Cosina has announced a new Voigtländer lens for M-mount cameras. Constructed of 6 elements in 3 groups, this fast short telephoto lens is designed to provide shallow depth of field with excellent bokeh. The Voigtländer Heliar Classic 75mm f1.8 has a 52mm thread for screw-on filters and comes with a reversible lens hood. Although it has an imaging circle large enough to cover the full frame on 35mm film or the similarly sized sensor of the Leica M9, it seems best suited to sub-frame digital rangefinder cameras such as the Leica M8 and M8.2, on which it makes for a perfect portrait lens. Scheduled for release in September, the lens is priced at 75,000 yen.

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