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February 19, 2026

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Voigtländer’s Portrait Heliar 75mm For RF And Z Mount

credits: Cosina Voigtländer

The Voigtländer Portrait Heliar 75mm f/1.8, which first launched last May for Sony E-mount, is now also available for Canon RF and Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. Like most Cosina-made Voigtländer lenses, it is fully manual focus and has a traditional aperture ring. What sets this lens apart, though, is the additional spherical aberration control ring, which lets you directly influence the character of the bokeh and overall rendering.

That third ring adjusts how the lens handles spherical aberration. When set toward undercorrection, photos take on a softer look with more glow in highlights and smoother, creamier background blur. When dialled toward overcorrection, the lens becomes clearer and more contrasty, and the bokeh changes toward a more defined, ‘bubble’-like appearance. Cosina notes that changing the aberration setting also shifts focus slightly, so you will need to refocus after making adjustments. It can also affect the effective f-stop and increase vignetting in certain settings, meaning exposure and post-processing corrections may be necessary depending on how far you push the effect.

Optically, all three mounts share the same design, six elements in three groups and a nine-blade aperture diaphragm. Minimum focus distance is 0.7 meters, with a maximum magnification of 1:7.4. The lens is about 90mm long and takes 62mm filters. Weight comes in at roughly 570g for RF, 580g for Z, and slightly less for E-mount. The suggested retail price is $999.

Nikon’s F-Mount Is Still Alive

credits: Nikon

While most of the industry has moved on from DSLRs, one Chinese manufacturer appears to be doubling down on the Nikon F-mount. According to recent rumours, Meike plans to continue developing new lenses for the aging DSLR system. The reasoning is simple, even though hardly anyone is buying new DSLRs anymore, there are still a huge number of F-mount cameras out there in active use. Earlier this year, Meike already refreshed the mount with its $230 AF 85mm f/1.8 SE Mark II, a lens that had previously been available for mirrorless systems. The next step could be an AF 85mm f/1.4 SE.

That effectively makes Meike one of the very few companies still actively developing autofocus lenses for F-mount. Sigma, Tamron, and Viltrox have shifted their attention almost entirely to mirrorless systems. Nikon itself has not formally declared the mount dead, but it also has not released a new F-mount lens in years, and the lineup continues to shrink. There have even been reports about limited spare parts availability for certain professional lenses, which does not exactly inspire long-term confidence.

For photographers who are sticking with their DSLRs, Meike’s commitment is at least some reassurance. In addition to the new AF options, the company already offers manual APS-C lenses like an 8mm f/3.5 fisheye and a 6-11mm f/3.5 ultra-wide zoom for F-mount. On the camera body side, things look far quieter. Nikon and Canon exited the DSLR race years ago, and while Pentax is still holding on, even Ricoh has acknowledged that selling DSLRs is getting harder and that its broader focus lies elsewhere.

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