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