Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6 Heliar Aspherical (silver) | $683.95 | |  |
On March 2000, Voigtlander announced the 12/5.6 in Leica Screw mount. It is the widest production super wide ever made for 35, a rectilinear lens, not a fish eye! It went on sale in Japan Sept 1st 2000. 10 elements, 8 groups, smallest aperture f/22. The l
ens weighs in at only 6 1/2 oz with lens shade and front cap. While not rangefinder coupled (there is no need for it in a lens this wide), you have easy fast focusing from 12" to infinity with the handy dandy focusing lever. The finder is of robust all me
tal construction, offering a sharp bright image, and weighs in at 3 oz. It's probably a good idea to keep the lens shade on unless you are using the 77mm filter adapter, since with the shade removed, the front element protrudes beyond the lens barrel. Th
e huge glass front of the finder also protrudes beyond the finder base. Unfortunately Voigtlander does not provide a front cover to protect the 12 finder while in the camera bag.
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