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Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

sebboh wrote:
sweet! i'm not seeing anything that says FE mount though, are we sure this covers FF?

It's definitely full frame otherwise the diagonal angle of view would be 24.5 degrees.

Sep 20, 2016 at 08:40 PM

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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Interesting focal length. Kind of like it

Sep 20, 2016 at 09:03 PM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

arduluth wrote:
So we sheet states a field of view is 38°. That's consistent with FF. A perfect 65mm on FF would have a field of view of 36.8°. FF it is.

ah, good. i wasn't sure what the angle corresponded to.

thanks.

Sep 20, 2016 at 09:25 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Definitely an interesting lens - for the vast majority of pictures I want to take, I'd rather have a 1:2 lens that is one stop faster vs a 1:1 lens. I was hoping Zeiss would announce a Batis 100/2 1:2 macro, but if that doesn't happen by the time this 65/2 becomes available, I'll be very tempted by it.

Sep 21, 2016 at 09:26 AM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

1:2 Macro with F/2 aperture would fit my need for travel photography where I want to get closer than the usual MFD of prime lenses to take pictures of trinkets in flea markets or flowers but not super close like for critters.
It might even replace my Loxia 50/2

It's quite interesting to see that Voigtlander goes on a full new design instead of repackaging other "niche" VM lenses such as 35/1.2 or 50/1.1

Sep 23, 2016 at 03:06 AM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Also Voigtlander have never released an APSC lens so I think it would be shocking is this one were. But the angle nails it in any case...

Sep 23, 2016 at 05:55 AM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Here are the first images of the lens from sonyalpharumors.

Sep 23, 2016 at 11:48 AM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Will there be an M-mount version? It would be cool to pay with with a Close Focus Adapter.

I hope they decide to do 28mm 1.8/1.4 at some point too

Sep 23, 2016 at 08:42 PM

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p.2 #9 · p.2 #9 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Man, the rainbow lines really do not look good on black, this probably needed to drop those or do a silver front like the SL

Sep 24, 2016 at 06:51 AM

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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Lee Saxon wrote:
Man, the rainbow lines really do not look good on black, this probably needed to drop those or do a silver front like the SL

The rainbow, actually RGB, lines are a traditional part of the exterior of all Voigtländer Apo Lanthars. It belongs there. The name "lanthar" is misleading, since they have moved away from lanthanium or lantanides for making ED glass.

Sep 24, 2016 at 07:42 AM

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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Hopefully it can actually get to infinity focus unlike two samples of the 15/4.5-III E mount that I've tried

Sep 24, 2016 at 11:18 AM

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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Lee Saxon wrote:
Man, the rainbow lines really do not look good on black, this probably needed to drop those or do a silver front like the SL

I agree. It looks better on silver.

Sep 24, 2016 at 11:55 AM

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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Looks like they made those RGB lines thicker/bolder on the new lens. It wouldn't looks so bad if they were thin fine lines.

Sep 24, 2016 at 09:43 PM

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p.2 #14 · p.2 #14 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

GMPhotography wrote:
Interesting focal length. Kind of like it

Why it's interesting? Nothing new.
Canon has his MP-E 65mm for more than 10 years.

Sep 25, 2016 at 07:46 AM

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p.2 #15 · p.2 #15 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

It's a prototype....so I'm not sure you're seeing the final product.

Sep 25, 2016 at 08:19 AM

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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

sorpa wrote:
Why it's interesting? Nothing new.
Canon has his MP-E 65mm for more than 10 years.

They are totally different lenses. The Canon MP-E 65/2.8 goes from 1x-5x magnification, whereas the Voigtländer 65/2 is a general purpose macro lens and goes from infinity focus down to 0.5x magnification. Totally different beasts.

Sep 25, 2016 at 08:30 AM

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p.2 #17 · p.2 #17 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Fred Miranda wrote:
I agree. It looks better on silver.

I would still take the RGB rings on black, just to get a filter thread that is black on the inside.

Sep 25, 2016 at 08:32 AM

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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

genji wrote:
Added to my short list too although it's simply been "announced", so who knows when it will eventually ship. (I'm still waiting for the promised but never delivered 75/1.8 Classic Heliar for Nikon AIS and Canon EOS.)

Second being upset by this. I have a full set of the SL II lenses and this 75mm and a 125 would be great to have that matches. Looks like that will never happen.

I also REALLY do not enjoy the new design of the 58mm, I understand why you would promote a design similar to your older lenses (3 stripes here) but why would you ape the design of another manufacturer? All it does is come of like a ripoff instead of a unique product.

Sep 25, 2016 at 02:18 PM

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p.2 #19 · p.2 #19 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

bjornthun wrote:
I would still take the RGB rings on black, just to get a filter thread that is black on the inside.

Agree 100%. I'd also like it if they took the painted print off of the front ring.

Sep 25, 2016 at 02:59 PM

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p.2 #20 · p.2 #20 · Official: Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar

Ripoff of whom? Certainly not Nikon, who was copying common design cues if the time. Maybe it's a Zeiss ripoff - they certainly were designing lenses that have this look in the fifties before Nikon. But CV designs have always echoed zeiss; the app labrhars look like early Zeiss teles, and the later sl11 lenses look like Zeiss ZE/f

Geoff CB wrote:
Second being upset by this. I have a full set of the SL II lenses and this 75mm and a 125 would be great to have that matches. Looks like that will never happen.

I also REALLY do not enjoy the new design of the 58mm, I understand why you would promote a design similar to your older lenses (3 stripes here) but why would you ape the design of another manufacturer? All it does is come of like a ripoff instead of a unique product.

Sep 26, 2016 at 05:01 AM

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