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The german store Bayern-Fotoversand is selling three new [shoplink 16903]Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95 for Micro Four Thirds on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. They told me the lens will be available in “in den nächsten 10-14 Tagen” which means 10-14 days! They only ship to Europe. I didn’t find any bigger online store having the lens available for preorder and usually Germany is one fo the first place where one might get Voigtländer stuff. If you [shoplink 15659]perform a worldwide search for the lens on eBay[/shoplink] you will only find germans resellers.
UPDATE: One of our readers just told us that Robert White (UK) is accepting preorders!
The Flickr user “Itemsis” just sent us an email to his latest images samples taken at Photokina using the new [shoplink 15659]Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95[/shoplink] on a Panasonic G1. You can see two more pictures here at Flickr.
We already posted some images few weeks ago (http://www.43rumors.com/voigtlander-nokton-25mm-f0-95-preorders-on-ebay-and-in-australia/)
If you want the new Voigtländer instead of the Noktor you can preorder the lens on:
– [shoplink 16903]Bayern-Fotoversand (Click here)[/shoplink]
– Fotomundus
– Robert White (UK)
– Mainlinephoto Australia
– Cameraquest (one of my favorite shops!)
– The classic camera
Let me know if other stores do accept preorders! Thanks!
29 Responses
Love it
A bit more expensive than Noktor but the quality is also “a bit” better.
must be a great lens; i was planning to get a superfast voigtlaender, but since 50mm is my preferred fl on 4/3, i decided to go for the nokton 50 1.1
It just arrived and i only wait for the adapter to be delivered so i can try it out 🙂
Admin, 1 very interesting question.
I suppose the geometrical distorsion is not perfectly equilibrated, despite the fact that we speak about a high grade prime lens.
Do m43 bodies (especially GH2) have the possibility of uploading “lens profiles” for lenses w/o electrical contact — in order to have in-camera distorsion correction (even for RAW images)?
HI K.!
That is not posible yet and probably will never happen in future. Panasonic is very conservative in that. What could happen is that future Voigtlander lenses will ahve electrical contacts. I was told that Olympus is willing to share the MFT specifications to make that happen. Bye!
completely crazy stuff. F0,95 and no AF and no stabilisation. This is for a few excentrics. We need hi-quality lenses with contemporary comforts:
– a little less wide aperture
– but AF and stabilisation
Big price difference between the German shop and the UK shop. Currency calculator tells me UK is approx. €170 cheaper…
I can’t wait for mine to arrive. Manual focus, manual aperture, fast… Normal length… Wow… I am so excited by this lens. This going to make me feel like i have my om1 again. In control again, instead of letting the camera make too many decisions. I get to make them all myself. This lens is going to improve my portrait photography.
Have already pre purchased fof the first shipment into Australia. thanks Scott at mainline photographic.
Actually this and a EP-2 will make a true poorman’s Leica. It’ll sell like hotcakes for sure.
Wishing for a compact 17mm f/1.4 from Cosina.
“Wishing for a compact 17mm f/1.4 from Cosina.”
+1
Ordered one from The Classic Camera, UK. I’m patient. The lens seems to be made for this season. Autumn scenes are rendered beautifully in shallow DOF.
if only I could afford one T_T
…i might print out a photo of one to just give me encouragement in my minimum wage job.
Waiting for Amazon to pop this beauty up at the US site….
Almost as expensive as Canon EF 50/1.2L USM which gives even smaller DOF on my 5D2. Although it looks very sexy, makes no sens for guys like me with a bigger sensor system, too.
Canon’s 50mm 1.8 is $100.
It’s great kit. However it will be interesting to compare with the forthcoming pana 25mm f1.2. If the pana is smaller & cheaper/lower quality there will be 2 good options for us.
In the US, Camera Quest is taking refundable deposits. Price isn’t set yet.
In France, http://www.lapetiteboutiquephoto.com is taking pre-order with refundable deposit.
no electrical contacts. no MF assistance. no EXIF info. no stabilization. no AF. no bargain. no thanks.
+1
2 less whining losers so the lens will be more available to photographers.
Well, that’s my feeling about a lens made specifically for m43 format where the only m43 related functionality is the mount.
And please don’t use insults – your post won’t gain any substance.
Agreed.
People who are already shooing with manual focus lenses would find the beauty of this lens. Of cuz, more samples from this lens are most welcomed as they can tell us more about the lens’ quality. Do hope that there would be some space for price reduction though.
Why would you want IS on a portrait lens?? I thought the whole point was to isolate the subject and get nice out of focus areas and IS can mess that up badly. I guess for low light photography it’s nice, but 25mm is a bit short for most subjects. In fact it’s a bit short for portrait also. Now, with no electric contacts it’s a big no-thanks. It would be easy for them to just add the contacts with exif-codes so you could get automatic corrections. Lazy. A canon 50mm f1.2 with adapter would be cheaper, sharper, longer and about the same DOF
is it just me or does it look like its a bit cheap and flimsy in the construction? obviously you never know till you use it in real life but i hope the plastic isn’t very flexible.
Have you ever seen a Voigtländer lens in real life? They are as far from “cheap and flimsy” as you can possibly get.
It’s not just about shallow dof and subject isolation. On an ep 2 this lens means 1/15 second or slower (due to IS), usable iso1600 and f1. If you can see it, you can shoot it. For low light shooters this lens on a stabilised body is simply the best there is. At <$1500 for lens + body it's an absolute steel even if it is crap stopped down compared to the panny 20mm and despite the bulk and lack of electronics.
Having said that, the required electrical contacts should cost less than $5 per lens once the R&D is paid for and as it's just for u4/3 it really does seem dumb to not include them…
Mine is in the post and should arrive tomorrow morning!
no worries on IS as at least have some in the pen body… been using old om manual lenses.. they’re great but bit to big with the adaptor. got the pancake lens for a walk around….
any way must sleep now so the morning is here quicker,