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News Cosina-Voigtlander Cosina Discontinues the Bessaflex and SL Line of Lenses | Cosina Discontinues the Bessaflex and SL Line of Lenses |
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| Written by Brian Webb | |
| Wednesday, 28 March 2007 | |
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Cosina has announced that it has discontinued both the Bessaflex SLR and SL line of lenses. This seems to mark the end of the Cosina foray in to SLR-related products under its Voigtlander brand (it still produces OEM SLR bodies and lenses for other manufacturers like Nikon, Phoenix, Sigma, Tamron, Vivitar, and so on). As of this writing, the Cosina factory has no stock left. For those in North America, CameraQuest has some Bessaflex bodies (US$349) and a few SL lenses in Nikon F and M42 mounts left. For those in the Malaysia/Singapore region, Shashinki has some SL lenses in the Nikon F mount still listed on their website. Please be sure to check with the individual seller before actually ordering anything to be sure. If you know of any new stock elsewhere in the world, please let us know in the forums.
The Bessaflex was a very classic-styled SLR produced by Cosina under the Voigtlander banner. It had an M42 screw mount, which opened it up to many classic lenses along with the SL lenses Cosina also produced. SL lenses were a line of classic-styled premium SLR glass produced by Cosina under the Voigtlander brand. They included super-wide and macro models along with more "standard" lens types and focal lengths. None were particularly fast, but all were known to have excellent image rendering properties. They were produced in a variety of mounts, including Nikon F, M42, and Pentax K among others. {mos_smf_discuss:9} Personal comment: I was so hoping that they would re-introduce the Topcor 58/1.8. They sold out before I could get my hands on one. It would have looked so pretty on my FM3a. Oh, well. |
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