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Voigtländer APO-Skopar 75mm f/2.8 VM Announced for Leica M-Mount at 191 Grams

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The Voigtländer APO-Skopar 75mm f/2.8 VM is the sibling lens to the newly announced APO-Lanthar 90mm f/4 Close Focus — both shown as prototypes at CP+ 2026 — but it reached market first. Cosina gave the 75mm its full announcement in April, with a Japan launch in May.

The pitch is size. At 44mm long and 191 grams, the APO-Skopar 75mm is closer to a standard 50mm prime than to a typical short telephoto. The 54mm barrel is short enough to stay clear of the rangefinder frame on an M body, and the design holds that clearance even with the included hood mounted. This is the recurring Cosina trade in this generation: modest maximum aperture in exchange for a body that disappears in a bag.

Optically it is an apochromatic design — seven elements in six groups, four of them anomalous partial dispersion glass, aimed at pushing axial chromatic aberration toward zero across the RGB spectrum. A 10-blade diaphragm handles the out-of-focus rendering.

Specifications

  • Focal length: 75mm
  • Maximum aperture: f/2.8
  • Optical construction: 7 elements in 6 groups (4 AD elements)
  • Aperture blades: 10
  • Minimum focus: 0.7m (rangefinder-coupled)
  • Dimensions: 54.0 × 44.0mm
  • Weight: 191g
  • Filter thread: 43mm
  • Hood: dome-shaped metal, screw-in, 3mm protrusion, included
  • Mount: Leica M
  • Finishes: silver, black

Handling and adaptation

The focusing is all-metal helicoid with tuned grease for the smooth manual feel that is the point of buying a lens like this. Focus stops at 0.7m — standard rangefinder coupling, no close-focus extension here, which is the clearest line between this lens and its 90mm APO-Lanthar sibling.

The full-frame image circle makes the lens adaptable well beyond Leica. Cosina lists dedicated adapters for Sony E, Fujifilm X, and Nikon Z; a generic M-to-RF adapter puts it on Canon mirrorless as well. On a full-frame body it stays a 75mm. On a 1.6x APS-C body it reframes to roughly 120mm equivalent, turning a compact short telephoto into a tight portrait-to-detail length while keeping the 191-gram footprint.

Pricing and availability

The lens launched in Japan in May at ¥90,000, roughly $556 at the time. Global pricing varies by region and was not fixed at announcement. Both silver and black finishes are available.