Cosina has dressed up two of its fast Voigtländer primes in silver, giving Fujifilm X shooters the Nokton 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical and the Nokton 35mm f/1.2 in a finish that suits classic-looking bodies rather nicely. These are new silver editions of lenses that first appeared in black — the 23mm in 2022 and the 35mm in 2021 — and they mark the first fresh Voigtländer glass for Fujifilm X since the Color-Skopar 18mm f/2.8 Aspherical pancake landed in early 2024.
Both are unapologetically manual-focus optics, built natively for X Mount and, importantly, tuned to perform without leaning on digital corrections.
Nokton 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical Silver
The wider of the two delivers a 35mm-equivalent field of view thanks to the 1.5x APS-C crop, making it a natural semi-wide reportage lens. Cosina packs in 10 elements across six groups and pairs them with a 12-bladed aperture diaphragm. That fast f/1.2 opening promises soft backgrounds and clean subject separation, while the aperture ring uses a direct mechanism with 1/3-stop clicks — the same tactile approach you’ll find on Voigtländer’s VM and mirrorless lenses.
It focuses as close as 0.18 meters (7.1 inches) for a 1:4.9 reproduction ratio, weighs 219 grams (7.7 ounces) and measures 43.8 millimeters (1.72 inches) long.
Nokton 35mm f/1.2 Silver
The longer prime gives a 52.5mm-equivalent view, essentially a manual-focus “nifty fifty” for X Mount. It uses a traditional double Gauss layout — eight spherical elements across six groups, arranged almost symmetrically around a centrally positioned aperture in classic 8-element style — again with a 12-bladed diaphragm. Cosina highlights smooth, heavily blurred bokeh and a focusing action helped along by a precisely machined all-metal helicoid that offers “just the right amount of torque.”
It’s the smaller of the pair at 196 grams (6.9 ounces) and 39.8 millimeters (1.6 inches), with a minimum focus distance of 0.3 meters (11.8 inches) and a 1:6.7 maximum reproduction ratio.
A note on compatibility
Both lenses feature electronic communication, but not with every X body. The rule of thumb: your camera can’t be too old. The Fujifilm X-T2 and newer bodies work fully, while the original X-T1 does not. In the X-Pro line, only the X-Pro3 communicates electronically — and it adds parallax compensation on top. Cosina publishes the full compatibility list online.
Pricing and availability
The 35mm f/1.2 Silver arrived first, in September, followed by the 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical Silver in October. Japanese pricing lands at 93,000 yen for the 23mm and 81,000 yen for the 35mm. US pricing wasn’t confirmed at announcement, but for reference the existing black versions sell for $649 each.
