Sony has finally started shipping its NEX-7 compact system camera. Not being one of the big fish, I got mine the old fashioned way: I got on a waiting list and waited.
Patience paid off and I was graced with a UPS box a week ago containing a Sony NEX-7 body and a spare battery. No lens. I am still waiting for this to arrive. Fortunately, I had planned for this and acquired a couple of lens adapters allowing me to fit legacy glass on my shiny new NEX-7.
Cosina Voigtlander introduced today the fourth lens in its SL-II DSLR lens lineup. The CV APO-Lanthar 90mm F3.5 SL-II Close Focus lens brings a short-telephoto/macro lens to their ever growing stable of fine DSLR lenses.
Retail price (without tax)
Nikon mount (Ai-S) ￥ 55,000 (~$600 USD)
Pentax mount (KA) ￥ 55,000 (~$600 USD)
Canon mount (EF) ￥ 58,000 (~$640 USD)
Only close-up lens comes with a dome-shaped hood.
Expected delivery date: march 2010
Last year, Cosina’s Voigtlander division introduced a new lens in it’s SL
II lineup: the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 20mm/3.5 Aspherical SL II. This tack-sharp 20mm wide angle lens produces stunning results and is a very good addition to any enthusiast’s lens collection.
Disclaimer: this review was made with a lens purchased from Cameraquest. No vendor/dealer attribution was involved in this review. All images except for the product shots were taken by the author using a Nikon D700 DSLR. All images shot RAW (12-bit NEF) and were developed using either Lightroom 2.5 or Aperture 2.1 on a Mac Pro (Jan 2008 edition) with 8-cores and 12GB of RAM running the latest version of OS X “Snow Leopard” at the time. All product images copyright 2010 Stephen Gandy All Rights Reserved and used with the author’s permission.
Cosina Voigtlander has announced a new version of it’s amazing Ultra Heliar 12mm f/5.6 lens. Now available in M-mount, this new version of the lens is rangefinder coupled and can be fitted with a 67mm filter. The lens has a 121 degree field of view but is not a fisheye lens.
Cameras such as the Leica M8/M9 will need to use an external viewfinder. For the M8, use a 15-16mm VF, for the M9 use a 12mm VF.
Specs
The lens will be available in Japan starting Monday and retails for ￥ 85,000 ( ~ $932 USD ). I will contact Stephen Gandy (CameraQuest) regarding US price and availablity.