June 2007

 
 

Voigtländer 125/2.5 APO Lanthar

 
 

Cosina are discontinuing their Voigtländer SL line to concentrate on their Nikon F mount lenses for Zeiss. I could resist no longer, and ordered the set of PK-A lenses from the last run. This is the first one to arrive. Mama-bear, the 125mm macro is an amazing beast. Fantastically solid build, THE fastest long FL macro, and hence a mad mad bokeh machine. Middle and infiinity distances aren't too bad either, but that's not what you would use it for. These shots are hand held on a windy wet Sunday, so I'm sure there is much more sharpness to wring from this lens yet. Baby and Papa bear (the 90mm and 180mm) to come.