Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical
Lens for Sony E-mount, Nikon Z · Announced July 2017
Official site on cosina.co.jp (opens the maker's site in a new tab)
- Full frame lens
- Macro
- Standard
No new body-only price in United Kingdom today. The cheapest used:
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£649.99
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- Launch RRP
- £750
- Focal length: 65mm, Full frame lens
- Max aperture: f/2
- Optical stabilisation: None
- Focus: Manual
- Weight: 625 g
- Max magnification: 0.50×, Focuses to 0.31 m
Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical overview
The Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical is a 65mm f/2 prime for full-frame cameras on Sony E-mount and Nikon Z, announced by Voigtländer in July 2017. 55 cameras we track take it without an adapter.
No store we track in the United Kingdom has it new in stock today; used and refurbished copies start at £649.99. It launched at £750.
Worth comparing it with the Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro, Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 50mm f/2.8 and Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS.
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Things to know
- 65mm prime, f/2.
- Full frame lens; it also fits the mount's APS-C bodies.
- Manual focus only; no optical stabilisation.
- 625 g; 78 × 91.3 mm; 67mm filters.
- Focuses down to 0.31 m, up to 0.50× magnification.
- Made in 2 mount versions: check the version before you buy.
- Used from £649.99 today in United Kingdom, at the stores we track.
Not the best for
- Fast-moving subjects (manual focus only)
From the Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical's published specs, not from a review.
Price history
Price around the world
Prices are in each market's own currency. Under each: ≈ in GBP at today's exchange rate. Body only; where a market lists only kits, its cheapest kit is shown and marked.
| Market | Lowest new | Lowest used/refurb |
|---|---|---|
| United States | — | — |
| United Kingdom(you) | — | £649.99 |
| Europe | — | — |
| Australia | A$1,395≈ £716 | — |
| Singapore | — | — |
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Used: what it should be worth
We've seen used Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical prices on 4 days so far. A "should be worth" value appears after a week of used prices.
| Month | Cheapest | Typical | Highest | Days seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | £649.99 | £649.99 | £649.99 | 4 |
From used and refurbished asking prices at the stores we track, checked every few hours. Confirmed eBay sale prices will be added once eBay grants us access to its sold-listings data.
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Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm F2 Aspherical specifications
Optics
- Focal length
- 65mm
- 35mm equivalent
- 65mm (full frame)
- Maximum aperture
- f/2
- Minimum aperture
- f/22
- Made for
- Full frame
- Elements / groups
- 10 / 8
- Aperture blades
- 10
- Closest focus
- 0.31 m
- Max magnification
- 0.50×
Focus & handling
- Autofocus
- Manual focus
- Optical stabilisation
- No
- Weather sealed
- —
- Internal zoom
- —
- Aperture ring
- Yes
- Teleconverter compatible
- No
Size & weight
- Weight
- 625 g
- Diameter × length
- 78 × 91.3 mm
- Filter thread
- 67 mm
Cameras it fits
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Nikon
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