As you knwo Zyoptics makes the [shoplink 37365 ebay]Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 (can be found here on eBay)[/shoplink] lens. And at Photokina they will release that 42,5mm f/1.2 MFT lens you see on top.
But there is also a third lens to come according to one of their entries on the CHinese site Weibo: A Zyoptcis version of Voigtlaender 25mm f/0.95 is now under design. The lens is supposed to be more compact and light when compared to the Voigtlaender one but with the same optical performance. Attached is the message sent by Zyoptics to one of our 43rumors readers. The message means: “we’ve already been working on it. The volume and weight are very small.The IQ is same.” in English.
Thanks J.D. for sharing this!
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Sounds very interesting. If it’s affordable, I’m going for it 🙂
35/0.95 is around $800 I think… I don’t call it affordable 🙂
Ouch… yep… that’s a bit steep :/
But I’m not interested in the 35mm… let’s hope the 25mm is a bit cheaper… fingers crossed.
The 35 is for M43 and APSC. This 25 would be cheaper if it’s for M43 only.
I’m not so sure about that. Smaller target audience could mean higher costs per piece since it’s not a very big market…
Smaller price would mean larger target audience, bringing more money and buyers to other products.
It is actually for an f/.95 lens.
Sounds as boring as anything. Another manual focus lens in an over crowded segment. Cheaper, probably. For a reason.
m43 is suffering atm. There are a handful of choice pieces in the range, but an awful lot of guff.
There are two very fast lenses with auto focus. Both panasonic.
I’m calling 1.8 adequate in m43 format.
For this system to expand, we need to keep the edge on the quality lenses. 2 years ago it was a no brainer, m43 ruled the roost.
But Fuji and Sony are catching up on that front and already have an automatic lead on the sensor front.
We don’t need more knock off manual focus lenses. We need f 1.4 and 1.2 auto focus primes in the normal range.
I need money lol
For many 1.8 is the perfect point between performance and size/weight. Sure, there is also some room for a few faster lenses, but it shouldn’t become the standard because then the whole size/weight advantage would be gone.
I’m just tired of the 25 and 45mm focal length almost any third party manufacturer (except Samyang) seems to make.
I find Olympus did very nice lenses around1.8 and 2.0 for the 4/3 sensor. The older ZD 50 is an excellent lens for the modelmaniac while the f/1.8 45mm was the same for the maniac on a budget. I think that the real bokehstyle photographer prefers to choose for old legacy lenses as the many defects in the design or glass type makes the combo of funkyness and blur much more interesting then a modern hitech 1.2 design(provided the owner is skilled enough how to choose the backgroud and light.)
regarding to size/format; secondary matter!
I’m not that far off agreeing with you, but I’d say f 1.4 is an even sweeter spot. Of course, my point, there is only one f1.4 lens to refer to, but it’s got to be one of THE standout lenses in the range, based on size, cost, weight, brightness, af speed, IQ. I’d love to see more.
And it’s just so boring atm, the endless MF knock off lens releases.
ANOTHER lazy shooter who can’t be a*sed to learn the art of manual focusing…..goodness, all you kids want is everything AUTOMATED!!!!!
dude, so true! These days some kids don’t even know how to rewind the film at the end of the roll anymore! What has the world come to?
Boo hoo manual focus.
It’s a basic skill.
In the time it takes to wipe away those “no AF” tears, you could learn to do it.
Since it’s undoubtedly a reverse engineered ripoff and not hand made, like the Voigtländers, it should be pretty cheap.
Depends on the types of shooting you do. I played with my old Minolta 50mm 1.7 MF lens for about a month straight on my Oly. Then I got the Sigma 60mm. Guess which lens had more keeper shots because they were in focus all the time?
i got all “35mm” lens even the Leica 15mm, i sold them because i don’t want rings focus by wire. It’s not “accurate”. Then i bought a Voigtlander 17.5mm.
The only time I think that I would want to use Manual Focus lenses is for Cinema lenses with geared rings, attached where I would use them with a follow focus system. Other than that it is AF all the way. I just wish that M43 AF lenses didn’t use fly by wire focus rings, for those few times when I want to use the lens in manual mode. They just seem erratic & unresponsive most of the time.
