Initial Impression: Voigtländer 21 mm/1:1.4 Nokton E-mount lens
Voigtländer's latest E-mount lens is an amazing super wide angle 21mm lens with a maximum aperture of f1.4!
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 75 mm/1:1.5 Nokton VM
Voigtländer has just released their latest M-mount lens, the Nokton VM 75mm f1.5 fast portrait lens.
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 17.5 mm/1:0.95 Nokton MFT
The Nokton 17.5mm lens is part of a series of Voigtländer lenses for the Micro Four-Thirds system, and all lenses in the series has an amazingly large aperture (f0.95).
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 28 mm/1:2.0 Ultron VM
Voigtländer has updated their 28 mm/1:2.0 Ultron VM lens by making it smaller and lighter.
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 40 mm/1:1.2 Nokton E-mount lens
The Voigtländer 40 mm/1:1.2 Nokton is a fast, manual lens, intended as an all-rounder walkabout prime lens that can shoot a variety of subjects comfortably. It straddles the gap between two common focal lengths for standard/normal lenses: 35mm and 50mm.
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:1.5 Heliar Classic VM
The Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm behaves more like a 'toy lens' with intentional chromatic and spherical aberrations wide open, and yet deliver a relatively good and distortion free image when stopped down to f4 and above.
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:2.0 APO-Lanthar E-mount lens
Voigtländer say that this is their 'best performance standard lens ever' and that's a pretty bold claim. It is a high performance manual focus standard lens optimised for the imaging sensors of Sony mirrorless cameras.
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Initial Impression: Voigtländer 50 mm/1:3.5 Heliar Vintage VM
This is probably the most quirky currently-in-production lens for the M-mount, looking more like a mini Dalek from Dr. Who than a boring camera lens.
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Sample Photos: Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 50mm/1:2.0 lens
Here are some sample shots taken with the Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 50mm lens on a Sony α7R. The photos are taken on a weekend in Sydney when Transport for NSW launched the new Light Rail service from Circular Quay to Randwick.
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