anyone hasve or used the Voigtlander Topcor 58mm 1.4

[wayne_willis2]

hi

noticed this one and thought it would be a great 85mm equivalent

view on a dslr which is great for portraits

anyone tried it? and care to share its performance

 

thanks

[roland_larson]

I'm also thinking of getting the AI version for an F2 Photomic.

Cosina Japan said it is going to be a limited edition (read

expensive ...), in that only 800 in AI and another 800 in M42 will

be made. Grap one fast if you see one :)

 

http://www.cosina.co.jp

 

A google search returns a Japanese web price at Yen 39,800

(approx USD 340.-) for the AI, pre-tax and pre-S&H for domestic

buyers.

 

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/mapcamera/480822/481357/503450/

525183/

 

... no search results on lens performance yet :P

 

However I doubt its versatility with DSLR : with the AI version,

you''ll lose all metering on most matching digital bodies; you

may get back some metering and auto function with the M42

version adapted to K or EF for the *istD or EOS bodies

respectively. This is as good as it gets as a fast manual focus

mid-tele. Manual operation is fine for me, but I would prefer

everything auto if I would go digital :)

[richard_oleson]

wow. Cosina - Voigtlander - Topcor - AI. talk about mixed lineage. nice looking lens though, it looks just like the original 58/1.4 on the Super D.

 

:)=

[Sanford]

Why wouldn't you want real Nikkors for the same price?

[roland_larson]

... it's because I'm kind of attached to time-travelling :)

[roland_larson]

... it's because I enjoy time-travelling :)<div></div>

[Sanford]

OK then, how about real OLD Nikkors?

[peter_evans4]

<p>I can't start to answer this question. However, it may be of

more than pedantic value -- it may slightly help web searches,

etc. -- if I point out that Cosina seems nowhere to use the name

"Voigtländer" either on or to describe this lens. (With its

unfailing taste for the pointlessly misleading, Cosina does label

the lens not just "Auto-Topcor" but also "Tokyo Kogaku",

thereby necessitating a more laborious disclaimer on <a

href="http://www.cosina.co.jp/topcor/index.html" title="in

Japanese">this

page</a> and elsewhere.)</p>

[roland_larson]

Yes, Cosina make no relation of this lens to Voigtländer

because this is a re-edition of an Auto-Topcor. Cosina is re-

releasing more than one monumental labels and Voigtländer is

the first one on the market. Some of us may not be with the idea

of re-incarnating legendary makes by a mass-market

manufacturer, but I would say Cosina has done it remarkably

well. From a broader view, if Jacquar can live a new life under

Ford, I think we should accept this is how the market works.

 

The original post did bring up a very valid point : there is a lack of

new fast automatic primes scaled-down for the cropped view of

small DSLR sensors. If small and dense sensor is the way to

go, scaled-down primes will be a logical way to follow. Nikon is

more or less making this statement with the DX Nikkor, and we

may expect fast DX primes soon to complement the two zooms

and a fisheye.

 

And to Wayne : in the meantime, current AF-D Nikkor standard

lenses may also serve your purpose well :)

[terry_rory]

New SL series II version of the Nokton 58mm f/1.4 (Topcor 58mm) for sale and will be shipping in December.

 

Now has a CPU chip so full matrix metering + i-TTL functionality with Nikon and Pentax DSLRs.

 

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