Cosina Voigtländer


Cosina Voigtländer refers to photographic products manufactured by Cosina under the Voigtländer name since 1999. Cosina leases rights to the Voigtländer name from RINGFOTO GmbH & Co. ALFO Marketing KG in Germany. Cosina Voigtländer products have included 35mm film SLR and rangefinder camera bodies, and lenses for the M39 lens mount, M42 lens mount, Leica M mount, and other lens mounts.

Cameras

35mm Rangefinder

Cosina started producing cameras and lenses under the Voigtländer brand in 1999, when it introduced a new M39 mount body and lenses. It has since produced a prodigious variety of these lenses in M39x26, Leica M mount, Nikon S rangefinder mount, and SLR mounts including M42 and Nikon F. Cosina produces hoods and accessory viewfinders for many of the lenses. Note that while the lenses feature familiar Voigtländer names, the optical formulas are all new.
Presently, manual focus Voigtländer lenses are available, or will soon be available in four series: the E-mount series for Sony E-mount, the VM series for Leica M-mount, the SL and SL II series for several 35mm single-lens reflex camera mounts, and the MFT series for the Micro Four Thirds mount. Legacy lenses for the M39 lens mount, Nikon S-mount and M42 lens mount have been discontinued.

Sony E-mount

Since October 2015, numerous Voigtländer lenses have been released for full frame Sony E-mount.
Focal lengthF-numberNameLens constructionAperture bladesLengthWeightFilter sizeOthersRef.
10mmf/5.6Hyper Wide Heliar aspherical13 elements in 10 groups1068,5 mm375 gn/aLens hood, Pressure fit cap, Rear cap, Selective aperture control system
12mmf/5.6Ultra Wide Heliar aspherical III12 elements in 10 groups1068,3 mm350 gn/aLens hood, Pressure fit cap, Rear cap, Selective aperture control system
15mmf/4.5Super Wide Heliar aspherical III11 elements in 9 groups1062,3 mm294 g58 mmLens hood, 58 mm clip cap, Rear cap, Selective aperture control system
35mmf/1.4Nokton classic8 elements in 6 groups1039,6 mm262 g58 mmlens hood, lens caps
40mmf/1.2Nokton aspherical6 groups 8 elements1059,3 mm420 g58 mmSelective Aperture Control System, Front cap, Rear cap, Lens Hood
40mmf/2.8Heliar5 elements in 3 groups1021,4 mm: expanded, 12,6 mm: collapsed132 g37 mmCollapsible. Requires Voigtlander VM-E Close Focus Adapter. Standard lens hood regular: silver, Dome: black
65mmf/2Macro APO-Lanthar aspherical10 elements in 8 groups1091,3 mm625 g67 mmFront cap, Rear cap, Lens Hood
110mmf/2.5Macro APO-Lanthar14 elements in 10 groups1099.7mm771g58mmLens Hood, Lens Caps

