mount (Leica screw mount), M42 lens mount, Leica M mount, and other lens mounts.

Ringphoto Voigtländer in Germany also produces some budget-priced items under the Voigtländer name, unrelated to Cosina.

Cameras

35mm Rangefinder

• Bessa L
• Bessa R
• Bessa T
• Bessa R2
• Bessa R2S
• Bessa R2C
• Bessa R2A
• Bessa R3A
• Bessa R2M
• Bessa R3M
• Bessa R4A
• Bessa R4M

Medium format rangefinder

• Bessa III

35mm SLR

• Bessaflex TM
• VSL 43

Lenses

Cosina started producing cameras and lenses under the Voigtländer brand in 1999, when it introduced a new M39 mount body and lenses. It has since produced a prodigious variety of these lenses in M39x26, Leica M mount, Nikon S rangefinder mount (some fully usable with Contax RF bodies), and SLR mounts including M42 and Nikon F. Cosina produces hoods and accessory viewfinders for many of the lenses. Note that while the lenses feature familiar Voigtländer names, the optical formulas are all new, with the exception of the limited-edition collapsible Heliar.

LTM rangefinder lenses

Not rangefinder coupled

• 12mm f/5.6 aspherical Ultra-Wide Heliar — included metal viewfinder and Armalite hood, black or chrome
• 15mm f/4.5 aspherical Super-Wide Heliar — integrated partial hood (no filter thread) and included plastic viewfinder, black or chrome
• 25mm f/4 Snapshot Skopar — included plastic viewfinder and hood, black or chrome

Rangefinder coupled

• 21mm f/4 Color Skopar † — included plastic viewfinder
• 28mm f/1.9 aspherical Ultron — Armalite hood, black or chrome
• 28mm f/3.5 Color Skopar †
• 35mm f/1.7 aspherical Ultron †
• 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar — two barrel styles: "C" (†) and "P" (black only)
• 50mm f/1.5 aspherical Nokton †
• 50mm f/2.5 Color Skopar †
• 50mm f/3.5 collapsible Heliar †
• 75mm f/2.5 Color Heliar †
• 90mm f/3.5 APO Lanthar †

† With hood, black or chrome

M-mount rangefinder lenses

All of these are rangefinder coupled.

• 12mm f/5.6 aspherical Ultra-Wide Heliar — included metal viewfinder and Armalite hood, black or chrome
• 15mm f/4.5 aspherical Super-Wide Heliar
• 21mm f/4 Color Skopar P
• 25mm f/4 Color Skopar P
• 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar PII
• 35mm f/1.2 Nokton
• 35mm f/1.4 Nokton (in two versions: single-coated and multicoated)
• 40mm f/1.4 Nokton (in two versions: single-coated and multicoated)
• 50mm f/2 collapsible Heliar Classic (only available with a Bessa R2M or R3M)
• 50mm f/1.1 Nokton

Nikon S–mount rangefinder lenses

SC-series wide-angle lenses were available in the old Contax rangefinder and Nikon S mounts. The longer S-series lenses were available only in a Nikon version (however in practice they are usable with a Contax when stopped down or used at longer distances).

All are rangefinder-coupled.

SC lenses

• 21mm f/4 SC-Skopar
• 25mm f/4 SC-Skopar (rangefinder coupled, unlike the screwmount equivalent)
• 28mm f/3.5 SC-Skopar
• 35mm f/2.5 SC-Skopar

S lenses

• 50mm f/3.5 S-Heliar (only available as a set with a Bessa R2S with special paint)
• 50mm f/2.5 S-Skopar
• 50mm f/1.5 S-Nokton
• 85mm f/3.5 S-APO Lanthar

Lenses for 35mm SLR

SL series

Voigtländer SL lenses are manual-focus designs. They were sold in a variety of mounts: Nikon AI-S, Canon FD, Pentax K, Pentax/M42, Minolta SR, Contax/Yashica MM, and Olympus OM. They were produced for a short time, and discontinued when Cosina introduced its Carl Zeiss "Z" series lenses. Some SL lenses are now sought after as collector's items.

• Ultra-Wide Heliar 12mm f/5.6 †
• Super-Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 †
• Ultron SL 40mm f/2
• Nokton SL 58mm f/1.4
• Color-Heliar SL 75mm f/2.5
• APO-Lanthar SL 90mm f/3.5 close focus
• Macro APO-Lanthar SL 125mm f/2.5
• APO-Lanthar SL 180mm f/4

† Aspherical Nikon F-mount version of the LTM version. Requires true MLU body (Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat). A viewfinder mount which replaces the prism on F and F2 bodies was also made to complement these two lenses.

SL Ⅱ series

Voigtländer SL Ⅱ (also written SL II) lenses are CPU-enabled manual-focus designs available in Nikon AI-P (AI-S with Program), Pentax K-A and Canon EF mounts. The Nikon term for such a design is AI-P, although these lenses are not designated as such. The CPU of SL II lenses enables full compatibility (except for autofocus) with the full range of AF Nikon SLR cameras.

• Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL Ⅱ Aspherical
• 28mm f/2.8 SL II N Color Skopar (aspherical)
• Ultron 40mm f/2 SL Ⅱ Aspherical — includes step-down hood (52mm to 39.5mm) and close-up lens for 39.9mm thread which gives a 1:4 magnification ratio
• Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL Ⅱ — not available in Canon EF mount
• 75mm f/1.8 SL II N Heliar Classic
• APO-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5 SL Ⅱ Close Focus — includes a close up lens which gives a 1:1.8 magnification ratio

The Nikon AI-P versions enable full compatibility (except for autofocus) with all Nikon AF SLRs, similar to the AI-P manual-focus lenses Nikon has produced in the past. All metering patterns in 2-D mode, all program modes, and viewfinder focus indicators are available.

Micro 4/3 Lenses

On August 26, 2010, Cosina Voigtländer joined the Micro Four Thirds Standard Group^[1] and introduced the following lens:

• Nokton 25mm f/0.95^[2]

25mm is a normal lens in the Four Thirds format.

• Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95^[3][4]

A slightly-wide lens in m43

References

External links

• Cosina Voigtländer (in Japanese)
• Ringphoto Voigtländer (in German)
• La Vida Leica - In-depth reviews of Cosina Voigtländer lenses (M/LTM)
• Review of the 28/1.9 lens by Lutz Konermann
• Voigtlander Rangefinders A brief write-up on Voigtländer Rangefinders by street and panoramic photographer Matthew Joseph aka Fotodudenz.
• Voigtländer Gallery Peter Chou's Voigtländer Gallery
• Cosina Voigtländer - Heliar Ultra-wide 15mm/4.5 Photo Gallery by Kingston Chang