Voigtlander 50mm f2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical II Lens for Nikon Z Mount Cameras

The 50mm F2 Apo-Lanthar Aspherical II is an interchangeable lens exclusively for full-frame (Nikon FX format) mirrorless cameras with Nikon Z mount.

The Voigtländer APO LANTHAR 50mm F2.0 Aspherical II is a high performance manual focus standard lens optimized for the imaging sensors of the Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. Inheriting the apochromatic optical design, the lens is highly corrected to eliminate optical aberra tions including longitudinal chromatic aberration. In addition, it is optimized for the ultimate performance of the resolution and contrast reproducibility. (Ref. MTF chart) The lens c onstructed with 8 groups 10 elements has five abnormal partial dispers ion glasses, two out of eight elements, each with two aspherical surface, and also floating lens elements system built in. The lens has a proud performance that will drastically change your image of familiar standard lens “50mm F2”.

The APO LANTHAR 50mm F2 Aspherical II has a unified exterior design as part of the Nikon Z mount family covering full frame lenses. It also comes with a bayonet type metal hood that can be reverse mounted for portability. In addition, the 12 aperture blades are specially designed to be circular not only at the maximum aperture of F2, but also at F2.8 and F5.6.

When using a camera supporting the transfer of lens data, electronic contacts on the lens allow exif data, in-body image stabilisation (3 axes) & three types of focusing support (changing the focus point frame colour, focusing by peaking & focusing with the enlargement button) 

Main Features

• Apochromatic design eliminates chromatic aberrations
• Designed exclusively for the Nikon Z mount
• Full frame image circle
• Data communication with the body through electronic contacts
• Rigid and durable all metal lens barrel
• Manual focus for reliable fine focus
• Floating lens elements
• 12 aperture blades designed to be circular at F2.8 and F5.6.
• Updated styling to match other Z mount lenses
• Updated reversible bayonet on lens hoods

 This lens is equipped with electronic contacts, but there are restrictions on the bodies that can transfer lens data. Please check the list below:

 Body Firmware

• Z7 v3.4 or later
• Z6 v3.4 or later
• Z50 v2.2 or later
• Z5 v1.2 or later
• Z6 II v1.3 or later
• Z7 II v1.3 or later
• Z fc v1.0 or later
• Z9 v1.0 or later

If the firmware is a previous version to that listed above, some functions may be limited