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SystemKameraForum got an “Unofficial info” saying the new Nokton 10,5mm f/0.95 lens will cost around 1300 Euro.
These are the other three Nokton f/0.95 lenses:
Nokton 25mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 36580 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 36581 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 41062 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
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Whoa…what is that in Dollars..$1671??? God that is painful if true. Kindof figures tho.
Nah, the price is usually 1:1 ratio. 1€ = $1
Expensive, indeed! But, since the Voigtländer 17.5mm goes for $1149, $1300 for the 10.5mm isn’t too bad. Lees would be better, of course.
Oh…hmm…I kind of expected it to be over $1000…but not up there with the Nocti. I used an online Euro-Converter and it spit out $1671.
Are you sure its $1300?
That will look pretty funny on the front of your new GM5? Won’t it!!!!!! LOL!
MF or does it have AF?
100% MF of course.
useless, it’s 2014 not 1816 🙁
Yeah, you’d have to pull out some charcoal or a pencil back then.
…and review on a 5000K light box. 🙂
Oh, you might have to think about composition and light, instead of just snapping something, anything?
Don’t wanna think when making a picture, I want to capture that split second moment when it’s there!
don’t tell me that u think af is faster than mf
No surprise there – the closest thing, full frame Canon 24mm F1.4, is 1350 euros. Nikon equvalent even more. Fast wide Leicas? Don’t ask.
The closest thing on full frame is a 21mm 1.8…
Yeah and Nikon is getting a 20 1.8 for $800 with AF.
Of course if we’re arguing total light allowed through that’s a different argument. Regardless, this VC lens is going to be sweet for a lot of people.
And how much is cheapest Nikon FF body? And what’s the size of the lens compared to this Nokton? And what’s the overall combo size of D600 and that Sigma 20mm F1.8 compared to for example E-M10 or GX-7 with Nokton 10.5 F0.95?
Not a big surprise, although I was thinking more like 1000-1100 Euros. Interesting how prices are announced a few days after the product announcement. I guess they have a minimum price dictated by their cost of bringing the product to market and unit production, but then measure the reaction to the product announcement, which in this case was very positive, and then set the price as high as they think they can based on this reaction and competitive product pricing. In this case, in m43 there is virtually no competition and with APS-C and FF it is about the same or higher. It doesn’t stop many, including me, from wanting this lens, and they know that now.
Sony A7 + Zeiss Contax G 21/2.8 will likely be only slightly more expensive
I thought that the Sony A7 was already more than 1300 Euros, so the two combined would be more than slightly more expensive.
Not really, check Amazon FR or DE, I’ve seen it at below 1100 at some point. Still a bit more than “slightly” maybe…
The Voigtländer 10.5mm wide open is still almost 3 stops faster than an f2.8 lens.
I did an experiment yesterday…
I took two shots with my Voigtländer 17.5mm and GX7 @ f0.95 and f2.8, making sure the exposure was the same using the histogram (all white). Here’s what I got…
M mode, ISO400, f0.95 = 1/800
A mode, ISO400, f2.8 = 1/125
So, that’s nearly nearly 3 stops. I’ll take that!
And don’t trot out the über-lame DOF excuse, there are other reasons to want an A7 beyond that.
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What is going in the UWA sector of m43?
-Pana and oly make slow zooms only
-oly will at least make an f/2.8 zoom… Eventually… For $$$
-samyang make really nice UWAs for all other systems but almost ignore m43.
-all other companies project to make expensive, heavy lenses only
???
So strange.
10/2.0? 8/2.8? Is it that difficult?
There is the KOWA PROMINAR 8.5mm F2.8. It weighs 440g.
Most people don’t seem to understand that a 9mm f/4 prime lens is not going to be significantly smaller, lighter or cheaper than a 9-18mm f/4-5.6 zoom. Same for other apertures.
Agree. We need UWA-WA range objectives with f/1.0-2.0. Like now the Olympus 7-14mm will become a must buy for many. If Panasonic 7-14mm would not have a purple blob problem on Olympus bodies, many other would get it (and it would not zoom “Wrong direction”).
But hopefully Olympus can bring 7mm or 8mm f:1.0 prime and that will sell like hotdogs if price is below 700-800€.
We have enough 12-60mm and need more to both sides.
I’m not interested in this lens. I still prefer Oly 12/2. Also I agree with comments on Internet that this lens makes Zeiss Touit 12/2.8, Fuji XF14/2.8, XF16/1.4 and Nikon 20/1,8G more interesting if you use more than one system. All of these are cheaper and autofocus too.
Mostly Voigt 10mm/F0.95 is for landscape. From my own experiences with Voigt, F0.95 is useless since it’s too soft and has to be at F2. Plus, At F/0.95 and manual focus, we cannot be sure %100 whether the subject is in focus until we load pictures to our PC monitor.
Focus peaking helps a lot. And you can check it directly on the screen of your camera if the picture is a hit of miss. Also, since it’s a wide angle lens, even on F0.95 DoF wont be as thin as lenses with longer focal lengths, so easier to focus.