On September 16 Cosina announced a new Voigtlander HELIAR Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount.
all photos taken from official Cosina site
Key lens features:
- Simple, high-performance Heliar is the lens arrangement of a legend that appeared in the 19th century, but has the potential to be verified in modern perspective to exhibit sufficient performance. And a simple optical system with stable descriptive power, is a lens that can feel a strong color reproducibility and goodness of the missing.
- Classical exterior exterior adopts the original design of the classical taste. All of the parts are excellent in texture and feel is made of metal. On the lens barrel has been engraved lens configuration diagram of Heliar
- Bayonet mount VM adopted VM mount to the lens mount. Bessa series in addition to the (Bessa L, except for the R), you can use a camera which adopted the M mount.
*Rangefinder system installed by the high accuracy of the range finder interlocking mechanism, allowing accurate focusing even in the shortest photographing distance the vicinity of the shooting at the maximum aperture. Shortest shooting distance of the rangefinder is 0.7 meters.
*The image circle of the full-size corresponding to the 35 mm full-size, has secured the image circle of the room. In addition, it is very realize a compact style in comparison with interchangeable lenses for single-lens reflex.
photos from this lens
http://www.cosina.co.jp/gallery/oomura-50-3_5/01.html
http://www.cosina.co.jp/gallery/oomura-50-3_5/03.html
http://www.cosina.co.jp/gallery/oomura-50-3_5/04.html
http://www.cosina.co.jp/gallery/oomura-50-3_5/05.html
Ok, well.
Looks like Cosina makes the 50mm f/3.5 S Heliar, now in M-mount for around $630, previously available only in Nikon-S mount.
I have Heliar 50/2 250 jahre Collapsible, Ultron 35/1.7 and Nokton 50/1.5, and it's a really good lens, provides good and sharp pictures and comparable with Leica lenses, but the cost of Cosina/Voigtlander is much lower.
So you can pay attention to this new Heliar.