p.1 #2 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Wow, thats a rally surprise!
Portals like fujirumors.com never mentioned about this lens.
I was expecting from Cosina, that their next release will be some UWA lens, like 12/1.4 or similar.
I'm curious how this CV 50/1.2 will perform vs old XF 56/1.2
p.1 #3 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
BeatX wrote:
Wow, thats a rally surprise!
Portals like fujirumors.com never mentioned about this lens.
I was expecting from Cosina, that their next release will be some UWA lens, like 12/1.4 or similar.
I'm curious how this CV 50/1.2 will perform vs old XF 56/1.2
Yes, somehow there were no rumours at all about Cosina's latest 2 releases before official announcements just popped up suddenly (this and the 28/2.8 VM/LTM). Previously there were usually some rumours a few days earlier.
I'm tempted by this one, might pick it up but not decided yet.
p.1 #4 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Wow, that is surprising, and very cool to see. This one might be hard to resist.
Right now my Fujifilm X kit consist of the Noktons 23 and 35 with flankers TTartisan 17/1.4 and 50/1.2, as well as a CG 90/2.8 with adapter, for a light capable manual focus travel kit. So I'll take an 18/1.4 and a 90mm next please Cosina. One can dream, no?
p.1 #5 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
twelveish wrote:
Wow, that is surprising, and very cool to see. This one might be hard to resist.
Right now my Fujifilm X kit consist of the Noktons 23 and 35 with flankers TTartisan 17/1.4 and 50/1.2, as well as a CG 90/2.8 with adapter, for a light capable manual focus travel kit. So I'll take an 18/1.4 and a 90mm next please Cosina. One can dream, no?
My Fuji kit is still just X-S10 and Nokton 23/1.2 & Ultron 27/2 so far. This CV 50/1.2 might be next addition and I'm dreaming of a CV 18/2 or such (faster would be OK too but should not be too big and heavy).
p.1 #6 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Juha Kannisto wrote:
My Fuji kit is still just X-S10 and Nokton 23/1.2 & Ultron 27/2 so far. This CV 50/1.2 might be next addition and I'm dreaming of a CV 18/2 or such (faster would be OK too but should not be too big and heavy).
A dream we share, for sure. But have you seen the size of the TTartisan 17/1.4? I believe anything they do, Cosina can do better. Certainly the fast + compact thing.
p.1 #7 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Juha Kannisto wrote:
My Fuji kit is still just X-S10 and Nokton 23/1.2 & Ultron 27/2 so far. This CV 50/1.2 might be next addition and I'm dreaming of a CV 18/2 or such (faster would be OK too but should not be too big and heavy).
Yes please. Ultra compact high IQ 18/2 would be lovely.
Well unbelievable...some wishes can come true it seems. A short CV tele is just what I had been mentioning and this is a ridiculous surprise. I cannot keep up with these rollouts Voigtlander is doing but I am not even complaining
I honestly think that I would get this first over the 35mm f0.95 as being a landscape centric person it would round out my travel kit a bit better to have an effective focal length of 75mm (crop factor) in a small compact kit
As much as I have my eye on the 35mm f0.9 (I will eventually get it) I have many many 30ish lenses (small ones and the larger XF 33mm f1.4) to pick and choose from to take on travels
This is a really good news and thanks for sharing this!
p.1 #10 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Juha Kannisto wrote:
Cosina's product introduction video for this lens (in Japanese):
They say it follows the concept of 35/1.2 most closely (from the existing lineup) so it's probably quite dreamy wide open.
Looks pretty short based on the video, without hood the lens is about as long as 23/1.2 with its tiny hood.
Thanks for posting the video. It's interesting they mentioned that the optical design it's closer to the 35/1.2 X-mount, which has a double gauss design, when in fact the new 50/1.2's design is reminiscent of the CV 75/1.9 lens.
The depth of field and focal length equivalence to full frame will also be similar to what you get with the 75/1.9 Ultron lens, so the new 50/1.2 X-mount is designed as a short tele lens.
p.1 #11 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
This 50mm/1.2 surprise definitely has me re-evaluating things over the last few days.
Although I had not really anticipated picking up the CV 35mm/1.2, I am thinking for now I will do that. Considering its only 196g and 40mm length vs the 35/0.9s 492g and 65mm length it would definitely be a more travel friendly option for now.
