Official: Cosina Voigtlander Color Skopar 20mm f3.5 SL II for Nikon and Pentax

Unlike rumors, when a camera or lens shows up on a reputable retailer's website with detailed specs, you know that's unlikely to be a hoax or a mistake. Case in point, the new Cosina Voigtlander 20mm f3.5 SL II lens that showed up at MAP Camera last week, is now officially announced (computer-translated) by Cosina-Voigtlander in Japan. See also the text at Cosina Global (english) and our favorite Japanese camera site, digitalcamera.jp.

The lens is priced at 55,000 yen for Pentax KA and Nikon (cpu built-in), while a separate circular-shaped hood with threads (LH-20) goes for 2000 yen. The lens has a "full" imaging circle so you can use it with both 35mm full-frame and 35mm cropped-frame DSLRs.