Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 35mm f/2 Aspherical Lens Officially Announced

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The new Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 35mm f/2 Aspherical Lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced. The Japanese suggested retail price is ￥120,000 (excluding tax). The US pricing is not announced yet. And it is scheduled to be released in April 2021.

Main features:

● Sony E-mount compatible
electronic contacts are installed, and the lens usage status is reflected in the Exif information of the shooting data. In addition, since it has a built-in distance encoder, it supports 5-axis camera shake correction on the camera body side. It is also possible to enlarge the viewfinder by operating the focus ring.

● Sony E-mount compatible
electronic contacts are installed, and the lens usage status is reflected in the Exif information of the shooting data. In addition, since it has a built-in distance encoder, it supports 5-axis camera shake correction on the camera body side. It is also possible to enlarge the viewfinder by operating the focus ring.

● Optimized optical design A
full-size image circle is secured, and an optical design optimized for the Sony E-mount sensor is adopted. High resolution is maintained up to the periphery of the screen, and phenomena such as color cast are suppressed.

● Apochromat design
Thoroughly suppresses axial chromatic aberration and chromatic aberration of magnification in order to support the current digital sensor with high pixel count . ..

● 12-aperture
aperture that allows you to enjoy the expression of bokeh . It is possible to draw using “ball blur” such as a point light source.

● Manual focus that enables reliable focusing
By adopting an all-metal helicoid unit that has been processed and adjusted with high precision and high-quality grease that produces appropriate torque, focusing with a smooth operation feeling is realized. Allows for delicate focus adjustment.

● Aperture click switching mechanism
Equipped with an aperture click switching mechanism that can open and close the aperture ring steplessly without generating a click sound. There is no need to worry about picking up the aperture ring operation sound when recording a video.