Knut. wrote: Ripolini wrote: Knut. wrote:
Just missing a lightweight 90mm/f2.0 Apo Lanthar for e-mount to finish off a trio.
(Someone said that patents indicate that something might be in the pipeline, fingers crossed …)
Well, you know, they make the VM 90/2 Apo Ultron (340 g), the 90/2.8 Apo Skopar (M- and Z-mount, that can be adapted to Sony), and the 90/4 Apo Lanthar close focus (235 g) that - differently from the 90/2 Apo Ultron - performs very well when adapted to Sony (https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1952012/1#infinity4).
So I'm afraid a 90/2 Apo Lanthar isn't coming anytime soon. In the meantime, you can adapt both the 90/2.8 and the 90/4 to Sony cameras. Or buy the Viltrox EVO 85/2 FE
Yes, I know.
But wouldn’t it be swell if exif data including distance coding could be transfered to the camera natively?
As far as I am aware, there appears to be no native e-mount 90mm from Voigtländer.
So dreaming of a 90mm e-mount Apo Lanthar (for example f2.0) is still viable!
I believe a longer APO-Lanthar following 28/2, 35/2, 50/2 that could round out the f2 APO-Lanthar series for mirrorless (E and Z) could be in the cards but I have no idea about possible timeline... Since we have 2 other 75mm mirrorless lenses and nothing in the 90mm space it might make more sense to make it a 90/2 as well. I don't think it would be coming very soon though. I gave higher hopes of a pancake 28mm lens that would pair perfectly with Septon 40/2. Waiting to see if Cosina makes any announcements for November and December... Next chance for an announcement would be 10/15.
Oct 04, 2026 at 07:20 AM
Previous versions of Juha Kannisto's message #17117892 « Voigtlander 28mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Review »
