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Voigtlander at PMA:  Las Vegas 2004

New 28/35 Mini-Finder and 35/2.5 M mount Pancake Lens

35/2.5 Pancake II Leica M mount Lens $319, Vented Shade $45 Order HERE

 tiny 28/35 Mini-finder, 35/2.5 Pancake Type II, LH-4 bayonet on lens shade, and new style lens cap.

   the 28 / 35 Mini-Finders beside the metal 28/35 and plastic finders  

28/35 Mini-Finder, Chrome or Black $179 Order HERE

The 28/35 Brightline Mini Finder weighs in at an amazing 19grams.  It has .5 Magnification, and with a minus .5 Diopter adjustment, 5 elements in 5 groups.  Both the 28 and 35 brightlines are visible at all times.  Chrome and black versions will be available.

The new 35/2.5 Pancake Type II's new optical formula is designed to make it as compact as possible.  It is made in Leica M mount only, as the new optics  do not allow construction in Leica screw mount.  Using 7 elements in 5 groups, 10 aperture blades, weighs in at only 134 grams, 39mm filter size, measuring 55mm wide by 23mm long, with rangefinder coupled focusing as close as .7 meter.  Physically the lens and shade are styled much like the Leica pre-aspheric 35/2 Summicron, even down to the focusing tab and aperture controls.   The bayonet on LH-4 vented shade will not fit other lenses, due to the bayonet mount.   The new snap on 39mm cap will likely prove popular for other lenses as well.

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