Voigtlander's compact modern normal — the Cosina-made Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 in Leica Thread Mount.
The Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 is a modern Cosina-made Voigtlander standard lens, released in 1999 as a compact normal in the Bessa screw-mount range. It is a contemporary manual-focus optic in Leica Thread Mount rather than a vintage lens, positioned as a small, sharp everyday fifty.
It is a manual-focus rangefinder-coupled lens with a 50mm focal length and a maximum aperture of f/2.5. It is notably small and light for a standard lens, and the moderate aperture keeps the optical design simple and the barrel slim on screw-mount and adapted bodies.
At 50mm the lens gives a natural perspective for street, travel and general shooting, and the Color-Skopar design is sharp and contrasty from moderate apertures. The compact size makes it easy to carry as a low-profile normal on a small rangefinder or mirrorless body.
As a newer Cosina-Voigtlander lens, used copies are generally clean and mechanically tight and remain easy to find; the checks are smooth focus, clear glass and a crisp aperture rather than age-related faults. It adapts to Leica M via an LTM ring and to mirrorless cameras with a simple adapter for compact everyday use.