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Fred Miranda wrote:
Image of Voigtlander "APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2 Aspherical VM" which will be reserved on December 8th. Is the mass retailer price 128,000 yen including tax?#噂
Probably includes tax. We can look at the Map Camera website in a day or so to find out.
This 'surprise' announcement pretty much vaporizes my CV50/1.5 indecision, which I didn't end up getting right away. I'm very happy I held off as this is THE 50 I'm most interested in adding to my M system, and whatever mirrorless body I end up with in the near future.
I also agree about not liking the chrome filter ring/lens hood flange. My qualms with it are more to do with unwanted reflections of the ring when shooting through glass (train/bus windows, for example). It doesn't happen that often, but still enough to be annoying. A step up ring is an easy fix.
Biggest gripe would be probable lack of a focusing tab, but that's to be expected from Voigtlander. Second gripe is the probable lack of 6-bit code notches engraved in the lens mount, which means either sending it off for someone to custom cut, or using unreliable ink/marker. Does anyone know if the Leica 50 Cron APO ASPH can be set manually in any of the digital M camera menus? Given it's a recent lens that has only been available as 6-bit coded, I doubt it's in any of the menus. It's not a manually set lens code menu option in my M240.
Also interesting to see how far the rear element protrudes from the lens mount. I hope there will be no significant issues with edge color shifts. But I guess that's more a function of the exit pupil distance.
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