Voigtländer Color-Ultron 1.8/50 - M42

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

This lens, deceivingly disguised under the Ultron name, is really the famous 7-elements Planar 1.8/50 by Erhard Glatzel and Erwin Konschak
and has nothing to do with the previous Ultron designs for the Bessamatic and Icarex systems.
This odd Planar lens was ported over to Voigtländer from the Rollei SL system in the time when Rollei bought the Voigtländer brand from Zeiss (1973)
Glatzel and Konschak (Glatzel was the leader and guide of the Zeiss roster of lens designers) designed this lens directly for Rollei in the transitional period
between the de facto end of production of the Contarex system and the birth of the SLR Contax system, when Zeiss did not have a proprietary camera system
in production and worked only for other camera producers (Rollei and Hasselblad).
We can only guess that the Ultron naming was applied to the lens in order to keep consistency with the naming tradition of Voigtländer lenses.
My copy is in M42 mount. It is less common than the SL bayonet mount, although neither can be defined as a rare lens.
It was produced in the Rollei's facility in Singapore.

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LucisPictor · Expire: 2013-12-03

It doesn't matter if that Ultron is a "real" Ultron as long as it performs so well!
Fantastic images, Orio!

ManualFocus-G · Expire: 2014-11-24

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56 DIN · Expire: 2021-11-18

have this lens, too. Your pictures show perfect its capability. It also renders skin in a pleasant way and allows a good BW conversion.

I had once to shoot natural timber and polished granite with logo stickers made from semi matte foil. Some of my lenses (with me behind them) failed, either with color of the different materials or with overall contrast or reflections, the Ultron did it.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

fish4570 · Expire: 2012-03-21

some more fantastic 3d effect.