Please educate yourself. You can’t just slap on “autofocus” to a lens design.
Mirrorless lenses need and have unique lens designs to perform the way they do.
I never said that they should add Autofocus to this lens. I just stated that I will not be buying any manual focus lenses.
nice to see the competition hotting always a good thing
So true.
Here’s the deal. If you want to make lens for MFT, make it at least f/1
Else nobody would even blink unless you’re from a well known brand (e.g: Zeiss, Schneider)
so you prefer to have a fast lens which impresses the people around purely because of its specs? At least you are honest 🙂
I personally prefer something more modest (1.4, or 1.2 if you want it faster) but affordable. A lens attached to camera worth five in wishlist.
But how else do you feel about all those f/0.95 lenses ?
Either they refitted a lot of cinelenses, or Admin has a very selective filtering on new lens news preferring the super-fast lenses.
i misinterpreted your comment then.
Great news! still not as wide as I’d like and no AF. I have pretty much covered every length and type of lens in my collection that I could possibly need, with one major exception. A very very fast wide-angle lens. I have the 20mm f1.7 but it’s still not fast or wide enough.
I would really like those factors combined with auto-focus and possibly even OIS since I’m a Panny user. But given that IBS is slowly being implemented in Panny cameras I could live without it. I know it adds bulk, however, size matters not as Yoda says, and to me I’m already carrying a light M43 camera so I could tolerate a large heavy lens.
Also the with could be even greater, like somewhere around 12mm-15mm.
so why dont you consider a wideangle zoom?
ok i just reread and realise you want something faster then 1.7 goodluck!
with f0.x? does it exist?
Chances are you will have to wait for a very, very long time for such a lens. It would be simpler to buy a last generation FF body and use a widely available 28/1.8 lens.
Yeah, because we all know how inexpensive FF cameras are, and those f/1.8 lenses they make for them. Why, they’re practically free. 😉
After all the people crying about the Nocticron’s price point, I doubt we’ll see many AF ultra-fast lenses…
Also, there is no ultra-fast wider than 35mm-equivalent for any other system that I know of? Unless Canikon’s super-expensive 24mm 1.4 lenses count for you… So M43 is on par with other systems on that account.
For some reason the majority of photography (and video) I come across made with ultra fast manual lenses on mirrorless cameras is rubbish. Maybe those who buy then don’t know how to use them for other than “Wow! look at the sharpness of this thing at 0.95” sort of photographs.
this could be true , since i have no idea where you look. But same can be said of “f/8 and be there” studio pics or any “normal” photo. Keep in mind that many modern shallow depth style is a sort of craze, like many digitally made shots(we live in internet age) after all.
Nice, but I certainly wouldn’t mind a range of f2 lenses if it means they could bring them in for, say, below $300-400 each.
There’s plenty of 1.8 AF lenses under that price point already…
Plenty? Below $300? Which ones? Where? 17mm 1.8 ($449). 25mm 1.8 ($399). 45mm 1.8 ($349). 75mm 1.8 ($899)?
I got my 45mm 1.8 for $270 and 17mm 1.8 for $360… You know, with Oly lenses you might as well buy asian imports because Olympus has an international warranty and they are cheaper. The 20mm pancake is pretty easy to find under $300… Sure, all in all not the cheapest lenses of the world but seriously fantastic glass for their price point!
Very useless, but very expensive. Brilliant.
200 geeks will discuss it, 1 geek will buy it.
“We have no fast lenses. I love high quality, metal lenses. REAL LENSES, like Zeiss and Leica.”
Company announces high quality, metal, super fast manual lens.
“I really wish it had autofocus. I’d buy it if it was a high quality super fast autofocus lens.”
Company announces high quality super fast autofocus lens.
“That’s way overpriced! I got my 50mm Noctilux for $37 from my Grandpa Hank. I’d buy it if it was cheaper.”
Company announces high quality cheap autofocus lens
“You know, I’d buy this if it was just a little faster.”
Company announces high quality slightly faster cheap autofocus lens.
“I wish it was wider.”
I find the Kowa-stuff (next post by admin) much more exciting. We have quite a few choices in the normal to medium-wide range. Sure, more are better, but already the OEM offerings are quite good and not outrageously expensive.