Cosina Voigtländer discontinued production of 21/4, 28/2 Ultron II, 35/2 Ultron II
If Cosina has already planned any replacements of these Ultron 35/2 and/or 28/2, I think they would probably pre-announce the new version(s) at CP+ at the end of February and release sometime later next year (like they did with the new versions of their 35/1.2, 40/1.2 and 50/1.2 VM lenses last year).
I agree that this time around there could be a better chance of a 35/2 replacement since that was a bit older lens (Type I with same optics introduced in 2019) and a popular category and there is some gap between 35/1.5 and 35/2 AL and 35/2.5, 35/3.5 where it could compete. There are also a lot 35/2 M-mount lenses coming to market from Chinese makers recently and it's a very popular category.
If they replace the 28/2 Ultron with a new version, I think it would happen later.
Personally I had 35/2 Type I and 28/2 Type II Black but since they both had quite noticeable sensor stack induced field curvature on Sony cameras I eventually traded them away. From current VM family at these focal lengths I now only keep the 28/2.8 Color Skopar Type II Black and I have none of the 35mm VMs. Especially for the wider end I prefer to use the native E-mount CV versions these days, but 28/2.8 VM is quite nice as a smaller option. I do still keep quite many VMs at 50mm and longer.
Nov 09, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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