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That took quite a long time but at last the new 10,5mm f/0.95 Nokton lens will ship from June 30! The world’s first preorder option is now up on [shoplink 53570 ebay]eBay Japan (Click here to read full details)[/shoplink]. They say the lens will ship on June 30!
P.S.: Image samples at DSLRmagazine and a pricing info for UK (£999). The lens is listed as “Coming soon” at BHphoto (Click here)….since 8 months exactly 🙂
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Great news! And “private food included” apparently!
Hmm…I got two nice little origami birds included with my Noctichron when I ordered it from Tokyo…but I didn’t get any “private food”? Maybe because this lens cost so much more, they have decided to throw that in as a bonus. SWEET!
It’s because some us won’t be able to afford to eat after we buy it!
Me and Jeff are happy! 🙂
Happy with that price tag ?
This lens need to produce something special especially in rendering & sharpness
to make it work with that price .
You know, I’m a positive person. 🙂
That price is probably a fake.
I want this lens for Pentax Q
Ouch, costs as much as my camera. But what I have to keep telling myself is: It will still be amazing glass when my GH4 is a dinosaur.
21mm F2 eq. lens for $1700???
yes, completely overdone price
I own a E-M1 and the 25/0.95 while this is a nice lens I really question whether it is worth it when looking at photos from some cheap old stuff in comparison.
So what? There are 50mm f/1.4 lenses that cost $4000 and there are those that cost $250. You can’t judge the price based on focal length and aperture alone, and bringing format equivalencies into it is just stupid. It’s a 10.5mm f/0.95 with all the difficulties associated with making such a lens, format equivalency is not relevant when you calculate engineering and manufacturing costs. Besides, you don’t have to buy it. I won’t be buying it either.
It’s f/1.9, not f/2. But yes, it’s more expensive, and bigger and heavier, too, than a comparable full-frame lens, which would be the Voigtländer 21 mm f/1.8 Ultron for M-Mount. But we already know that it is the price for the smaller sensor, that gives us the advantage of medium-fast lenses becoming small, light and good, but give us less total light than the average full-frame lens. In some cases, though, we can at least get lenses which do, if we want – but they’ll be somewhat bigger, heavier and more expensive, too. On the other hand, we cannot get similarly small and light medium-fast lenses for full-frame.
Looking at the numbers you are right. On the other hand there are more and more small options for FF combos, see eg. Voigtlander ‘pancakes’ and the Canon 40 and the new 50 et.al. If latter fit your profile they are cheaper and have more natural IQ IMHO. And the bit more weight does not matter, even less if you’d take battery life into your calculation. I own an E-M1 and several zuikos and find it very nice but I still prefere again my FF 6D and 40 Ultron. This new Voigt. is far too expensive IMHO and can not be explained with choice and options.
Yes, there are some small lens options for FF, especially for mirrorless FF, but that is and will always be limited to simple designs (no zooms) and a specific focal length range (no longer tele) and restricted for some mounts (DSLRs cannot have really compact wide-angle lenses).
The Voigtländer’s reason for existence is people who want to be able to produce a full-frame look with their MFT camera without needing to buy and carry a second, full-frame, camera. Yes, they may seem too expensive for some, including myself, but for some not needing to buy into a second system alone will make it worthwhile.
And: one such lens is still cheaper than a full-frame body plus a comparable full-frame lens. If someone would buy all four Voigtländer lenses, that would be different, though.
Personally, I might be interested in one or two of them if they were fully-automatic with auto-aperture and AF, which would make the price tag a bit more sensible.
Voigtlander is the lensmaker I like the most. I am a bit surprised about the price that’s it. It’s a niche of a niche product, maybe for collectors or for very specific purposes, like you said. As far as I know, statistically average people own one zoom lens or two prime lenses, that’s why I really wonder about what Voigt was thinking when deciding this price. I do not believe that this is the real price since this price screams snobbery and to keep away from such a system. And if the zuikos become equally stuck-up pricewise then I am out of that system. The new Canon EF 1.8 50 is 129.– and can take photos too, just to say even if this is a weak comparison.
And the winner is…
Jeff, whera are you?
Don’t disturb him .
He is having a good time at the moment .
That’s right, I’m sitting on a rooftop terrace in Meknés Morocco having a nice glass of local white wine, overlooking the kasbah. Shooting with my GX7 and Oly 12-40mm, BTW. It’s a very nice lens, for a zoom. ?
Let’s hope that eBay price is a price gouger and not the real thing!!!
Why so expensive ?
This lens really have to prove it worth that high price tag .
The Price… o_0
Thank you, I skip it like all other f/0.95 because missing electronical pins.
Instead I pre-ordered the 7-14mm PRO as it has way more worth for its money.
If there would be a f/0.95 8mm from voigtländer, it would be different thing!
Drool……it looks like UWAs are getting released all at the same time. Is there as astrophotographers review on this lens yet?
Kowa Prominar 8.5mm holds up pretty well.
WTF is this on the ebay listing “Other: Private food included” ???
It’s self-explanatory.
no chip butties??
You get a free meal at Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo.
Greedy bastards. Hopefully it’s just the Ebay seller and not Cosina.
And yet you can spend $1800 for a 21mm/f2.8 Zeiss Distagon for Canon or Nikon that is just as big and heavy. So much for equivalence, eh?
That still wouldn’t be f0.95. DoF be damned, BTW!
I think the regular price should be around 1300 – 1400.
This lens is cheap…compared to what Leica charges.
This will keep the price of the Nocton in perspective. Used Nikon 6mm F2.8 – not MFT but still…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331558011262
Dat price doe.
They can’t even spell Voigtländer correctly. Sheeeesh!
John Voight…länder !
Admin:
We need a 10.5 vs. 7-14 thread… Maybe a vote option on all the UWA’s… Guys, if you could own one new(ish) UWA, which one do you pick???
I love my 25/.95, but my 25/1.8 isn’t too shabby either. But that comparison isn’t fair. The 25 is build for a consumer price tag IMO. Other than build quality, it is hard to knock; and dollar for dollar Oly may win.
The 7-14 is as rugged (in a different way, but PRO built) as the Voigt will be. So, pros and cons of a fixed 10.5 vs. a 7-14??
Oly: weather sealing; wider view; versatility; AF, (maybe) sharpness
Voigt: Classic build, sharpness of a prime (?), options for .95 with DoF advantages of MFT and UWA…
Anyone want to add to that?
Why 10.5mm versus 7-14mm f2.8? They’re VERY different lenses.
I only wish the Voigtländer 10.5mm were a bit wider. 10mm? 8mm? My Nikon 20mm f2.8 was a favorite when I shot film.
This is also relevant.
https://vimeo.com/128008047