I can see a nice international travel kit comprised of my 23/1.2 + 35/1.2 and 50/1.2...very compact, lite and formidable. These 3 alone at 705g being lighter than just my XF 23/1.4 + 33/1.4 at 735g and not to mention the overall size of the lenses.
I can take my time with the 35/0.9 and pick one up by the end of the year. So this has definitely given me something to think about
p.1 #12 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
My preference for 35mm lens full-frame over standard 50mm full-frame lens.
Probably any Cosina Voigtlander Fuji X lens worth considering if you like manual focus. However Fuji XF 23mm f2 one of their best primes. Alternatively compact CV 23mm f1,2 X lens made in Japan costing 25% more.
My CV 35mm f2 E lens much longer and heavier lens for my SONY A7R3 compared to CV 23mm f2 equivalent X lens. Proving Sony E lenses cost more because of their E lens mount size.
p.1 #13 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
ggweci wrote:
Yes please. Ultra compact high IQ 18/2 would be lovely.
That is a lens I hoping Cosina will design next!
The upcoming 50/1.2 is pretty compact and light at 290g, especially compared to the big and heavy CV 35/0.9 Nokton.
p.1 #14 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Well now that the 50mm/1.2 has dropped...I can see an Ultron 18mm/2 pancake happening Actually I like the CV 27mm/2 so much that I would get on board with an 18mm version.
I typically never really gravitated toward anything wider than 31mm in FF terms but an 18mm gets me to 27mm(FF) which is not that much wider so I would be willing to experiment. I could make a nice 4 lens travel kit with 18/27/35/50...such a compact versatile kit and even throwing in the 23mm would barely make a dent as far as weight and size are concerned!
p.1 #15 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
I keep telling them that a 18/2 Ultron with similar signature rendering to their 27/2 would be a winner. Fingers crossed!🤞
Gabe13 wrote:
Well now that the 50mm/1.2 has dropped...I can see an Ultron 18mm/2 pancake happening Actually I like the CV 27mm/2 so much that I would get on board with an 18mm version.
I typically never really gravitated toward anything wider than 31mm in FF terms but an 18mm gets me to 27mm(FF) which is not that much wider so I would be willing to experiment. I could make a nice 4 lens travel kit with 18/27/35/50...such a compact versatile kit and even throwing in the 23mm would barely make a dent as far as weight and size are concerned!
p.1 #18 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
I plan to trade in my CV 28/2 VM II to offset the costs of this new 50/1.2 since I recently got the new CV 28/2.8 VM which I like better than the 28/2 (both adapted on my Sony A7C). I will take it to Map Camera for trade-in this weekend and make a reservation for 50/1.2 at the same time. It's easier to buy from the physical store (rather than their online store) when making trade-ins.
I'd also love a new CV 18/2 pancake for Fuji X and I think they may make one since CV 27/2 for Fuji X has been really popular in Japan too, and Cosina seems to be releasing a lot of new lenses for Fuji X now.
p.1 #19 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
Juha Kannisto wrote:
I'd also love a new CV 18/2 pancake for Fuji X and I think they may make one since CV 27/2 for Fuji X has been really popular in Japan too, and Cosina seems to be releasing a lot of new lenses for Fuji X now.
Glad to hear that. While I love my CV lenses for my A7C, I think they make a better match for the Fujifilm X cameras – operationally & ergonomically, emotionally and in two different ways, aesthetically.
p.1 #20 · New Cosina Voigtländer 50/1.2 for Fuji X announced for September
twelveish wrote:
Glad to hear that. While I love my CV lenses for my A7C, I think they make a better match for the Fujifilm X cameras – operationally & ergonomically, emotionally and in two different ways, aesthetically.
I like my native CV lenses on my A7C just as well as my 2 native Fuji X lenses on my X-S10. I think one advantage for Fuji X lenses is the smaller sizes of the lenses due to APS-C vs. FF but FF has some other advantages. I traded in some of the larger CV E-mount lenses (110/2.5 and 65/2) since I just didn't use them enough due to size & weight and some of the remaining ones are also borderline too big and heavy (e.g. 21/1.4).
So far the native CV Fuji X options are distinctly different from the E-mount options so it's nice to have a good mix of both
For adaptation of compact rangefinder lenses I prefer to use FF cameras to keep the original field of view etc.
Actually I like the CV 27mm/2 so much that I would get on board with an 18mm version.