CV 35/2 Apo-Lanthar is of course available for Sony but it's much bigger and longer than Ksana and different style of lens. I also think that the new Septon 40/2 is the strongest CV competitor in E-mount.
I like it that this Ksana 35/2 seems to work pretty well on Sony but it's still not making me buy one since I have a lot of 35-40mm lenses already (must be around 15) and the small/light M-mount types are well covered by MS-Optics lenses that I already have + with the re-release of Apoqualia 35/1.4 approaching. Ksana is quite heavy (being brass) for the size and with an adapter it would be somewhere around 235g or more. Anyhow, this seems more interesting to me than all their other lenses so far. Electronic contacts + native E-mount would increase the appeal (since they can do that with AF zooms already).
May 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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