40mm Lenses
14 lenses in the catalogue, 1935 to 2025
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The cheapest 40mm M / LTM-mount lens right now is Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4 at €268. Across 10 tracked 40mm lenses, prices run from €268 to €833 (median €458). See the live price index →
The Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 ASPH. II VM is a fast, compact M-mount rangefinder lens, a 2025 refinement of Cosina's near-normal aspherical Nokton.
The Astrhori 40mm f/5.6 Full-frame is a budget M-mount pancake whose oversized image circle and tiny build give Leica shooters an unusual everyday lens.
The Voigtländer Heliar 40mm f/2.8 ASPH is a tiny brass M-mount and LTM pancake from Cosina, prized by collectors for its vintage styling and 40mm framing.
The MS-Optics Historio Prot 40mm f/6.3 is a featherweight Leica M-mount lens reviving Paul Rudolph's symmetrical Protar formula, prized by collectors.
The MS-Optics Historio Dagonar 40mm f/6.3 is a hand-built Leica M Dagor-type lens prized by collectors for its slim macro-capable, six-element design.
The Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical is a compact, ultra-fast manual-focus normal-wide prime in Leica M mount, prized for its rendering.
The Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4 is a compact M-mount fast normal lens made by Cosina, prized by rangefinder users for its small size and price.
The Rollei HFT Sonnar 40mm f/2.8 is a compact LTM screw-mount Sonnar-type rangefinder lens from 2002, sold with the Cosina-built Rollei 35 RF.
The Minolta M-Rokkor 40mm f/2 is a compact M-mount normal lens built for the Minolta CLE, sharing the Leica Summicron-C 40mm optical design and prized by collectors.
The Leica Summicron-C 40mm f/2 is a compact M-mount rangefinder lens built for the Leica CL, prized by collectors as an affordable Summicron sleeper.
The Leica Elmarit-C 40mm f/2.8 11541 is a very rare native M-mount Leica CL lens from the early 1970s, reportedly made in about 400 examples.
Olympus Zuiko C 4cm f/2.8 is the only lens Olympus built in Leica screw mount (LTM), a scarce chrome wide-angle prized by rangefinder collectors.
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Chiyoda Kogaku Super Rokkor 45mm f/2.8 [C], the compact 5-element LTM standard lens of the Minolta 35 rangefinder, now a sought-after collector and adapter favorite.
A circa-1935 Meyer 40mm f/4.5 wide-angle in original uncoupled Leica M39 mount, built around a four-element symmetrical design later named Helioplan.