Voigtlander, a brand name owned by Cosina of Japan, is fairly well known among rangefinder aficionados. The company is one of the only three that currently still manufactures Leica M39 compatible lenses.

Great lens. Now part of a whole set. Love these Cosina Voigtlander lens on my D750. Really great light combination!

The Voigtlander (or to be precise: Voigtl?nder) Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL II Aspherical is a interesting representative of its species: it is a ultra-wide angle pancake lens. The Skopar has one as a length of merely 28.8mm and a weight of 205g - a nothingness compared to e.g.

Originally posted 2010-10-25 on Optyczne.pl "Pancake" type lenses enjoy widespread popularity among photographers. It is not always a rational feeling - such devices feature average fastness and the offered image quality on the edge of the frame is not of the highest calibre.

very weak; momentarily simply dismal image quality on the edge of the frame; very high astigmatism; huge coma; significant vignetting on full frame

This lens is pretty unique as a copy of a 1970s Nikkor 20mm, and performs very well. I'm using it on a tilt-shift adaptor on Sony A7R. Very good value and exceptional image quality.

Landscape panorams photos and people, the lens has wonderful depth giving 3-D quality to images, it does fall off at the edges but that suits my images perfectly. The build and solidity are first rate, the focus is silky smooth, buy it, you won't regret it.

This lens is the ideal companion for travels, still life, indoor shots. Very small but extremely sharp, has a very good retention of details in the dark area, enjoyable expecially when pictures are converted to B&W.