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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Pre-order: Voigtlander APO-SKOPAR 90mm f/2.8 VM and F-mount | |
With the same 7/7 separate elements configuration in a very different design layout, it contrasts to the Loxia 85mm with the loss of a half stop and 345 grams (42% the weight!) and it's much smaller: 53x60 -vs- 95x62, so around half the length. Similar MFD 0.9m -vs- 0.8m (Loxia 85mm).
It looks like a modified VM 75/1.5 at the front with some rejigging at the back of the layout. More APD (5 -vs- 3) and it does without the rear asph element. Actual infinity FL is 88.7mm. It's also 100 grams lighter than the VM 75/1.5. I'll try to find out more very soon.
At 90mm, it will quite possibly (careful word choice here, 'once bitten twice shy') work well on E cameras, providing many with an even lighter and great MF alternative to the Sigma 90/2.8 - at the right time too. It will find favour with those who feel ergo matters, as it looks like the now-standard ring layout. Standard APO-Lanthar (light) tubular hood too. Good - if they don't very soon announce an E lens of APO-Lanthar design, this is what there is.
VM 75/1.5 layout
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