p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Cosina lunch new primes for F & KA
News for fast primes aficionados. Cosina lunch in F and KA mounts "Ultron" 40/2 SL II Aspherical and apparently re-issue "Nocton" 58/1.4 SL II. More info and links here
p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Cosina lunch new primes for F & KA
Excellent. Thanks for the information. I'm looking for a 75mm f/2.5 SL Color Heliar. F-mount would be fine. I can wait...
P.S. Stephen Gandy's Camera Quest has new 125/2.5 APO-Lanthar Macros in Pentax-K and Olympus OM mounts for $729, so $500 for an OM might not be too bad. The Voigtlanders are all manual through & through, so I don't you'll ever see one with auto-aperture for EOS.
p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Cosina lunch new primes for F & KA
I wonder what the name of the lens really means:
"Voigtländer 40mmF2 SLII" - Does it mean that they have redesigned the old Ultron 40/2 to a version II? The big question is of course if they have managed to make a lens with decent bokeh this time.
They are a bit strange over at Cosina. In KA-mount this lens will meet some competition from the classic Pentax 43/1.9 Limited as well as from the Pancake Pentax 40/2.8. Slower but with AF and optically better than the old Ultron 40/2 in my opinion.
The 58mm is a lens I'm not familiar with at all. I notice this one also is called version two. Is there anyone knowing anything about this lens with regards to resolution, microcontrast and bokeh?
jcolwell wrote:
The Voigtlanders are all manual through & through, so I don't you'll ever see one with auto-aperture for EOS.
Logically, thats what one would expect but amazingly for the EOS mount, Cosina added the electronic active connections to a few of the SL lenses so the EOS versions do have auto aperture. They are of course still manual focus.
Here's a quote from this review of the EOS version:
"As mentioned above the coupling to the camera is fully integrated with a native EF (EOS) mount and the usual electronics (reads: it has an electronic aperture). "
I have seen the EOS version sell as new on ebay for around $800 or so. Automatic stop down aperture and open aperture metering controlled by the camera would be quite nice for such a beautifully built manual lens.
I had a chance to buy the EOS version about 8 months ago for $550. Should have jumped on it. Oh well, here's hoping they introduce a "II" version of it in EOS mount and satisfies some of that demand that drove the prices up. I could certainly use the other mount versions, but electronic aperture control would be a huge "nice-to-have", as Tariq said.
I picked up the new 40/2 SLII yesterday in Seoul from the first dealer in South Korea to have it in stock.... it is GREAT! Adorable on the FE2, feels fantastic- didn't realize the focus ring is basically a rubberband haha.
