Standard focal length in a unique design.

Our Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50 mm F1.5 VM is a conscious counterpart to today's high-performance lenses. It is designed in such a way that it shows a creative, classic image with an open aperture through an intentionally left aberration.

The lens configuration consists of six lenses in three groups and interprets the original Heliar type. A bokeh effect is particularly evident at the aperture of F1.5, which creates spherical and comatic aberrations at the edges of the image, which are difficult to create using digital processing. This effect diminishes with increasingly smaller apertures, and from aperture F4 onwards the new Heliar Classic 50 mm F1.5 VM is largely distortion-neutral. The overall image effect can be described as picturesque and velvety.

This intentionally created image representation gives the user an extremely wide range of creative freedom and the lack of a multi-layer coating also ensures atmospheric results, especially in backlit situations (the lens has a single-layer coating).

The lens barrel is made of aluminum, the focusing ring is made of brass and, like the aperture ring, has a fine diamond pattern. The close-up limit is 50 cm, a high-precision rangefinder coupling is available, and a lens hood is also included in the scope of delivery.

The Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50 mm F1.5 VM is a real creative tool and was developed exclusively for the Leica M mount * . It confidently stands by its "image errors" and delivers a unique look. It is particularly interesting for photographers and artists who work away from perfectionism and the mainstream and who appreciate a warm, soft and analogue image effect.

*Using an adapter it can of course also be used on Sony E-mount cameras, Fujifilm X-mount cameras and Nikon Z-mount cameras.