phinix wrote: lensfan wrote: phinix wrote:
I would love to have CV APO lens, but for me those are too heavy and big.
I'm waiting for Cosina to make second iteration - imagine 35mm f2 APO VM II - in size of Leica 35 APO!
Hmmmm mmmm....
Current VM version is smaller and nicer in the hand compared to E version.
I know, but if Leica can make such small lens, why Cosina couldn't do the same?
Packing optical performance into a small size is very costly, both in development and in production. Cosina probably could make a smaller 35mm APO, but, would they be able to do it, to sell at a typical Cosina/Voigtlander price point? Notice that the Nokton 50mm f/1.0 VM does manage to compete well with Noctilux lenses, in optics and size, but costs considerably more than a typical Voigtlander lens, and does not seem to be attracting many buyers. (I fully appreciated what the Nokton 50mm f/1.0 VM offered, and bought one.)
Before I was interested in photographing with interchangeable-lens cameras, I liked high-quality binoculars, and was looking inti acquiring telescopes. As with camera lenses, achieving that final small measure of optical performance, or maintaining performance, while miniaturizing the device, will substantially increase the price.
Packing APO optics into a Leica APO-sized body would result in a ‘halo” product, that would increase internet and social media buzz, but would the actual financial return justify the effort?
