Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 ASPH.

Voigtländer Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 ASPH.

The Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 ASPH. is a notably small wide-angle for the Leica M system, weighing about 99 grams and extending only some 14 mm from the mount flange. It revives the Color-Skopar name that Cosina has used across several decades of Voigtländer-branded optics, here applied to a modern aspherical design rather than a classic Tessar-type formula. Its compactness and modest f/3.5 maximum aperture place it among the slow, pocketable 35mm options that appeal to photographers who prioritise a low-profile body-and-lens combination over speed.

Optically the lens uses a 6-element, 4-group arrangement with at least one aspherical surface, as indicated by the ASPH. designation. It carries a 10-blade aperture for a rounded diaphragm, a small 34 mm filter thread, and a minimum focus distance of 0.7 m. The lens is offered in black and silver finishes and is produced in Leica M bayonet mount. Per the recorded specifications, it is not rangefinder coupled and does not carry six-bit coding, which means focusing relies on scale or hyperfocal use rather than the camera rangefinder, and a digital M body will not read lens identification automatically. This pairs naturally with its short focal length and small maximum aperture, where depth of field is generous and zone focusing is practical.

Documented version and edition information for this lens is limited at the time of writing. The recorded model numbers 008549 and 008556 correspond to the two listed finishes, black and silver, rather than to separate optical variants.

Optical qualities

Rendering Independent, repeatable review data for this specific lens was not available for this entry, so a detailed rendering profile cannot be stated with confidence. What can be said follows directly from the design: the aspherical 6-element formula and 10-blade rounded diaphragm are consistent with the corrected, even-field rendering and clean out-of-focus areas typical of modern Cosina-made Voigtländer wide-angles, while the f/3.5 maximum aperture and 35mm focal length keep depth of field deep and limit the scope for shallow-focus effects. Claims about sharpness, contrast, flare, distortion, or vignetting are omitted here rather than asserted without supporting sources.