Leica M-mount

At present, there are 16 lenses for the Leica M-mount, which can all be combined with rangefinder except the 10mm lens.
Focal lengthF-numberNameLens constructionAperture bladesLengthWeightFilter sizeOthersRef.
10mmf/5.6Hyper Wide Heliar aspherical13 elements in 10 groups1058,7 mm312 gn/aLens hood,
Pressure fit cap, rangefinder coupling not possible
12mmf/5.6Ultra Wide Heliar aspherical III12 elements in 10 groups1059,2 mm283 gn/aLens hood, Pressure fit cap, Rear cap, rangefinder can be combined
15mmf/4.5Super Wide Heliar aspherical III11 elements in 9 groups1055,2 mm247 g58 mmintegrated lenshood, rangefinder can be combined
21mmf/1.8Ultron13 elements in 11 groups1078,4 mm412 g58 mmintegrated lenshood, rangefinder can be combined
21mmf/4.0Color Skopar P-Typ8 elements in 6 groups1025,4 mm136 g39 mmrangefinder can be combined
28mmf/2.0Ultron10 elements in 8 groups1051,2 mm244 g46 mmlens hood included, rangefinder can be combined
35mmf/1.2Nokton II10 elements in 7 groups1262 mm470 g52 mmrangefinder can be combined
35mmf/1.4Nokton8 elements in 6 groups1028,5 mm200 g43 mmrangefinder can be combined
35mmf/1.7aspherical Ultron9 elements in 7 groups1050,6 mmsilver 330 g, black 238 g46 mmstandard lens hood, rangefinder can be combined
35mmf/2.5Color Skopar Pancake II7 elements in 5 groups1023 mm134 g39 mmrangefinder can be combined
40mmf/1.2Nokton8 elements in 6 groups1043,3 mm315 g52 mmrangefinder can be combined
40mmf/1.4Nokton Classic7 elements in 6 groups1029,7 mm175 g43 mmrangefinder can be combined
50mmf/1.1Nokton7 elements in 6 groups1057,2 mm428 g58 mmlens hood included, rangefinder can be combined
50mmf/1.5Nokton6 elements in 5 groups1045,7 mmsilver 293 g, black 220 g49 mmlens hood included, rangefinder can be combined
50mmf/3.5Heliar5 elements in 3 groups1043,2 mm187 g27 mm"screw-in"-type lens hood, clickless aperture, rotating front element, rangefinder can be combined
75mmf/1.8Heliar Classic6 elements in 3 groups1073,8 mm427 g52 mmreversible lenshood, rangefinder can be combined

35mm SLR lenses (SL II series)

Voigtländer SL Ⅱ lenses are CPU-enabled manual-focus designs available in Nikon AI-P, Pentax K-A and Canon EF mounts. The Nikon term for such a design is AI-P, although these lenses are not designated as such. The CPU of SL II lenses enables full compatibility with the full range of AF Nikon SLR cameras.
The Nikon AI-P versions enable full compatibility with all Nikon AF SLRs, similar to the AI-P manual-focus lenses Nikon has produced in the past. All metering patterns in 2-D mode, all program modes, and viewfinder focus indicators are available.
Focal lengthF-numberNameLens constructionAperture bladesLengthWeightFilter sizeOthersRef.
40mmf/2.0Ultron6 elements in 5 groups937,5 mm260 g52 mmi
58mmf/1.4Nokton7 elements in 6 groups945,5 mm320 g52 mm---

Micro Four Thirds

On August 26, 2010, Cosina joined the Micro Four Thirds Standard Group and introduced the following lenses:
Focal lengthApertureNameLens constructionAperture bladesLengthWeightFilter sizeOthersRef.
10,5mmf/0.95Nokton aspherical13 lenses in 10 groups1082,4 mm585 g 72 mmSelective Aperture Control System, incl. standard lenshood with cap
17,5mmf/0.95Nokton aspherical13 lenses in 9 groups1080 mm540 g 58 mm, Filter Size for lenshood = 67 mmSelective Aperture Control System, incl. standard lenshood with cap
25mmf/0.95Nokton II11 lenses in 8 groups1070 mm435 g 52 mm, Filter Size for lenshood = 67 mmSelective Aperture Control System, incl. standard lenshood with cap
42,5mmf/0.95Nokton11 lenses in 8 groups1074,6 mm571 g 58 mm, Filter Size for lenshood = 58 mmSelective Aperture Control System, incl. standard lenshood with cap

Discontinued lenses

Several lenses, which were manufactured in the past, have now been discontinued.

L and VM series

Voigtländer SL lenses are manual-focus designs. They were sold in a variety of mounts: Nikon AI-S, Canon FD, Pentax K, M42, Minolta SR, Contax/Yashica MM, and Olympus OM. Some lenses were also available in Canon EF- and Minolta A-mount, although without autofocus. They were produced for a short time, and discontinued when Cosina introduced its Carl Zeiss "Z" series lenses.