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40mm 2.8 Heliar aspherical VM and LTM from Voigtlander

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Here are a couple -- shot on a IIIf on Delta 100, using the 40mm shoe viewfinder.

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Mine came today; I got the LTM version because I mostly use a Leica IIIg. A few impressions, I've only shot one roll of film with it so far and a bunch of exposures adapted on a sony A7r IV. The

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I just posted a field report of mine about the Heliar 40mm f2.8 VM. The article is english the video german only...but you can activate english subtitel if you like. Hope someone find this h

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18 hours ago, lct said:

Interesting indeed. My copy for VM-E adapter is very sharp with swirling bokeh. Would you mind to show some out of focus rendering if you have some time? Just curious.

It's relatively hard to get a swirly bokeh while it compares with other lenses that I owned.

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Further reference for swirly bokeh. Page 451 #9001

 

 

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9 hours ago, rramesh said:

@Erato, could you take a photo of the mount and share? Want to know if there is a coding groove on the flange. 

Also what frame lines does it bring up? 35 or 50.

FYR, no coding groove found if I am correct. BTW, the frame lines lie at 50mm while the lens detection is "OFF".

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17 minutes ago, Erato said:

FYR, no coding groove found if I am correct.

Are you sure it is not here?

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I meant there sorry:

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39 minutes ago, lct said:

I meant there sorry:

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Nope, it is not there, all that I can see is another screw out there.

I'll take another clear shot for you tomorrow.

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I’m gonna check this lens in person tomorrow, if anyone who already has it could share some portrait shots or close-up bokeh shots that would be great. The rollei 40mm f2.8 was such a great lens with a beautiful rendering, wondering if this can offer a similar rendering especially when it comes to the bokeh department. 

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I’m gonna check this lens in person tomorrow, if anyone who already has it could share some portrait shots or close-up bokeh shots that would be great. The rollei 40mm f2.8 was such a great lens with a beautiful rendering, wondering if this can offer a similar rendering especially when it comes to the bokeh department. 

Here you are. Mounted on the M10 Monochrom today. MFD with a few bokeh balls.

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25 minutes ago, Erato said:

Nope, it is not there, all that I can see is another screw out there.

I'll take another clear shot for you tomorrow.

 Thank you much but to avoid misunderstandings, the serial number of CV lenses and/or the Cosina name sit into the grove for 6-bit coding usually (my red arrow above). The screw you're showing is too far from it to get in the way. 

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More reference via M10-P(taken yesterday).

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1 minute ago, lct said:

 Thank you much but to avoid misunderstandings, the serial number of CV lenses sit into the grove for 6-bit coding usually (my red arrow above). The screw you're showing is too far from it to get in the way. 

Sounds great to me, thank you so much for your informative update.

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I meant there sorry:

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That would be right. Looks like for this lens, white and black paint would both be needed to code.

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23 hours ago, Erato said:

Just arrived today. This lens is remarkable and it's a lovely pancake.

Voigtländer designed Heliar in 1900.  As you can see, the size of this lens is unbelievably tiny nowadays and it is powerful from my first-day impression.

FYR -- A Short History of the Heliar Lenses ☚ please tap on it for further reference.

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Thank you for posting these snaps, the lens looks really good........I will definitely be ordering one and hopefully I will be able to pick it up on a US trip later this month. I already have the VC f1.4 40mm Nokton and I like this focal length a lot, more though I like compact lenses on a M camera. The lack of 6 bit encoding isn't a worry either, coding for anything above 35mm makes little or no difference as far as I am concerned.

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1 minute ago, Dennis said:

What is the right way to get 35mm frame lines if I want to use the VM version of the lens on an M10? Thank you!

General answer is filing out the flange like other M-mount 40mm lenses (link) but i have no experience with this Heliar model.

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