Voigtlander Heliar 50mm f/3.5 LTM

6 X Voigtlander Heliar 50mm f/3.5 LTM, originally uploaded by benny ng.

Was trying to organize the dry cabinet and realized that I have 6 of these! Some history behind the strange numbers..

The lens is part of the limited edition Bessa T Heliar 101 Anniversary Edition which I like very much. I got the blue set initially and was very happy with it. Then I realized that that there is actually a matching trigger winder with it! So I got another blue set that came with the winder. But the black paint version was also very pretty and I gave in to temptation. Logged in 2 bids and hoping to land one, I ended up with 2 black paint editions instead. But the one that I really wanted was the Olive version, which I finally got. According to Cosina, they only released 500 set of each color and probably about 100 to 200 trigger winders in matching color.

So.... the lenses came with the pretty bodies and it's a consolation that it's a great performer in a little quirky package. I may trim down on the collection and just keep one of each color instead.

Cheers,